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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mishihari Lord" data-source="post: 6424521" data-attributes="member: 128">In general I dislike metagame.  Setting expectations before play "please try to act according to your PC's knowledge" seems to avoid most problems.  Roughly half of the monsters I use are custom, which helps.  Some knowledge is going to be common, and a lot is available via lore check, and even more is available if the PCs have a chance to stop and scout the monster and actually do it.All this said, I want to let the players play.  Jumping into a sphere of annihilation because your PC didn't know what it was isn't fun.  Neither is losing an easy fight because of knowledge that should be common.  In the latter case I will give increasingly obvious clues as to what the PCs should be doing.Differing from other posters above, I don't mind counting squares.  Since a wizard's life depends on placing spell effects where he wants them, I expect he's put in a lot of practice in correct placement.   I don't mind intra-round player conferences either, since they seem to add to everyone's fun.</blockquote>