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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Crimson Binome" data-source="post: 6682894" data-attributes="member: 6775031">There's one way for me to play, and there's one way that I'll run a game at my table. You can have your own game, your way, but keep it away from me.We each have our own preferences for how to play, and it will be a more enjoyable experience for everyone involved if we play with others who are like-minded. What 5E has attempted with its numerous options and dials, and in no small part thanks to that one side-bar, is in establishing a game that we can each play at our own tables where we won't have to deal with each other.There's some information which the player might regrettably possess, which should be locked away from the character - things like the shape of the map and how much of it remains unrevealed, or the particular vulnerabilities of a given monster. When doing so, there's still enough information remaining for which the characters to make informed decisions.If you try to extend that in such a way that characters can't see the reality which corresponds to their HP, or spell slots, or how often they can use their abilities; then there's not enough information left in order to make reasonable decisions. At that point, the character is no longer justified in deciding whether to engage or to flee, or in asking for a Cure spell, or making any of the decisions that we are tasked with making on their behalf.The evidence is from every prior combat, where the hero could count and survive four or more meaningful impacts before falling. If the player is making the decision on an out-of-character level, and the character is forced to demonstrate bravery or determination to justify that, then you've excluded the possibility of playing a cautious or weak-willed character... in a game where we have a stat that correlates to bravery and determination and strength of will.</blockquote>

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