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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9746544" data-attributes="member: 6790260">In fact, all the stated description does is avoid the already-mentioned clumsy GMing. Nothing new has been added here.I mean, why shouldn't there be a chance?By this standard, anyone who ever talks about their attack bonus is &quot;metagaming&quot; because they're talking about the game rules. The reason the players get given a chance to do things is because they're playing a game, and thus they want to actually participate, rather than having things simply declared at them until the GM feels like stopping.Or, if you'll allow me to turn this around: Wouldn't you say that the party's enemies should have a chance to detect them, if they're the ones attempting to attack?And if so, aren't you engaging in metagaming by unfairly giving the NPCs chances the players never get?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 9746544, member: 6790260"] In fact, all the stated description does is avoid the already-mentioned [I]clumsy[/I] GMing. Nothing new has been added here. I mean, why shouldn't there be a chance? By this standard, anyone who ever talks about their attack bonus is "metagaming" because they're talking about the game rules. The reason the players get given a chance to do things [I]is because they're playing a game[/I], and thus they want to actually participate, rather than having things simply declared at them until the GM feels like stopping. Or, if you'll allow me to turn this around: Wouldn't you say that the party's enemies should have a chance to detect [I]them[/I], if they're the ones attempting to attack? And if so, aren't [I]you[/I] engaging in metagaming by unfairly giving the NPCs chances the players never get? [/QUOTE]

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