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<blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 779237" data-attributes="member: 710">2Dinkeldog: Exactly one of the things I wanted to say.In our group, currently every single player also masters D&amp;D. Some of them have deeper insights in the ruleworks and the source books than other ones, but we all now the basics, and we all need the books to do this job, including the Monster Manual.In one of these campaigns, I am playing a high level shifter with access to nearly every form available, and so I even have to look up statistitics during play, in the middle of combat. My personal limitation is: Never look up the statistics of a monster you face, even if I know the creature UNLESS the Dungeon Masters allows you to look it up thanks to a succesful Knowledge Check. (We use Nature, Arcana, Religion or the Planes for these things...)Anyway, sometimes I (and other of my players) still remember monster abilities, and it is practically impossible to pretend you wouldn`t know it.But why should we do? We are talking about heroes, that have several experiences with monsters, and that hear much about these things. Many monsters are commonly known (even if not seen that often). Sure, some of the information a character might get is wrong, but so are the information we store in our head. And sometimes, unusual class, spell or template combinations might even lead us false...Mustrum Ridcully</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mustrum_Ridcully, post: 779237, member: 710"] 2Dinkeldog: Exactly one of the things I wanted to say. In our group, currently every single player also masters D&D. Some of them have deeper insights in the ruleworks and the source books than other ones, but we all now the basics, and we all need the books to do this job, including the Monster Manual. In one of these campaigns, I am playing a high level shifter with access to nearly every form available, and so I even have to look up statistitics during play, in the middle of combat. My personal limitation is: Never look up the statistics of a monster you face, even if I know the creature UNLESS the Dungeon Masters allows you to look it up thanks to a succesful Knowledge Check. (We use Nature, Arcana, Religion or the Planes for these things...) Anyway, sometimes I (and other of my players) still remember monster abilities, and it is practically impossible to pretend you wouldn`t know it. But why should we do? We are talking about heroes, that have several experiences with monsters, and that hear much about these things. Many monsters are commonly known (even if not seen that often). Sure, some of the information a character might get is wrong, but so are the information we store in our head. And sometimes, unusual class, spell or template combinations might even lead us false... Mustrum Ridcully [/QUOTE]

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