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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 8058738" data-attributes="member: 23751">It's not conflation.&nbsp; Your argument is semantics.&nbsp; When you always &quot;think&quot; the correct answer, you are effectively having&nbsp; your PC know what those things are and trying to justify it by calling it &quot;thinking&quot; instead of &quot;knowing.&quot;&nbsp; The only way around that sort of behavior is for the DM to enter an arms race with the players and just change up everything or at least a large portion of things.The power grab is by the player who up until that moment, used his much more powerful sword that is still at his side.&nbsp; There's no good reason that absent the attempt below to give the PC knowledge that fire is more effective, the PC would use the torch as his go to weapon against the troll.If the DM isn't being adversarial and entered into an arms race against the players, there is no appreciable risk here.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 8058738, member: 23751"] It's not conflation. Your argument is semantics. When you always "think" the correct answer, you are effectively having your PC know what those things are and trying to justify it by calling it "thinking" instead of "knowing." The only way around that sort of behavior is for the DM to enter an arms race with the players and just change up everything or at least a large portion of things. The power grab is by the player who up until that moment, used his much more powerful sword that is still at his side. There's no good reason that absent the attempt below to give the PC knowledge that fire is more effective, the PC would use the torch as his go to weapon against the troll. If the DM isn't being adversarial and entered into an arms race against the players, there is no appreciable risk here. [/QUOTE]

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