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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8144654" data-attributes="member: 29398">It's kind of a fact of life that the knowledge state of the GM and any NPC she plays are almost always going to be vastly different; and as a DM-facing mechanic (formal or not) I can get behind this as a compromise.These last two don't get as much sympathy from me.  Someone with limited social skills playing a character with great social skills might give said player a chance to improve said limited social skills.  As for setting knowledge, I don't use published settings in part because of all the stupid amounts of canon bloat; but the info for my homebrew setting is online and if you-as-player don't read it I'll just assume (most of the time) that your character's knowledge is similarly limited.</blockquote>