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<blockquote data-quote="Faolyn" data-source="post: 9383172" data-attributes="member: 6915329"><p>So what, you assume that the players know all of the monsters' abilities and, what, check them off when they're used? </p><p></p><p>Look, I personally know the monsters quite well. When I'm a player, I turn that part of my brain off. I don't meta-game. </p><p>Nor do I assume that the monster is being used exactly the way they are written in the book. And <em>if </em>I knew a monster had LRs, I wouldn't be counting them off, nor would I assume that the DM is using "kiddie gloves" because one didn't get used every time an ability with a save is used. Even if I did <em>know </em>that a particular monster had LRs <em>and </em>knew that they weren't used at that particular moment in time, <em>why </em>would I assume the DM is going soft? Why would <em>you</em>?</p><p></p><p>And anyway, the <em>monster </em>would have to spend part of <em>their </em>action figuring out exactly what ability the PC used to know if it's worth it to resist--<em>especially </em>in LU where LRs have a side effect to being used. Maybe your millennia-old liches who know every spell would instantly know every spell the PCs could possibly throw at them, but other creatures?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Faolyn, post: 9383172, member: 6915329"] So what, you assume that the players know all of the monsters' abilities and, what, check them off when they're used? Look, I personally know the monsters quite well. When I'm a player, I turn that part of my brain off. I don't meta-game. Nor do I assume that the monster is being used exactly the way they are written in the book. And [I]if [/I]I knew a monster had LRs, I wouldn't be counting them off, nor would I assume that the DM is using "kiddie gloves" because one didn't get used every time an ability with a save is used. Even if I did [I]know [/I]that a particular monster had LRs [I]and [/I]knew that they weren't used at that particular moment in time, [I]why [/I]would I assume the DM is going soft? Why would [I]you[/I]? And anyway, the [I]monster [/I]would have to spend part of [I]their [/I]action figuring out exactly what ability the PC used to know if it's worth it to resist--[I]especially [/I]in LU where LRs have a side effect to being used. Maybe your millennia-old liches who know every spell would instantly know every spell the PCs could possibly throw at them, but other creatures? [/QUOTE]
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