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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mallus" data-source="post: 4934973" data-attributes="member: 3887">I'm fine with out-of-character tactics discussions, both as player and as DM. In the end, what we're actually doing is playing a (usually) cooperative game. To whatever extent players immerse themselves in their role, limiting themselves to their character's POV is just a particular approach used to make the game more enjoyable, for the people who enjoy that sort of thing. It certainly doesn't represent the proper way to play RPG's (mainly because that doesn't exist <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    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />). If no-one at your table wants to coordinate tactics, so be it. If everyone else does and you don't, politely let them know it's more enjoyable for you to focus on only what your character can see and hear. Like all play style preferences, it's good gamer etiquette to let people have their own fun, to be as accommodating as possible. edit: and I say this as someone who loves character immersion, has been known to play whole sessions using a funny accent, and generally views their D&D campaigns as collaboratively-written (or perhaps that's 'committee-written') fantasy novels.<soapbox>In general, I'm not a big fan of the idea your enjoyment of a given medium should be contingent on forgetting what it is you're actually doing. I'm always aware that I'm reading a book or watching a film or playing a game. How can you enjoy something, if not for what it actually is? </soapbox></blockquote>

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