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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cybit" data-source="post: 6090313" data-attributes="member: 66111">My two cents;Depends on the intent; if it is a cool one-off trick, then I think most people will be OK with it.  If it's symptomatic of someone trying to power game the system, I'll either say no, or let them do it, become Standard Operating Procedure, and then the next time they run into an enemy with the ability to research their opponents, have it turned brutally and maliciously back on them, while usually verbally berating the PCs for being incompetent adventurers who are incapable of adaptation and deserve to perish.  (If a player is being a dick to a DM / the game, it can be done right back to them).That said, I've never gotten to that second part yet. :-D  It also comes down to the system, such things tend to be more entertaining for everyone involved in 4E vs 3E, because in 3E, the DMs can be deflated after having spent tons of prep time on something to have it be made pointless; where as 4E has far less prep time, and thus a far less chance of that occurring.</blockquote>