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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Prestidigitalis" data-source="post: 5231752" data-attributes="member: 74496">Some downtime communication is not just fluff and roleplay -- there could be bits of information that play directly into the events of the game.Your character lived in the city for years and established numerous valuable connections among the craftsmen and merchants.  The rest of the party is new to the city.  Some time after entering the city, the party is split.  So -- do the members who are not with your character have any of that information, or not?  It's easy to use a heavy hand and say, nope, your character never mentioned that stuff because you, the player, did not make it happen.  But if your character trusts the others and is known for planning ahead, it would be perfectly in character for him to make sure the others are up to speed on who's who, where to go for information, sanctuary or whatever.Really, it comes down to a an issue of time management and boredom.  If you are going to hand wave a two week trek, with maybe a couple of rolls for Endurance checks and random monsters, effectively you are also hand waving every social interaction that could possibly occur during that period. That's why I suggested the idea of flashback conversations -- once it's become clear that the exchange of that particular information  or viewpoint has become important to the game, you go ahead and roleplay the conversation the the characters agree would have happened.  Clearly there are limits to this approach.  You have to trust your players to be honest about what they would or would not have revealed.  Big important secrets like "I'm really a KGB agent" or "I'm not really left handed" should probably be off limits.  But the things that it makes sense for the party to share because they are in fact a team, working together toward a common purpose and generally looking out for each other's welfare -- I think a DM should give the players a lot more freedom.</blockquote>

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