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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mayhawk" data-source="post: 216302" data-attributes="member: 4896">Re: Mish-mashHere's a rule that I instituted in a campaign I ran this past year called Dead Greyhawk:Any time a player shouts out such meta-game references as how many hit points he expects an enemy to have, or what armor class it is supposed to have, or what level it is supposed to be because he knows the Monster Manual entries by heart -- or for that matter, uses game term references that shake the suspense of disbelief required of the group to get a sense of the atmosphere, I secretly boost said attributes -- not necessarily in a manner that will directly affect him or her adversely, but rather, when possible, I make it hurt a fellow player.  Now, why would I do that, you ask?  Players are more vicious than DMs when their characters are harmed or risk death.  When a player loses his or her character because one of his peers blurted out something inappropriate at the table, he will give the offending player a much more dreadful tongue-lashing and a much more terrible punishment than I ever could inflict.  I announced this at the beginning of the campaign, and not once have I actually had to use it.  (Note that I announced this rule precisely because I had a player who had caused a problem like this in a previous campign.)</blockquote>