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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 7793817" data-attributes="member: 6779196"><p>So they can act all surprised and confused when they see it, they can make up a silly name that their characters decided to give to this creature they’ve never seen before, all that jazz. Or maybe someone could chime in that they’ve heard legends of creatures like this before from long ago, but thought they were only stories to frighten children. Or both, why not both? both is good. Either way, if the wizard chooses not to cast his go-to fireball because his player knows it’s a red dragon and red dragons are immune to fire, I’m not going to question it. I’m not going to protest that “you always start off a big fight with fireball, and your character has no way of knowing this creature is immune to fire, so if you don’t start off this fight with fireball you’re metagaming, and that’s bad!” It’s not my job to police what actions the PCs would or would not take. Besides, we’re clearly playing in a homebrew setting in this hypothetical scenario. For all the wizard’s player knows, this dragon might be vulnerable to fire, and acting on that player knowledge could actually be a poor decision.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 7793817, member: 6779196"] So they can act all surprised and confused when they see it, they can make up a silly name that their characters decided to give to this creature they’ve never seen before, all that jazz. Or maybe someone could chime in that they’ve heard legends of creatures like this before from long ago, but thought they were only stories to frighten children. Or both, why not both? both is good. Either way, if the wizard chooses not to cast his go-to fireball because his player knows it’s a red dragon and red dragons are immune to fire, I’m not going to question it. I’m not going to protest that “you always start off a big fight with fireball, and your character has no way of knowing this creature is immune to fire, so if you don’t start off this fight with fireball you’re metagaming, and that’s bad!” It’s not my job to police what actions the PCs would or would not take. Besides, we’re clearly playing in a homebrew setting in this hypothetical scenario. For all the wizard’s player knows, this dragon might be vulnerable to fire, and acting on that player knowledge could actually be a poor decision. [/QUOTE]
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