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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 6755746" data-attributes="member: 23751">Since as you say, we've been through this before, you know very well that the above statement is false.  I've said and given examples of how an experienced player can have his character use fire against a troll without knowing that it has fire weakness.And they will have been written down in your character background at the beginning of the game or come out through prior game play in order for it not to be metagaming.  You don't get to invent useful background whenever you wish.You don't get to unilaterally determine character background.  Nor do you get to determine it out of the blue when it's convenient for your PC to know something.  A background is written prior to game play starting.I couldn't care less what your thoughts are.  I'm looking at actions and whether the PC could have known to take that action, or if it is reasonable for the PC to take that action even without knowing to take it.  Your thoughts are irrelevant to that.You certainly made that claim, but even if the player does do that, it's not metagaming.  The character is not taking an action based on knowledge that it does not have.</blockquote>