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Message: <blockquote data-quote="clearstream" data-source="post: 7241313" data-attributes="member: 71699">The positive consequences of hidden and asymmetrical information are coming to be well understood for games. Hiding information greatly increases the subtlety and nuance of decision-making. Conversely, open information has a tendency to make decisions trivial (not always, but there is a reason why cards are held concealed in hands, units are hidden by fog of war, and so on).For me there are two issues with that scenario. First, the NPC spellcaster is frequently sole caster against multiple PC casters. A perfectly matched, 1:1 back and forth, doesn't match my experience. More often they're outnumbered. Frequently there are other (non-caster) foes, interfering with the perfect conservation of reactions. Secondly, our NPC spellcaster should have other business besides dealing with PCs (there are always exceptions, of course, maybe today they really are her focus). What spells did she already need to cast ? What does she know she needs to keep in reserve if at all possible?Setting that aside, nothing about the situation described diminishes the value of rolling to identify spell and level. And as soon as it expands to include other actors, the value of rolling increases.Try it. See whether what you expect to happen is the same as what happens.</blockquote>