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<blockquote data-quote="TheCosmicKid" data-source="post: 7180196" data-attributes="member: 6683613"><p>You have a very idiosyncratic definition of "metagaming" which does not appear to match the definition used by the rules any more than it matches the definition used by most other players. There is no textual indication whatsoever that the handling of XP for absent players, one way or the other, constitutes "metagaming" as discouraged on DMG p. 235. The inconsistency you perceive comes from assumptions <em>you</em> are making, not the game.</p><p></p><p>But let's say for the sake of argument that the rules are inconsistent. Logically, if there is an inconsistency, either of the two premises contributing to the inconsistency may be discarded. Quite simply, it does not follow for you to insist that we discard the XP-awarding rule because it contradicts the metagame rule. It is absolutely just as logical to discard the metagame rule because it contradicts the XP-awarding rule instead.</p><p></p><p>And, stepping back a moment, doesn't it seem a bit silly for you to look down your nose at people who <em>"disregard"</em> a ruleset which by your own admission is inconsistent? In an inconsistent ruleset, everybody, including you, has to disregard something.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheCosmicKid, post: 7180196, member: 6683613"] You have a very idiosyncratic definition of "metagaming" which does not appear to match the definition used by the rules any more than it matches the definition used by most other players. There is no textual indication whatsoever that the handling of XP for absent players, one way or the other, constitutes "metagaming" as discouraged on DMG p. 235. The inconsistency you perceive comes from assumptions [I]you[/I] are making, not the game. But let's say for the sake of argument that the rules are inconsistent. Logically, if there is an inconsistency, either of the two premises contributing to the inconsistency may be discarded. Quite simply, it does not follow for you to insist that we discard the XP-awarding rule because it contradicts the metagame rule. It is absolutely just as logical to discard the metagame rule because it contradicts the XP-awarding rule instead. And, stepping back a moment, doesn't it seem a bit silly for you to look down your nose at people who [I]"disregard"[/I] a ruleset which by your own admission is inconsistent? In an inconsistent ruleset, everybody, including you, has to disregard something. [/QUOTE]
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