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<blockquote data-quote="Argyle King" data-source="post: 5766547" data-attributes="member: 58416">I prefer to not metagame.&nbsp; If the NPC or monsters I'm running do not know something, I run them as if they do not know it.However, there have been times when the PCs assumed the BBEG did not know something; made plans based on that assumption, and doing so lead them into a less than desirable situation.&nbsp; I've found that some of the best curveballs are the ones which the PCs throw at themselves.&nbsp; I think one of the most hilarious examples I can think of recently is when the party assaulted a completely innocent bartender.&nbsp; For some reason one of the party members got stuck on the idea that she (the bartender) was planning to attack (I never gave any indication that she was) and convinced the other PCs to engage the bartender.Needless to say, they were no longer welcome in town, and the normally good party found themselves the enemy of the local authorities.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Argyle King, post: 5766547, member: 58416"] I prefer to not metagame. If the NPC or monsters I'm running do not know something, I run them as if they do not know it. However, there have been times when the PCs assumed the BBEG did not know something; made plans based on that assumption, and doing so lead them into a less than desirable situation. I've found that some of the best curveballs are the ones which the PCs throw at themselves. I think one of the most hilarious examples I can think of recently is when the party assaulted a completely innocent bartender. For some reason one of the party members got stuck on the idea that she (the bartender) was planning to attack (I never gave any indication that she was) and convinced the other PCs to engage the bartender. Needless to say, they were no longer welcome in town, and the normally good party found themselves the enemy of the local authorities. [/QUOTE]

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