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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9261005" data-attributes="member: 6790260">Whereas I find that gameplay which is predicated on hiding the players' own information from them is generally an ineffective and counterproductive strategy as a GM. It encourages players to distrust the things you tell them (always bad when you are their only source of information) and sets up adversarial behavior from both ends.Much better, in my experience, to use failed rolls on things like Perception and Insight to either explicitly state ignorance, or to use this as an opportunity to reveal an unwelcome truth or turn the character's own strengths against them. That way, Perception etc. cease to be a thing where if they don't see the roll they have to actively consider whether they are metagaming and to what degree they should do so, and instead keeps them focused on what is going on in the world and what possible consequences they might face for rolling when they don't need to.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 9261005, member: 6790260"] Whereas I find that gameplay which is predicated on hiding the players' own information from them is generally an ineffective and counterproductive strategy as a GM. It encourages players to distrust the things you tell them (always bad when [I]you are their only source of information[/I]) and sets up adversarial behavior from both ends. Much better, in my experience, to use failed rolls on things like Perception and Insight to either explicitly state ignorance, or to use this as an opportunity to reveal an unwelcome truth or turn the character's own strengths against them. That way, Perception etc. cease to be a thing where if they don't see the roll they have to actively consider whether they are metagaming and to what degree they should do so, and instead keeps them focused on what is going on in the world and what possible consequences they might face for rolling when they don't need to. [/QUOTE]

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