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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ExploderWizard" data-source="post: 6283015" data-attributes="member: 66434">Yup. An NPC can encounter a PC who is "an elf". Does being an elf mean that the NPC will have even an approximate level of knowledge about the capabilities of the PC?  Nope. When the PCs see a human NPC is there any expectation of what that human is capable of if the PCs have never met him/her? Is there any reason a player should make assumptions about a goblin that they wouldn't make about a human?Combats get drawn out usually because of bloated numbers. The problem isn't with careful players not wanting to dive headfirst into what could be a pool without water, its that something as ridiculous as a 250 hp ogre exists in the first place. I don't think that I would enjoy a game that requires extreme metagaming and racial profiling in order for the action not to grind. Might as well give the players all the monster stats to review like in a videogame walk-through manual so that they can plan efficient strategy. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/erm.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":erm:" title="Erm    :erm:" data-shortname=":erm:" /></blockquote>