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<blockquote data-quote="dropbear8mybaby" data-source="post: 7237762" data-attributes="member: 6863518">Lots of people seem to have pointed out that there are players who forget everything in-between sessions, especially mechanics. I can understand forgetting obscure things, but I find it odd that people forget the kind of basic things like attacks and skills that they use constantly. I've had one player literally have to be reminded how to do the exact same attack, every single round of every single combat. Are these people just plain dumb or is it something else?Personally, I think it's a lack of investment. I've also seen sentiment expressed here that says players shouldn't have to do any work to remember things. I think that's bollocks. Players should definitely do enough work to understand and remember their own character's abilities, as well as recording pertinent details about the story like NPC names, locations, quest goals, etc. This is a co-operative game, not a video game. The DM shouldn't be relied upon to have to remember everything and relay everything to everyone during every session. Yes, you're not your character, but you are a person who is engaging in a social activity with other people where your level of involvement needs to be at a certain minimum for you to be a contributing, rather than taxing, member.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dropbear8mybaby, post: 7237762, member: 6863518"] Lots of people seem to have pointed out that there are players who forget everything in-between sessions, especially mechanics. I can understand forgetting obscure things, but I find it odd that people forget the kind of basic things like attacks and skills that they use constantly. I've had one player literally have to be reminded how to do the exact same attack, every single round of every single combat. Are these people just plain dumb or is it something else? Personally, I think it's a lack of investment. I've also seen sentiment expressed here that says players shouldn't have to do any work to remember things. I think that's bollocks. Players should definitely do enough work to understand and remember their own character's abilities, as well as recording pertinent details about the story like NPC names, locations, quest goals, etc. This is a co-operative game, not a video game. The DM shouldn't be relied upon to have to remember everything and relay everything to everyone during every session. Yes, you're not your character, but you are a person who is engaging in a social activity with other people where your level of involvement needs to be at a certain minimum for you to be a contributing, rather than taxing, member. [/QUOTE]

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