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<blockquote data-quote="uzirath" data-source="post: 9371144" data-attributes="member: 8495">Most of my groups don't have formal player roles, but a few people usually take notes. The notes range from mostly objective to in-character, sometimes flowing back and forth depending on the player's whim. We still find them very useful, even when they are entirely in-character. As the GM, I depend on them because I don't have time to write a full summary of the session's events afterwards. The players usually photograph and upload their notes sometimes after the session and we keep them in a shared Google Drive folder. (Google's OCR is good enough on handwriting that we basically have full-search capability.)EDIT: But to answer the question posed, I don't really see any problems per se, if you mean &quot;problems that would make the game less fun for the participants.&quot; Good sorts of problems might include, as others have mentioned, some bias on your character's part. If you have flaws or disadvantages or the equivalent, you might focus more attention on details that aren't as &quot;important.&quot; For example, a glutton might take assiduous notes on meals, rations, the menu at the tavern, etc. A benefit from this would be that it helps remind you (and the other players, including the GM) about features of your character that deserve some air time. I can imagine arriving in town and one of the other characters asking around for a tavern &quot;with really good food so this guy stops whining.&quot; Spreading the love, this could also be a way to highlight roleplaying elements from other characters. Might be fun to &quot;make it into the notes&quot; in any given session.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="uzirath, post: 9371144, member: 8495"] Most of my groups don't have formal player roles, but a few people usually take notes. The notes range from mostly objective to in-character, sometimes flowing back and forth depending on the player's whim. We still find them very useful, even when they are entirely in-character. As the GM, I depend on them because I don't have time to write a full summary of the session's events afterwards. The players usually photograph and upload their notes sometimes after the session and we keep them in a shared Google Drive folder. (Google's OCR is good enough on handwriting that we basically have full-search capability.) EDIT: But to answer the question posed, I don't really see any [I]problems[/I] per se, if you mean "problems that would make the game less fun for the participants." Good sorts of problems might include, as others have mentioned, some bias on your character's part. If you have flaws or disadvantages or the equivalent, you might focus more attention on details that aren't as "important." For example, a glutton might take assiduous notes on meals, rations, the menu at the tavern, etc. A benefit from this would be that it helps remind you (and the other players, including the GM) about features of your character that deserve some air time. I can imagine arriving in town and one of the other characters asking around for a tavern "with really good food so this guy stops whining." Spreading the love, this could also be a way to highlight roleplaying elements from other characters. Might be fun to "make it into the notes" in any given session. [/QUOTE]

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