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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 1768939" data-attributes="member: 177">Have you actually asked him if he's expecting you to put 2 and 2 together?If he is, that's a mistake.&nbsp; It is encouraging what we call &quot;metagame&quot; thinking - using knowledge of the game and from outside the game to guide characters even though the characters don't have the knowledge.&nbsp; It frequently is bad to encourge this.However, if he hasn't clearly said he expected you to understand, perhaps he isn't.&nbsp; If the characters don't have high enough ranks in the appropriate knowledge skills, they simply don't know much about the critters.&nbsp; If you don't know, he's not supposed to put the label on for you - he isn't supposed to tell you &quot;this is a vampire&quot; unless the character could do that in his own head fro the evidence provided.&nbsp; If the character doesn't know that werewolves in this world hang around graveyards, then he's not supposed to tell the player, either.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 1768939, member: 177"] Have you actually asked him if he's expecting you to put 2 and 2 together? If he is, that's a mistake. It is encouraging what we call "metagame" thinking - using knowledge of the game and from outside the game to guide characters even though the characters don't have the knowledge. It frequently is bad to encourge this. However, if he hasn't clearly said he expected you to understand, perhaps he isn't. If the characters don't have high enough ranks in the appropriate knowledge skills, they simply don't know much about the critters. If you don't know, he's not supposed to put the label on for you - he isn't supposed to tell you "this is a vampire" unless the character could do that in his own head fro the evidence provided. If the character doesn't know that werewolves in this world hang around graveyards, then he's not supposed to tell the player, either. [/QUOTE]

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