Was I being a dick to do this.

[Mircoles]

Also, the next time the players get to a civilized area, consider having the rogue immediately arrested, because, after all, rogues are all trained in thievery.

Thievery??? I calls it Lock Smithing, hence the reason for the lock picks.

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

Thievery??? I calls it Lock Smithing, hence the reason for the lock picks.

How would the guards know he's a rogue?

 

[Ryujin]

How would the guards know he's a rogue?

What, they don't all wear bandanas over their faces and walk the "sneaky walk"?

 

[UnknownAtThisTime]

There are three sides to every story.

 

[GameDoc]

How would the guards know he's a rogue?

Because they are pretty sure the DM wouldn't direct a party of PC's to town that didn't include a rogue and by examining each person's dress and equipment it's easy to determine who is the rogue. Those NPC guards are notorious metagamers.

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

Because they are pretty sure the DM wouldn't direct a party of PC's to town that didn't include a rogue and by examining each person's dress and equipment it's easy to determine who is the rogue. Those NPC guards are notorious metagamers.

Given the problem with the metagaming player, that's a sound way of solving the problem. (They can even throw in a "how do you like it" quip.)

 

[Mircoles]

How would the guards know he's a rogue?

Well, they're not suppose to know.

 

[Holy Bovine]

"Come on," says the rogue, "we can take him, the DM wouldn't put a monster in here that was above our level."

This instant I hear this as a DM the monster gains 200hp, does double damage and gains +5 to all defenses. So, yeah, now it can't be beaten.

 

[666Sinner666]

What a fantasitc way to show a player that metagaming is not a good thing. A+++

 

[ffy]

This instant I hear this as a DM the monster gains 200hp, does double damage and gains +5 to all defenses. So, yeah, now it can't be beaten.

or its 8 levels higher papa monster (that somehow rolled a natural 67 on its stealth roll to sneak up on them) backstabs the person that said it