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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7611710" data-attributes="member: 996">Or an understanding of what constitutes a valid action declaration?&nbsp; To get a little weird &amp; technical, the basic process of play is mainly encoding &amp; decoding.&nbsp; The DM encodes the state of the game, the player decodes it and encodes an action; the player decodes that, processes it, and encodes a resolution (which may include looping back to the player for a check, but /that/ part is pretty precisely coded using simple numbers &amp; randomization).That process can exclude a LOT of the contentious issues that seem to be popping up late in this thread. A player 'metagaming' with 'player knowledge' that the character &quot;shouldn't have&quot; is an example of encoding/decoding errors in the process. The DM hasn't expressed or the player hasn't understood aspects of the setting and situation.&nbsp; Once they're resolved, so will the issue be resolved - without either having to appeal to any RaW or One True Way as to their respective roles as DM and Player - most of that resolution, like mechanical resolution, though, /is/ ultimately the DM's responsibility.&nbsp;&nbsp; (Why, yes, I did say &quot;just talk to your players,&quot; but with more, snootier words.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 7611710, member: 996"] Or an understanding of what constitutes a valid action declaration? To get a little weird & technical, the basic process of play is mainly encoding & decoding. The DM encodes the state of the game, the player decodes it and encodes an action; the player decodes that, processes it, and encodes a resolution (which may include looping back to the player for a check, but /that/ part is pretty precisely coded using simple numbers & randomization). That process can exclude a LOT of the contentious issues that seem to be popping up late in this thread. A player 'metagaming' with 'player knowledge' that the character "shouldn't have" is an example of encoding/decoding errors in the process. The DM hasn't expressed or the player hasn't understood aspects of the setting and situation. Once they're resolved, so will the issue be resolved - without either having to appeal to any RaW or One True Way as to their respective roles as DM and Player - most of that resolution, like mechanical resolution, though, /is/ ultimately the DM's responsibility. (Why, yes, I did say "just talk to your players," but with more, snootier words.) [/QUOTE]

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