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<blockquote data-quote="Arial Black" data-source="post: 6761618" data-attributes="member: 6799649">All that is pre-supposing that the PCs go spelunking for a living. Personally, I prefer when my (non-'adventuring) PC gets swept up in the tide of events.The 'party' (another such word!) are 12th level. One is a captain of the kings bodyguard, another a swashbuckling courtier, another a noblewoman who keeps her arcane mastery...private. None of us are 'adventurers'.We are at the King's Ball, the highlight of the social season. We are in best bib-and-tucker, but that fancy sword at the swashbuckler's hit is a Rapier of Speed, and his mage armour and Bracers of Defence protect him adequately, thank you very much! I wouldn't be at all surprised if the noblewoman's purse holds much more than seems possible, and heaven only knows what she has in there!Suddenly, the stained-glass ceiling high above the ballroom is shattered, and black-clad ninja-types (no, we cannot assume that they are Shadow Monks!) abseil down. &quot;Protect the King!&quot; shouts the bodyguard PC, and while the courtier draws his slim blade, the noble lady seems to draw a strange staff from...where?Later, the disheveled crew take refuge in a tavern; ball-gown torn, powdered wig askew. &quot;Ah, adventurers!&quot; exclaims the barkeep.Bite me. Exactly! They can make educated guesses based on perceived evidence, but they absolutely cannot infer game-mechanics! Like 'class'.My first 5E character was a fighter with the Magic Initiate feat. Mage armour meant that he never wore armour. He wore fine clothes, and had prestidigitation to remain looking good. Wearing a rapier is expected of a noble like Lord FlashHeart-'Flash' to his friends-and it's just as well that he was a talented fencer when he chanced across a dragon army attacking a village. He and his new friends saved some lives that day.What did the governor say when he met us? &quot;Ah, adventurers!&quot;Bite me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arial Black, post: 6761618, member: 6799649"] All that is pre-supposing that the PCs go spelunking for a living. Personally, I prefer when my (non-'adventuring) PC gets swept up in the tide of events. The 'party' (another such word!) are 12th level. One is a captain of the kings bodyguard, another a swashbuckling courtier, another a noblewoman who keeps her arcane mastery...private. [i]None[/i] of us are 'adventurers'. We are at the King's Ball, the highlight of the social season. We are in best bib-and-tucker, but that fancy sword at the swashbuckler's hit is a Rapier of Speed, and his [i]mage armour[/i] and Bracers of Defence protect him adequately, thank you very much! I wouldn't be at all surprised if the noblewoman's purse holds much more than seems possible, and heaven only knows what she has in there! Suddenly, the stained-glass ceiling high above the ballroom is shattered, and black-clad ninja-types (no, we cannot assume that they are Shadow Monks!) abseil down. "Protect the King!" shouts the bodyguard PC, and while the courtier draws his slim blade, the noble lady seems to draw a strange staff from...where? Later, the disheveled crew take refuge in a tavern; ball-gown torn, powdered wig askew. "Ah, adventurers!" exclaims the barkeep. Bite me. Exactly! They can make educated guesses based on perceived evidence, but they absolutely cannot infer game-mechanics! Like 'class'. My first 5E character was a fighter with the Magic Initiate feat. [i]Mage armour[/i] meant that he never wore armour. He wore fine clothes, and had [i]prestidigitation[/i] to remain looking good. Wearing a rapier is expected of a noble like Lord FlashHeart-'Flash' to his friends-and it's just as well that he was a talented fencer when he chanced across a dragon army attacking a village. He and his new friends saved some lives that day. What did the governor say when he met us? "Ah, adventurers!" Bite me. [/QUOTE]

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