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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Croesus" data-source="post: 5564043" data-attributes="member: 35019">I'm uncertain what you mean be pattern recognition, but here's what your question brings to mind.Many years ago when gaming with my high school group, the party was exploring a room. One player opened a door and the GM said "You see a glint of light...", at which point the player immediately cried out "I close my eyes and slam the door shut!"The player somehow figured out in a fraction of a second that it was a mirror of some sort, and suspected it was a mirror of life trapping. He was correct and avoided the trap.I attempted the same thing about 20 years later, with a mixed group of experienced and new roleplayers. They only figured it out after several party members disappeared into the mirror, and even then, I'm not sure they really knew what was happening (though they did eventually figure out that breaking the mirror would release their friends). Huge difference in outcomes, all because one player knew what a mirror of life trapping was and somehow pieced the clues together in record time.</blockquote>