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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Imaculata" data-source="post: 6755489" data-attributes="member: 6801286">I think the real mistake here is to intervene because you believe someone else's character has no reason to do his particular action. A player should be able to have her character do what they want him/her to do, regardless of what the player knows. Maybe I want to attack the troll with fire, because I (the player) know it is weak to fire. Maybe I want to attack it, simply because it is covered in fur, and there's a campfire right there. Maybe I want to use fire, because most animals are afraid of fire. What does it matter, and why would the DM get involved in the first place? Save yourself all these headaches, and don't play thought-police.Does your encounter rely purely on the gotcha that the players don't know about the regeneration of trolls, or that you need a wooden stake against vampires, or silver against werewolves? I don't build my encounters like that, and thus do not worry about what I think my players' characters do or do not know.</blockquote>