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<blockquote data-quote="Czhorat" data-source="post: 1164243" data-attributes="member: 13826">Is it really worth the effort? Eventually even the least attentive players will have enough clues to figure out eachother's classes as they use class abilities. You'll eventually have to cast a spell wearing armor or cast a healing spell, at which point they'll know that you're a divine caster. Or you'll throw a magic missile or lightning bolt or something and they'll know you're a arcane. The idea is intriguing, but the amount of note-passing and speaking in code seems to me to be too much effort for what I see as a minimal gain. Also, if you're working cooperatively as a group (which D&amp;D really is about IMHO) you ought to know something about eachother's abilities so you can plan accordingly. It'd be nice to know that one character is the group's only healer, or that the group needn't overworry about the harpies they're expecting to encounter because the bard can use a countersong. Could you imagine trying to tackle some kind of obstacle with the assistance of a group and NOT know what the others are capable of?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Czhorat, post: 1164243, member: 13826"] Is it really worth the effort? Eventually even the least attentive players will have enough clues to figure out eachother's classes as they use class abilities. You'll eventually have to cast a spell wearing armor or cast a healing spell, at which point they'll know that you're a divine caster. Or you'll throw a magic missile or lightning bolt or something and they'll know you're a arcane. The idea is intriguing, but the amount of note-passing and speaking in code seems to me to be too much effort for what I see as a minimal gain. Also, if you're working cooperatively as a group (which D&D really is about IMHO) you ought to know something about eachother's abilities so you can plan accordingly. It'd be nice to know that one character is the group's only healer, or that the group needn't overworry about the harpies they're expecting to encounter because the bard can use a countersong. Could you imagine trying to tackle some kind of obstacle with the assistance of a group and NOT know what the others are capable of? [/QUOTE]

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