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<blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 9643360" data-attributes="member: 3400">Repetition helps - if the specific set of rules aren't being hit constantly, people will forget or lose some second-nature familiarity. And there are substantial times on CR where they aren't tapping into specific rule subsystems.But even when someone forgets a rule, is it really that surprising? They're playing in a higher pressure environment than most of us and they have to maintain a high degree of attentiveness, even when not being directly interacted with. That's fatiguing. So of course things occasionally get forgotten or missed. It just helps drive home that, while they do have advanced role-playing improv skills, they're refreshingly normal - occasionally forgetting abilities, spell effects, misadding rolls, etc. Just like every other gaming table.In some of these cases, it may be that they just aren't interested in getting the optimal performance out of their PC - or even moderately optimized performance. They're thinking more in the narrative sense of who their character is, not the mechanical sense. If the rogue doesn't use Steady Aim to take his shot, though it's legal to do so, yeah, he may have forgotten but he probably doesn't care that much because he's thinking of just taking the shot - not of maximizing his chance of hitting with the shot. And the druid bashing things with her shillelagh - it's an iconic look and feel. She probably loves it even if there are things she could do that would be more optimal. Maybe help her redesign her PC to make her more effective at what she wants to do rather than what she could do or should do in an optimal situation. She'll probably get more out of that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="billd91, post: 9643360, member: 3400"] Repetition helps - if the specific set of rules aren't being hit constantly, people will forget or lose some second-nature familiarity. And there are substantial times on CR where they aren't tapping into specific rule subsystems. But even when someone forgets a rule, is it really that surprising? They're playing in a higher pressure environment than most of us and they have to maintain a high degree of attentiveness, even when not being directly interacted with. That's fatiguing. So of course things occasionally get forgotten or missed. It just helps drive home that, while they do have advanced role-playing improv skills, they're refreshingly normal - occasionally forgetting abilities, spell effects, misadding rolls, etc. Just like every other gaming table. In some of these cases, it may be that they just aren't interested in getting the optimal performance out of their PC - or even moderately optimized performance. They're thinking more in the narrative sense of who their character is, not the mechanical sense. If the rogue doesn't use Steady Aim to take his shot, though it's legal to do so, yeah, he may have forgotten but he probably doesn't care that much because he's thinking of just taking the shot - not of maximizing his chance of hitting with the shot. And the druid bashing things with her shillelagh - it's an iconic look and feel. She probably loves it even if there are things she could do that would be more optimal. Maybe help her redesign her PC to make her more effective at what she [B]wants[/B] to do rather than what she could do or should do in an optimal situation. She'll probably get more out of that. [/QUOTE]

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