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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 8550146" data-attributes="member: 20564">The players still are the experts on their character sheet - I'm not advocating the DM dive into the details, just know what all of the features are for all of the characters.  For example, if someone playing a ranger picked Desert as their favored terrain and it hasn't come up, using that next time I need a distant location makes the player feel like it wasn't a wasted choice and get some spotlight time.  The obvious abilities like casting or expertise in deception are obvious because they get scene time already - it's the non-obvious ones that need to be remembered.Since I'm advocating for this as session/adventure prep tool, I'm not even talking about keeping it all in your head - just write down new features every month or two when they level up, and glance at that sheet when prepping for the next session or adventureI can see people enjoying that, but that's not my personal style.  In the case where players are actively hiding what's on their character sheet from the DM, and the DM is fine with that, you are prevented from following this advice to help spotlight little-used character abilities.</blockquote>