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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 8059971" data-attributes="member: 23751">Absolutely.&nbsp; I ask my players to write up a background before the campaign begins.&nbsp; I usually get a few paragraphs to a page of background.&nbsp; If your background has an uncle who told you about trolls, or even an uncle who was a troll hunter, troll knowledge makes a lot of sense for your PC to have.This is simply untrue. I have no interest in saying no or looking to prevent anything.&nbsp; Asking for that purpose would be an example the adversarial kind of DMing that I have no interest in.&nbsp; I'm going to ask to find out why he feels that his PC should automatically have that knowledge, rather than that knowledge being uncertain and requiring an ability check.&nbsp; If he points to Uncle Troll Slayer in his background(assuming I don't remember that detail), he gets that knowledge with no roll.&nbsp; If he tells me that it's because he read the MM or encountered trolls three campaigns ago, it's going to be a roll of the dice to see if the PC knows.&nbsp; At no point, though, am I looking to prevent the action.&nbsp; Prevention isn't why I'm going to ask.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 8059971, member: 23751"] Absolutely. I ask my players to write up a background before the campaign begins. I usually get a few paragraphs to a page of background. If your background has an uncle who told you about trolls, or even an uncle who was a troll hunter, troll knowledge makes a lot of sense for your PC to have. This is simply untrue. I have no interest in saying no or looking to prevent anything. Asking for that purpose would be an example the adversarial kind of DMing that I have no interest in. I'm going to ask to find out why he feels that his PC should automatically have that knowledge, rather than that knowledge being uncertain and requiring an ability check. If he points to Uncle Troll Slayer in his background(assuming I don't remember that detail), he gets that knowledge with no roll. If he tells me that it's because he read the MM or encountered trolls three campaigns ago, it's going to be a roll of the dice to see if the PC knows. At no point, though, am I looking to prevent the action. Prevention isn't why I'm going to ask. [/QUOTE]

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