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<blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 7569950" data-attributes="member: 97077">I trust players... to make the most advantageous* choice if they can and I am rarely disappointed. I think that's a perfectly reasonable behavior in the context of a game and I judge no person for doing exactly that. It invites conflict and further metagame thinking when those choices are at odds with the table rule of &quot;no metagaming&quot; or &quot;sometimes some kinds of metagaming but other times not other kinds of metgaming.&quot;That is why I would say the toad (or any low-hp monster) is not a very good choice for a DM who concerned about &quot;metagaming&quot; because among the most advantageous choices is to get that toad killed. Make the best choice having your fighter in killer whale form ready an action to bite the closest target in reach, then all rest of the party shoving hags toward it.That is why I would also say to add explosive swamp gas to a troll fight or change the troll's weaknesses to necrotic and radiant instead. Make the best choice figuring out the environment or its denizens before lobbing a firebolt.* Here, advantageous doesn't necessarily refer to mechanics either.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="iserith, post: 7569950, member: 97077"] I trust players... to make the most advantageous* choice if they can and I am rarely disappointed. I think that's a perfectly reasonable behavior in the context of a game and I judge no person for doing exactly that. It invites conflict and further metagame thinking when those choices are at odds with the table rule of "no metagaming" or "sometimes some kinds of metagaming but other times not other kinds of metgaming." That is why I would say the toad (or any low-hp monster) is not a very good choice for a DM who concerned about "metagaming" because among the most advantageous choices is to get that toad killed. Make the best choice having your fighter in killer whale form ready an action to bite the closest target in reach, then all rest of the party shoving hags toward it. That is why I would also say to add explosive swamp gas to a troll fight or change the troll's weaknesses to necrotic and radiant instead. Make the best choice figuring out the environment or its denizens before lobbing a firebolt. * Here, advantageous doesn't necessarily refer to mechanics either. [/QUOTE]

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