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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BeauNiddle" data-source="post: 4439435" data-attributes="member: 836">I generally allow my players to talk as much as they wish.They are not battle hardened veterans, they merely play them in a game <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Discussing tactics, health, etc. allows them to come up with better plans than just playing alone.That said perfect knowledge does allow some meta-game analysis. In 3.X knowing somebody was on -1hp meant you could safely leave them for a couple of rounds (as long as the DM didn't attack them / include them in area attack spells). In 4th I'd say the 3 failed saves rule actually reduces meta-game worries. Since it usually takes a few rounds to get to and save somebody you can't leave them even in they are on full death saves. Furthermore since the 3 saves rule is per encounter, not every time you drop then any delay now might reduce their chances later.However the 50/50 chance on saving throws does mean that if there is a viable attack plan that should be implemented rather than saving your friend then you can make that choice if necessary.One question for you - do you allow people to narrate their own appearence? I've seen people come up with very detailed descriptions of how much blood is pumping out their bodies / wound descriptions that basically allow them to give precise health accounts even in rule systems that don't allow you to share such detail. But it takes them much longer (and is more nauseating) than merely going "I'm on -2 hit points". If your players don't use that work around you're lucky.</blockquote>

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