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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 9347469" data-attributes="member: 29398">As a player, I want to see my character sheet but I've neither the right nor the desire to see any of:--- the DM-side tables and charts I'm rolling on--- the combat matrix or saving-throw tables--- stats and mechanical information about the opponent (just tell us what our characters observe!)--- unexplored parts of the adventure (i.e. "reading ahead")In fact, perhaps the greatest regret I had - and still have - about becoming a DM is that doing so forced me to see and use all that stuff, and now I can't un-see it.  Much of what made the game mysterious - and thus, intriguing - is gone for me.I also greatly dislike that the combat matrix and save tables have been in effect moved player-side in the WotC editions (e.g. BAB replacing the combat matrix in 3e), and didn't like things like THAC0 before this for the same reason.  As a player, I want to approach the game mechanics the same way I approach the mechanical functions of a car: I don't want to know - and don't really care - how the engine works; I just want it to operate smoothly and reliably when I turn the key.</blockquote>