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<blockquote data-quote="James McMurray" data-source="post: 4344018" data-attributes="member: 743">This was my first thought as well. If it's possible to avoid an OA, you do. Unless the OA is going to give you some sort of tactical advantage.Tot he underlying question though: just as it's the players' responsibility not to unload all of their fire attacks as soon as they see a troll (unless they know about regen already), it's the GM's responsibility to keep his OOC knowledge separate from the NPCs. It's impossible to tell if that's what happened in this case, but it's what should happen in almost every case.I say &quot;almost&quot; because sometimes it's necessary to realistically model an opponent. For instance, if the opponent has ESP, it's hard to judge &quot;would he know X?&quot; so you say yes sometimes and no others. Or if the opponent has a 38 intelligence (+29 mod), it's unlikely that the GM has unearthly intellect to match. So you fudge a little knowledge-wise to maket he opponent seem as intelligent as he should be.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James McMurray, post: 4344018, member: 743"] This was my first thought as well. If it's possible to avoid an OA, you do. Unless the OA is going to give you some sort of tactical advantage. Tot he underlying question though: just as it's the players' responsibility not to unload all of their fire attacks as soon as they see a troll (unless they know about regen already), it's the GM's responsibility to keep his OOC knowledge separate from the NPCs. It's impossible to tell if that's what happened in this case, but it's what should happen in almost every case. I say "almost" because sometimes it's necessary to realistically model an opponent. For instance, if the opponent has ESP, it's hard to judge "would he know X?" so you say yes sometimes and no others. Or if the opponent has a 38 intelligence (+29 mod), it's unlikely that the GM has unearthly intellect to match. So you fudge a little knowledge-wise to maket he opponent seem as intelligent as he should be. [/QUOTE]

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