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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mightybrain" data-source="post: 6733776" data-attributes="member: 6802672">I voted for character skill only. But that doesn't mean I don't like to challenge players. It means, I don't rely on players' prior knowledge to challenge them. Everything the players need to know to face their challenges should be presented in the game. I think it would be unfair for a DM to present inexperienced players with situations that were by design insurmountable without previous D&D experience.It's true that previous experience of monster vulnerabilities might offer an advantage to an experienced player but it's really only a minor mechanical advantage and of little consequence. The interesting challenges for players have nothing to do with beating the DM or the game system, they are moral choices which players will have to justify through their characterisation to themselves, their party members, and any NPCs they might meet.The opposite situation, though, can be interesting. An experienced player, playing a novice character could even flat out state the well known vulnerabilities of a particular monster, but also that it's not something their character would know and so they can't take advantage of it. What about other characters, would they know? How will the party discover these weaknesses? These additional questions only add to the adventure. I would probably grant such a player an inspiration point and feel confident that they'd use it to further enhance the adventure and not simply to beat the system.</blockquote>

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