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<blockquote data-quote="bloodtide" data-source="post: 9405855" data-attributes="member: 6684958">It is just combat is war vs combat is sport but for adventure.&nbsp; Maybe Adventure is fluff vs Adventure is life.&nbsp; A lot of players will say they want to be an &quot;expert&quot; something.&nbsp; Though when I ask what that means they get vague and confused.&nbsp; Eventually they might get around to saying something like &quot;They want to feel cool and smart&quot;.&nbsp; And I have to tell them you can't fake that feeling.But if a player wants to &quot;feel&quot; like an expert by asking the DM questions their character would know the answer to and once in a while do a retcon for &quot;oh my character would never do that silly mistake I did&quot; , then it's not such a big deal to just let the player do that.&nbsp; They just play the game however they want to, ask if a wall of fire will burn their character, and get a recon when they make a wacky mistake.&nbsp; But at the end of the game they &quot;feel&quot; like they have played an expert character....and that is good enough for them.&nbsp; Then it's all good.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bloodtide, post: 9405855, member: 6684958"] It is just combat is war vs combat is sport but for adventure. Maybe Adventure is fluff vs Adventure is life. A lot of players will say they want to be an "expert" something. Though when I ask what that means they get vague and confused. Eventually they might get around to saying something like "They want to feel cool and smart". And I have to tell them you can't fake that feeling. But if a player wants to "feel" like an expert by asking the DM questions their character would know the answer to and once in a while do a retcon for "oh my character would never do that silly mistake I did" , then it's not such a big deal to just let the player do that. They just play the game however they want to, ask if a wall of fire will burn their character, and get a recon when they make a wacky mistake. But at the end of the game they "feel" like they have played an expert character....and that is good enough for them. Then it's all good. [/QUOTE]

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