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<blockquote data-quote="Quasqueton" data-source="post: 2876805" data-attributes="member: 3854"><p>How secretive are you with your PC’s character sheet information?</p><p></p><p>I’ve had Players who don’t want anyone to know what their ability scores are, at all. Sometimes this is because of some strange paranoia, but sometimes it’s because they just don’t like game-speak describing their character.</p><p></p><p>When describing their fighter, they say he’s “strong”. When the Player of the half-orc barbarian asks, “How strong?”, the answer is just “strong.” Then the barbarian Player mentions his barbarian has a 20 Strength, so the fighter Player responds, “I’m not that strong.” But he will never give a number.</p><p></p><p>I recently minorly upset a Player when I mentioned that his armor was adamantine plate. Although the PCs had been together for several weeks, he didn’t think the other Players would/should know. His PC would never have mentioned it. I apologized for letting out the secret, but I really didn’t understand why that would be a secret.</p><p></p><p>I’ve had a Player playing a female character pretending to be a male character. This was a special secret, for roleplaying purposes, and I never revealed the secret (although the Player had to reveal it himself at one point well into the campaign). This kind of thing I can understand, and even enjoy. But mundane, simple secrets? Why?</p><p></p><p>For myself, sure, there are some items on my character sheets that I might not be fully open about (but nothing sinister). I wouldn’t just read off a list of my skills or equipment, but I don’t mind the other Players and PCs knowing I have ranks in Bluff and a <em>potion of cure light wounds</em>.</p><p></p><p>I never have a problem with the other Players knowing my wizard has a 16 Intelligence, or a 10 Strength. In fact, I think knowing the numbers help me a great deal in picturing the character in my mind’s eye – I mean, “strong” and “very strong” are subjective, but “16 Strength” and “20 Strength” immediately make sense to me.</p><p></p><p>I’ve seen some Players conceal their character sheet when they leave the table (or even while seated at the table), but I’ve never really cared if everyone at the table could read my character sheet.</p><p></p><p>How about you? Are you secretive with your character sheet information?</p><p></p><p>Quasqueton</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Quasqueton, post: 2876805, member: 3854"] How secretive are you with your PC’s character sheet information? I’ve had Players who don’t want anyone to know what their ability scores are, at all. Sometimes this is because of some strange paranoia, but sometimes it’s because they just don’t like game-speak describing their character. When describing their fighter, they say he’s “strong”. When the Player of the half-orc barbarian asks, “How strong?”, the answer is just “strong.” Then the barbarian Player mentions his barbarian has a 20 Strength, so the fighter Player responds, “I’m not that strong.” But he will never give a number. I recently minorly upset a Player when I mentioned that his armor was adamantine plate. Although the PCs had been together for several weeks, he didn’t think the other Players would/should know. His PC would never have mentioned it. I apologized for letting out the secret, but I really didn’t understand why that would be a secret. I’ve had a Player playing a female character pretending to be a male character. This was a special secret, for roleplaying purposes, and I never revealed the secret (although the Player had to reveal it himself at one point well into the campaign). This kind of thing I can understand, and even enjoy. But mundane, simple secrets? Why? For myself, sure, there are some items on my character sheets that I might not be fully open about (but nothing sinister). I wouldn’t just read off a list of my skills or equipment, but I don’t mind the other Players and PCs knowing I have ranks in Bluff and a [i]potion of cure light wounds[/i]. I never have a problem with the other Players knowing my wizard has a 16 Intelligence, or a 10 Strength. In fact, I think knowing the numbers help me a great deal in picturing the character in my mind’s eye – I mean, “strong” and “very strong” are subjective, but “16 Strength” and “20 Strength” immediately make sense to me. I’ve seen some Players conceal their character sheet when they leave the table (or even while seated at the table), but I’ve never really cared if everyone at the table could read my character sheet. How about you? Are you secretive with your character sheet information? Quasqueton [/QUOTE]
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