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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 8039022" data-attributes="member: 177">As I already noted, it is a level up from that.&nbsp; It is a genre trope (shared by a couple of genres - it's been in fantasy since Tolkien, and in noir since the beginning of noir, a common point in spy fiction as well...)&nbsp; It isn't about the fact that you're playing a game, it is about who in the place is apt to have useful information they'd be willing to let the character access.&nbsp; Barmaids will know the locals, people sitting mostly out of the action will have information about shady stuff, etc.Remember that the character lives in the world 24/7, the player does not.&nbsp; Genre tropes are a way to deal with that gap.&nbsp; In this example, the characters who live in this world really should be able to suss out what kind of person is apt to be useful to talk to.&nbsp; They should not have to take a stab in the dark as a player.&nbsp; The genre trope gives them a starting point when the player doesn't really have other information.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 8039022, member: 177"] As I already noted, it is a level up from that. It is a genre trope (shared by a couple of genres - it's been in fantasy since Tolkien, and in noir since the beginning of noir, a common point in spy fiction as well...) It isn't about the fact that you're playing a game, it is about who in the place is apt to have useful information they'd be willing to let the character access. Barmaids will know the locals, people sitting mostly out of the action will have information about shady stuff, etc. Remember that the character lives in the world 24/7, the player does not. Genre tropes are a way to deal with that gap. In this example, the characters who live in this world really should be able to suss out what kind of person is apt to be useful to talk to. They should not have to take a stab in the dark as a player. The genre trope gives them a starting point when the player doesn't really have other information. [/QUOTE]

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