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<blockquote data-quote="The Crimson Binome" data-source="post: 8081459" data-attributes="member: 6775031">Most games do not have meta-game information on the character sheet. Some do, of course, but those are the exception rather than the rule.Using D&amp;D as an example, the only thing on the sheet that doesn't reflect in-game information that's observable to the character, is the &quot;Player Name&quot; field; and that shouldn't affect anything any in-character decisions, one way or the other. Everything else on the sheet represents in-character information. Although a character doesn't think in terms of &quot;that Fighter has an 18 Strength&quot; or anything like that, they can see the in-game reality which corresponds to 18 Strength; and they can do so with sufficient detail that they can make the same decisions we would make on their behalf, and for the exact same reasons. Likewise for Hit Points, spell slots, alignment, and anything else that interacts with any game rules. We only see their world in abstract terms from a distance, but they actually live there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Crimson Binome, post: 8081459, member: 6775031"] Most games do not have meta-game information on the character sheet. Some do, of course, but those are the exception rather than the rule. Using D&D as an example, the only thing on the sheet that [I]doesn't[/I] reflect in-game information that's observable to the character, is the "Player Name" field; and that shouldn't affect anything any in-character decisions, one way or the other. Everything else on the sheet represents in-character information. Although a character doesn't think in terms of "that Fighter has an 18 Strength" or anything like that, they can see the in-game reality which corresponds to 18 Strength; and they can do so with sufficient detail that they can make the same decisions we would make on their behalf, and for the exact same reasons. Likewise for Hit Points, spell slots, alignment, and anything else that interacts with any game rules. We only see their world in abstract terms from a distance, but they actually live there. [/QUOTE]

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