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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 9684610" data-attributes="member: 23751">No, he's right. It's not metagaming in any sense.&nbsp; There is no player knowledge being brought into the game through his PC inappropriately.Much like cheating, metagaming isn't something that the DM can do.&nbsp; The DM can abuse authority, but not cheat.&nbsp; The DM is not a player, so cannot be bring out of character knowledge into the game.&nbsp; The DM can use the metagame, but cannot engage in metagaming.&nbsp; It's sort like the DM being a player, but not a Player, and roleplaying being in I guess it would be actor stance, but Roleplaying is just playing a role in the game however you do it.If the DM contrives to get Bob the XXIII(his player makes lots of bad decisions) into the game, he might be engaging the metagame to get him in earlier than makes total sense, but the DM cannot be metagaming, because he has no character through which to bring in player knowledge, and wouldn't be bringing in such knowledge in any case.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 9684610, member: 23751"] No, he's right. It's not metagaming in any sense. There is no player knowledge being brought into the game through his PC inappropriately. Much like cheating, metagaming isn't something that the DM can do. The DM can abuse authority, but not cheat. The DM is not a player, so cannot be bring out of character knowledge into the game. The DM can use the metagame, but cannot engage in metagaming. It's sort like the DM being a player, but not a Player, and roleplaying being in I guess it would be actor stance, but Roleplaying is just playing a role in the game however you do it. If the DM contrives to get Bob the XXIII(his player makes lots of bad decisions) into the game, he might be engaging the metagame to get him in earlier than makes total sense, but the DM cannot be metagaming, because he has no character through which to bring in player knowledge, and wouldn't be bringing in such knowledge in any case. [/QUOTE]

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