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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ThirdWizard" data-source="post: 3026104" data-attributes="member: 12037">Okay, see, these aren't reasons to pull the lever. These are reasons why it isn't fair, there's a difference.Metagame thinking influences character actions. The character actions are very straightforward: check for traps resulted in no traps and levers are fairly commonplace items, so there's no reason to worry about it. That's really it. The same could be said of a doorknob or any other object.Now, yes, we're using metagame arguments to determine why it isn't fair. Would you rather we use in character arguments to determine whether or not its fair? Because that wouldn't work, as far as I know. The PCs can't argue over fairness themselves, only the Players.So in short, the reason for pulling the lever is not anything having to do with DM expectations of the game or somesuch. It isn't a metagame thinking. It is simply, there is no reason to think there are traps on the lever in character, so you might as well pull it. That's it.So, your argument is flawed in that manner. You can't expect us to ignore the metagame in debating whether it is fair in an inherently metagame sense. Metagaming is only when PC actions are determined by the Players' knowledge that this is a game.</blockquote>