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Message: <blockquote data-quote="zillah" data-source="post: 4463706" data-attributes="member: 72423">I believe you are taking it out of context. Yes, all this new information that we are supposed to be getting from the DM back in 3.5 would have been meta-gaming.This same information(bloodied, skill challenges, monster strength) are supposed to be given to the player and are in the rules. These are in the context of the rules of 4.0.  The DM has to tell me when a monster is bloodied. Why? because certain powers kick off that bloodied status. Like bloodhunt, dragonborn frenzy, and certain powers from classes even.Skill challenges can be skill challenges without the DM telling his players. Its very simple, and can be done in any way.Monster "attitude" can be done with insight checks. It says it right in the PHB. It can tell you when a monster is going to start a fight, or even if it will.The minion thing idk. My DM says to the group "there are 6-7 of these guys that look ______ and 2 guys behind them that look like _____. so when we drop 1 of those 6-7, we know they are minions because they all look alike. don't know the others aren't, we just know they look differet.  After taking a hit and not dropping, we figure out they aren't minions.</blockquote>