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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jeff Wilder" data-source="post: 5232409" data-attributes="member: 5122">Because in an unknown environment in which things and situations have proven dangerous, it's wise to consider the possibility that a new thing and a new situation might prove dangerous?Are you kidding me?  In a world in which magic exists (and can be disguised), and traps exist that are all but undetectable, you're seriously arguing that it's not "unwise" to pull the chain?It may very well be fun, but it's ridiculous to claim it's not unwise.  And when I play a roleplaying game, I can have fun playing a character who recognizes that it's unwise and roleplays that recognition.Roleplaying is fun, right?You understand that we're talking about a roleplaying game, right?  Implicitly, to play the game, I (the player) play the role (of my character)?It's also okay that they don't.  It's okay to roleplay a character who recognizes the danger involved in the unknown.  It's okay to play the game, in other words, without recourse to metagaming.What I don't get -- and (for those who missed it the first time), I'm asking this of people who otherwise think metagaming isn't a good thing -- is why it's good to metagame "Hey, let's pull the chain, the DM should have something fun for us," and not metagame "Hey, I know the fighter was replaced by a doppleganger, and it'll be fun if my character kills him and claims to have known all along"?</blockquote>