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A GMing telling the players about the gameworld is not like real life
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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 7579926" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>I think it is pretty obvious what the intent was. Obviously if there is some quote where Gygax says 'no I wanted the players to use knowledge of the monster from the book to defeat it', then sure. But this is something where the content and intent seem to be one thing, and I'd need actually evidence to the contrary to shift my opinion. On the latter point I think you are right. But then, the whole meta game line that Maxperson is defending is another aspect of that evolution as well. Again, there is preference and there is what is in the hobby. I get that in the books they have this vulnerability, most people know it, and there may be a sense of 'why be coy about it?' How you answer that question will likely depend on where you reside when it comes to metagming in or out of character knowledge. My contention though is this whole conversation could be avoided if they just did what I suggested, which is have the vulnerability shift (either by individual trolls, by groups, or by each individual campaign world).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 7579926, member: 85555"] I think it is pretty obvious what the intent was. Obviously if there is some quote where Gygax says 'no I wanted the players to use knowledge of the monster from the book to defeat it', then sure. But this is something where the content and intent seem to be one thing, and I'd need actually evidence to the contrary to shift my opinion. On the latter point I think you are right. But then, the whole meta game line that Maxperson is defending is another aspect of that evolution as well. Again, there is preference and there is what is in the hobby. I get that in the books they have this vulnerability, most people know it, and there may be a sense of 'why be coy about it?' How you answer that question will likely depend on where you reside when it comes to metagming in or out of character knowledge. My contention though is this whole conversation could be avoided if they just did what I suggested, which is have the vulnerability shift (either by individual trolls, by groups, or by each individual campaign world). [/QUOTE]
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