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<blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 4062770" data-attributes="member: 710">Maybe you're right, and it's still metagaming (after all, we're taking rules into account). But it's at least not less metagaming then saying: &quot;I take 20 on my Search check to find all traps in this room, because if I accidently trigger it I could roll a 1 and die due to some bizarre save or die effect or just from a powerful con-draining posion&quot;. But it has on advantage: Metagaming in the &quot;save or die&quot; case meant either not doing things that sounded interesting or fun because there is a chance of unavoidable death, while metagaming in the &quot;no single roll determines life and death&quot; means that you are willing to try things that sound interesting or fun, but there is a risk that you fail...I'd prefer (him or any other hero-in-the-making) doing something more constructive. Maybe becoming a human rights activist in China, or a construction worker in Iraq. But anyway, I think it's a bit unfair to post replies towards him, since he stated that he didn't want to post anything regarding the topic. (But on the other hand, us cowards need to fight dirty, so feel free to be unfair... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> )</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mustrum_Ridcully, post: 4062770, member: 710"] Maybe you're right, and it's still metagaming (after all, we're taking rules into account). But it's at least not less metagaming then saying: "I take 20 on my Search check to find all traps in this room, because if I accidently trigger it I could roll a 1 and die due to some bizarre save or die effect or just from a powerful con-draining posion". But it has on advantage: Metagaming in the "save or die" case meant either not doing things that sounded interesting or fun because there is a chance of unavoidable death, while metagaming in the "no single roll determines life and death" means that you are willing to try things that sound interesting or fun, but there is a risk that you fail... I'd prefer (him or any other hero-in-the-making) doing something more constructive. Maybe becoming a human rights activist in China, or a construction worker in Iraq. But anyway, I think it's a bit unfair to post replies towards him, since he stated that he didn't want to post anything regarding the topic. (But on the other hand, us cowards need to fight dirty, so feel free to be unfair... :) ) [/QUOTE]

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