I figured it out without disabling any mods and without reading the snarky reply by DevilXD that would only identify the conflict without fixing the issue! :) I'm sort of surprised - is it standard practice here to talk down to people who post here? I thought it involved editing player health values...

I have a really fantastically funny issue. The mobs are spotting me in the little ion cannon mode and are attacking me. Also, the auto targeter draws them directly to me. It was rather surprising when a mob walked up and just chomped me in one hit. Here's my mod list: { "mods": [ { "n...