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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shilsen" data-source="post: 1986310" data-attributes="member: 198">No, that isn't metagaming, but just intelligent tactical thinking. As is often the case in D&D, a great part of the perception lies in the description:EXAMPLE1Player1: My PC walks past the orc to draw an AoO.Player2: Cool! That means my PC can try to grapple without the orc getting an AoO on him.DM: You metagaming little *#$!*)#EXAMPLE2Player1: Maelwyn selflessly moves into a seemingly disadvantageous position, trying to tempt the orc into attacking him, so that Bessie the minotaur can attack with less danger to herself.Player2: Bessie seizes the opportunity presented by Maelwyn's tactic and attempts to grab the distracted orc in her muscular arms.DM: Nice thinking! The orc swings unsuccessfully at Maelwyn and is unable to pull its battleaxe back into position quickly enough to disrupt Bessie's atack....Both of the examples are exactly the same situation, but one sounds a whole lot more like metagaming than the other. But it isn't.</blockquote>