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<blockquote data-quote="ThirdWizard" data-source="post: 3038022" data-attributes="member: 12037"><p>Ah, what it sounds like you're talking about is like the my-wizard-doesn't-know-about-levels thing despite the fact that wizards all use the Vancian system, and if one can cast 4th level spells and the other can cast 5th level spells, and every wizard who just got 5th level spells knows basically the same number of spells, its insane for the PCs to ignore these facts.</p><p></p><p>I'm firmly on the side of the laws of physics in D&D <em>are</em> the rules of the game, and for a fighter to know that the monster with reach is going to only get one swing on the enitre party unless it has special training (ie Combat Reflexes) is perfectly normal. The rogue understands that flanking gives him Sneak Attack, the wizard knows that certain people are more susceptible to certain spells, and so on and so forth. You might want to spice up the descriptions when talking in character, but we don't pretend that the characters don't know how the world works around them. A fighter not knowing how attacks of opportunity work would just be silly and completely unbelievable, IMO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ThirdWizard, post: 3038022, member: 12037"] Ah, what it sounds like you're talking about is like the my-wizard-doesn't-know-about-levels thing despite the fact that wizards all use the Vancian system, and if one can cast 4th level spells and the other can cast 5th level spells, and every wizard who just got 5th level spells knows basically the same number of spells, its insane for the PCs to ignore these facts. I'm firmly on the side of the laws of physics in D&D [i]are[/i] the rules of the game, and for a fighter to know that the monster with reach is going to only get one swing on the enitre party unless it has special training (ie Combat Reflexes) is perfectly normal. The rogue understands that flanking gives him Sneak Attack, the wizard knows that certain people are more susceptible to certain spells, and so on and so forth. You might want to spice up the descriptions when talking in character, but we don't pretend that the characters don't know how the world works around them. A fighter not knowing how attacks of opportunity work would just be silly and completely unbelievable, IMO. [/QUOTE]
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