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<blockquote data-quote="Centaur" data-source="post: 1089882" data-attributes="member: 11822">I agree with Rackhirm, adventureers are larger than life heroes who are expected to rise above the commone man and be able to deal with the horrors of the wilderness.Such common things as knowing to use fire or acid on a troll would quite likey be known by the local farmers, so it would definetly be known by a wizard who has actualy learned burning hands.Likewise, even if you assume that the fighter has never aquired the knowledge that Skeletons are vulnerable to blunt and resistant to slashing and peircing weapons, a little common sense just looking at the thing a two year old would know that smashing it would work better.On the otherhand, if you are running a lowmagic campaign were most monsters are things of legend and are just comming back into the world (like a game I am involved in now) then it is entirely possible that certain pieces of knowlege would be unknown to the general populace and maybe even the PC's.&nbsp; But once the Trolls get back up for the second time, or when the arrows keep flying straight through the skeletons, they are bound to try something different!IMC, I try to mix a little description in here and there when it is waranted, but large combats call for a short description at the begginging and then a lot of game speak once the fight is underway as they can take between 1 to 3 hours and there is no sense in making take longer, just to describe how artfully things are done... But I try to inject a few descriptions here and there were appropriate.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Centaur, post: 1089882, member: 11822"] I agree with Rackhirm, adventureers are larger than life heroes who are expected to rise above the commone man and be able to deal with the horrors of the wilderness. Such common things as knowing to use fire or acid on a troll would quite likey be known by the local farmers, so it would definetly be known by a wizard who has actualy learned burning hands. Likewise, even if you assume that the fighter has never aquired the knowledge that Skeletons are vulnerable to blunt and resistant to slashing and peircing weapons, a little common sense just looking at the thing a two year old would know that smashing it would work better. On the otherhand, if you are running a lowmagic campaign were most monsters are things of legend and are just comming back into the world (like a game I am involved in now) then it is entirely possible that certain pieces of knowlege would be unknown to the general populace and maybe even the PC's. But once the Trolls get back up for the second time, or when the arrows keep flying straight through the skeletons, they are bound to try something different! IMC, I try to mix a little description in here and there when it is waranted, but large combats call for a short description at the begginging and then a lot of game speak once the fight is underway as they can take between 1 to 3 hours and there is no sense in making take longer, just to describe how artfully things are done... But I try to inject a few descriptions here and there were appropriate. [/QUOTE]

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