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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sunseeker" data-source="post: 6593779">I do, because:A: my monsters are usually customized significantly.  Knowing that you're fighting a werewolf may or may not help you against my werewolf.B: I have a low tolerance for metagaming, if you attempt to bring outside knowledge into the game I will inform you that in lieu of your turn you spent the time racking your brain to remember all you know about whatever you're fighting.C: They're going to do it anyway, if they don't do it right now they'll do it at home.   I generally ask players to put anything but the PHB away while we're actively playing, but even the PHB is not free of monster stats.D: Strangely, keeping their noses in a book can often keep otherwise talkative players quiet and focused, which aids smooth gameplay.E: There's no guarantee they're actually looking up the monsters we're fighting and I'm not going to punish a player for that so long as they don't get distracted from the game, especially when half my players are DMs themselves.</blockquote>