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<blockquote data-quote="Majoru Oakheart" data-source="post: 5314330" data-attributes="member: 5143"><p>Nope, the definition of Metagaming is when your CHARACTER makes a decision in game with the knowledge that the game is just a game and therefore works in a certain way.</p><p></p><p>If the player asks the DM to put a magic item into the game because he'd like his character to have that, then it is never a character decision and can't be metagaming.</p><p></p><p></p><p>This can be done just fine with wishlists. You just add one step at the beginning where the player asks for an item and then the DM says "Alright, I'll drop some hints in game where you can find it and your character can follow those to try to get it."</p><p></p><p></p><p>It's not about crying or being a three year old. It's that the game is more fun when you can do cool stuff. If your DM hands out the appropriate amount of magic items but gives you entirely items that aren't useful for your character, then you are only getting 20% of the standard wealth in the game. This means that over the course of the game, you'll eventually have quite a bit less powerful items than you should. The difference between having a +6 weapon, armor, and neck item and a +3 of those same items at 30th level is the difference between life and death.</p><p></p><p>If your DM is handing out much more than the standard amount of items then it works alright, I admit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Majoru Oakheart, post: 5314330, member: 5143"] Nope, the definition of Metagaming is when your CHARACTER makes a decision in game with the knowledge that the game is just a game and therefore works in a certain way. If the player asks the DM to put a magic item into the game because he'd like his character to have that, then it is never a character decision and can't be metagaming. This can be done just fine with wishlists. You just add one step at the beginning where the player asks for an item and then the DM says "Alright, I'll drop some hints in game where you can find it and your character can follow those to try to get it." It's not about crying or being a three year old. It's that the game is more fun when you can do cool stuff. If your DM hands out the appropriate amount of magic items but gives you entirely items that aren't useful for your character, then you are only getting 20% of the standard wealth in the game. This means that over the course of the game, you'll eventually have quite a bit less powerful items than you should. The difference between having a +6 weapon, armor, and neck item and a +3 of those same items at 30th level is the difference between life and death. If your DM is handing out much more than the standard amount of items then it works alright, I admit. [/QUOTE]
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