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<blockquote data-quote="jefgorbach" data-source="post: 5480207" data-attributes="member: 28278">[MENTION=9171]Lalato[/MENTION]: I disagree to a point. While recognizing it -might- be the trap from a specific module, room# which was solved thusly WOULD be metagaming, .... the blood splatters near the larger statue screams TRAP! (or at least beware of the large animated statue/golem) and would immediately cause anyone so alerted to visually scan the surrounding statues/walls/ceiling for additional bloody spots for possible sources/clues asto what caused them, thus your in-game actions are logical and correctly made.&nbsp; Regarding the arcane/etc checks, I agree with those feeling it should have been an automatic response for those so inclined simply because thats how a given profession looks at the world around them. ie someone who plays the stock market is CONSTANTLY aware potential investments even if they aren't actively following a particular company, simply because you never exactly know what will be the next great mover will be ... for instance Popular Science interviewed one of the M1A1 tank crews being dispatched as part of Dessert Storm, with a brief sentence mentioning orders for the tank's ammo had tripled for the pending war. At the time, I was in a college investment course so the article auto-triggered a feeling I should research the company .... revealing it was listed on the stock exchange, was the only company making that ammo, and its price had not yet reacted to the article/earnings jump ... resulting in a hefty fictional profit as the price jumped from around $10 to somewhere in the $100s over the semester.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jefgorbach, post: 5480207, member: 28278"] [MENTION=9171]Lalato[/MENTION]: I disagree to a point. While recognizing it -might- be the trap from a specific module, room# which was solved thusly WOULD be metagaming, .... the blood splatters near the larger statue screams TRAP! (or at least beware of the large animated statue/golem) and would immediately cause anyone so alerted to visually scan the surrounding statues/walls/ceiling for additional bloody spots for possible sources/clues asto what caused them, thus your in-game actions are logical and correctly made. Regarding the arcane/etc checks, I agree with those feeling it should have been an automatic response for those so inclined simply because thats how a given profession looks at the world around them. ie someone who plays the stock market is CONSTANTLY aware potential investments even if they aren't actively following a particular company, simply because you never exactly know what will be the next great mover will be ... for instance Popular Science interviewed one of the M1A1 tank crews being dispatched as part of Dessert Storm, with a brief sentence mentioning orders for the tank's ammo had tripled for the pending war. At the time, I was in a college investment course so the article auto-triggered a feeling I should research the company .... revealing it was listed on the stock exchange, was the only company making that ammo, and its price had not yet reacted to the article/earnings jump ... resulting in a hefty fictional profit as the price jumped from around $10 to somewhere in the $100s over the semester. [/QUOTE]

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