Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
The
VOIDRUNNER'S CODEX
is coming! Explore new worlds, fight oppressive empires, fend off fearsome aliens, and wield deadly psionics with this comprehensive boxed set expansion for 5E and A5E!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
PC knowledge of Monsters?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Friadoc" data-source="post: 539148" data-attributes="member: 5445"><p>Greetings,</p><p></p><p>I'm curious as to your opinions on the topic of 'Player knowledge about monsters?'</p><p></p><p>A 1st level PC is far and above a 1st level NPC, unless that NPC has a PC class and not an NPC one, but how should you handle their knowledge of other races and monsters?</p><p></p><p>They're, in my opinion, basically rookies and, unlike veterans, would only know, if they're lucky, a bit more then urban myth, legend, and folklore when it comes to entities beyond their regional scope.</p><p></p><p>Obviously the more common races, or monsters, would be more known then those beings of rariety, but where do you draw the line between mechanics and setting?</p><p></p><p>I'm coming at this from a desire to make sessions, for veteran players, more memorable - akin to the days of our earliest role-playing.</p><p></p><p>Not only memorable, but an added role-playing element to combat.</p><p></p><p>As an example, due to a talk with one of my friends, as well as one of my players, imagine an encounter with a Troll.</p><p></p><p>The party has heard that Trolls fear fire, but they've never fought one, nor talked much with those who have, nor do they have Kolos Zeth's Guide to Monsters and their Weaknesses. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>So, as they fight the creature and win, they leave it's 'body' behind.</p><p></p><p>A day or so later they here that the villiage near the moors, where they killed the troll, is being harassed by another troll.</p><p></p><p>During the next serious of combats the PC Bard makes a check and remembers a story of a troll, in which he was finally vanquished by a burning pyre.</p><p></p><p>Not only are the PCs famous for helping the villiage, true heroes (huzzah), but they also now know a key element to defeating a troll.</p><p></p><p>Anyhow, that's just an example.</p><p></p><p>More common races and creatures, such as Orcs and Mountain Lions, would be more known, but rarer beings, or reclusive ones, would be as much myth as fact.</p><p></p><p>So, what do you think?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Friadoc, post: 539148, member: 5445"] Greetings, I'm curious as to your opinions on the topic of 'Player knowledge about monsters?' A 1st level PC is far and above a 1st level NPC, unless that NPC has a PC class and not an NPC one, but how should you handle their knowledge of other races and monsters? They're, in my opinion, basically rookies and, unlike veterans, would only know, if they're lucky, a bit more then urban myth, legend, and folklore when it comes to entities beyond their regional scope. Obviously the more common races, or monsters, would be more known then those beings of rariety, but where do you draw the line between mechanics and setting? I'm coming at this from a desire to make sessions, for veteran players, more memorable - akin to the days of our earliest role-playing. Not only memorable, but an added role-playing element to combat. As an example, due to a talk with one of my friends, as well as one of my players, imagine an encounter with a Troll. The party has heard that Trolls fear fire, but they've never fought one, nor talked much with those who have, nor do they have Kolos Zeth's Guide to Monsters and their Weaknesses. ;) So, as they fight the creature and win, they leave it's 'body' behind. A day or so later they here that the villiage near the moors, where they killed the troll, is being harassed by another troll. During the next serious of combats the PC Bard makes a check and remembers a story of a troll, in which he was finally vanquished by a burning pyre. Not only are the PCs famous for helping the villiage, true heroes (huzzah), but they also now know a key element to defeating a troll. Anyhow, that's just an example. More common races and creatures, such as Orcs and Mountain Lions, would be more known, but rarer beings, or reclusive ones, would be as much myth as fact. So, what do you think? [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
PC knowledge of Monsters?
Top