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<blockquote data-quote="HalfOrc HalfBiscuit" data-source="post: 7637193" data-attributes="member: 27710"><p>I agree that a player shouldn't really be looking in the MM during a game. But in all honesty I'm less bothered about that sort of thing these days than I used to be.</p><p></p><p>The thing is that coming down on that sort of thing really just penalises new players. If you know a monster's strengths and weaknesses because you've been playing and running D&D for lots of years or even if it's just that you fought the same monster last month, then you've probably got more knowledge than your character should have. And while I'm sure everyone on here would say they always try to separate player knowledge from character knowledge, it can be very difficult to do that absolutely in all instances (especially if your party is getting its collective a** kicked). So the experienced player can be perceived as having an edge over a new player that the latter may see as unfair.</p><p></p><p>Now that's not to say that the DM shouldn't be saying to the kid that he really shouldn't be looking in the MM during the game, but it should be accompanied by a proper explanation about why it's uncool and by letting the player know if his character should know something about the creature he's facing (I generally assume, for instance, that everyone in a D&d world would know that you need to use fire to finish trolls off permanently).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HalfOrc HalfBiscuit, post: 7637193, member: 27710"] I agree that a player shouldn't really be looking in the MM during a game. But in all honesty I'm less bothered about that sort of thing these days than I used to be. The thing is that coming down on that sort of thing really just penalises new players. If you know a monster's strengths and weaknesses because you've been playing and running D&D for lots of years or even if it's just that you fought the same monster last month, then you've probably got more knowledge than your character should have. And while I'm sure everyone on here would say they always try to separate player knowledge from character knowledge, it can be very difficult to do that absolutely in all instances (especially if your party is getting its collective a** kicked). So the experienced player can be perceived as having an edge over a new player that the latter may see as unfair. Now that's not to say that the DM shouldn't be saying to the kid that he really shouldn't be looking in the MM during the game, but it should be accompanied by a proper explanation about why it's uncool and by letting the player know if his character should know something about the creature he's facing (I generally assume, for instance, that everyone in a D&d world would know that you need to use fire to finish trolls off permanently). [/QUOTE]
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