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<blockquote data-quote="Valador" data-source="post: 6762269" data-attributes="member: 6782907">Do you think a Paladin actually calls his Lay on Hands ability Lay on Hands in character? Do you think he says &quot;Stay near me, I have an Aura of ____&quot;. This isn't a cartoon where you gotta yell &quot;Go go gadget Lay on Hands!&quot;. The terms I use perfectly answer the question as to what the character is from an RP perspective. What you're worried about is defining mechanics, which is a meta thing unless you're a Wizard and you're telling them what spells you know, etc. Example -&quot;Hello, I'm a Paladin!&quot;``Oh great, because you're a Paladin I MUST know that you can Lay on Hands and Aura of Protection and Divine Smite! Welcome, I'm a Rogue.``&quot;Oh cool, then I expect you can Sneak Attack, Disarm Traps and steal all my crap and leave me when in dire need of help!&quot;Lame and meta.Regardless, what ever happened to people learning about one anothers abilities as they journey together? Hey this guy said he was a Knight of a temple and now he's using all kinds of crazy holy magic on these undead we're surrounded by, that's pretty badass. Now you know more about them from a mechanics POV.I hope I'm making sense, I'm sleep deprived at the moment.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Valador, post: 6762269, member: 6782907"] Do you think a Paladin actually calls his Lay on Hands ability Lay on Hands in character? Do you think he says "Stay near me, I have an Aura of ____". This isn't a cartoon where you gotta yell "Go go gadget Lay on Hands!". The terms I use perfectly answer the question as to what the character is from an RP perspective. What you're worried about is defining mechanics, which is a meta thing unless you're a Wizard and you're telling them what spells you know, etc. Example - "Hello, I'm a Paladin!" ``Oh great, because you're a Paladin I MUST know that you can Lay on Hands and Aura of Protection and Divine Smite! Welcome, I'm a Rogue.`` "Oh cool, then I expect you can Sneak Attack, Disarm Traps and steal all my crap and leave me when in dire need of help!" Lame and meta. Regardless, what ever happened to people learning about one anothers abilities as they journey together? Hey this guy said he was a Knight of a temple and now he's using all kinds of crazy holy magic on these undead we're surrounded by, that's pretty badass. Now you know more about them from a mechanics POV. I hope I'm making sense, I'm sleep deprived at the moment. [/QUOTE]

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