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<blockquote data-quote="moritheil" data-source="post: 4155161" data-attributes="member: 30610"><p><strong>Gentle Reminder on Metagaming</strong></p><p></p><p>Round four actions are going up, and I noticed something.</p><p></p><p>A quick reminder - I know the monsters are there in the books and you can look them up, but please try to refrain from using the exact numbers and stats while you decide your combat actions. First off, I tend to slightly modify monsters, and second, you aren't really supposed to assume your character knows such exact information unless you get it from a knowledge check (that's what skill ranks are for.) This is especially true if your character has no idea what the enemy is.</p><p></p><p>If you can tell me exactly which of your attacks hit and which missed, you're probably looking at the monster entry a little too closely. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> It's best to instead describe attempting your actions and waiting for the round resolution post to see what happened. Often there are modifiers working for or against you that you may not be aware of.</p><p></p><p>For those of you who are new to this concept of player knowledge and character knowledge being separate, please read up on "metagaming." Thanks! (Most of you, I expect, are familiar, but I'm just making sure.)</p><p></p><p>EDIT: and now I'm going to roll knowledge checks for everyone with ranks and post up some info.</p><p></p><p>Shayuri, would you mind overwriting Loriel's stats with Silhouette's? I know they're somewhere in our OOC post but it would be nice to have them in the RG. Thanks <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moritheil, post: 4155161, member: 30610"] [b]Gentle Reminder on Metagaming[/b] Round four actions are going up, and I noticed something. A quick reminder - I know the monsters are there in the books and you can look them up, but please try to refrain from using the exact numbers and stats while you decide your combat actions. First off, I tend to slightly modify monsters, and second, you aren't really supposed to assume your character knows such exact information unless you get it from a knowledge check (that's what skill ranks are for.) This is especially true if your character has no idea what the enemy is. If you can tell me exactly which of your attacks hit and which missed, you're probably looking at the monster entry a little too closely. ;) It's best to instead describe attempting your actions and waiting for the round resolution post to see what happened. Often there are modifiers working for or against you that you may not be aware of. For those of you who are new to this concept of player knowledge and character knowledge being separate, please read up on "metagaming." Thanks! (Most of you, I expect, are familiar, but I'm just making sure.) EDIT: and now I'm going to roll knowledge checks for everyone with ranks and post up some info. Shayuri, would you mind overwriting Loriel's stats with Silhouette's? I know they're somewhere in our OOC post but it would be nice to have them in the RG. Thanks :) [/QUOTE]
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