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Cyril Darkcloud · 02-25-2007, 03:16 PM

That's an understandable concern, Kazilan, and it is certainly not the intention here. It is rather an insistence that we simply take basic things our characters can learn about each other seriously. Pandaros and Xaver are also seasoned enough characters that should be able, given some time to observe things, to size up another group with reasonable accuracy. This has little to do with exact information about another character's precise level and abilities, so much as being able to determine with reasonable accuracy the ballpark in which one is playing so to speak.

In fact my post has less to do with what Ana is capable of than with the ability of Pandaros and Xaver to recognize a potentially difficult situation before it takes a surprising turn. And the converse ability of the other group to have a genuine sense of the degree of threat characters such as Xaver and Pandaros would typically represent.

Typically, unless there is significant reason to hold otherwise, we can assume that relatively seasoned characters should at least be able to distinguish without much difficulty the difference between low-level, mid-level and high-level characters as well as so called zero-level commoners. This is not infallible by any means and can lead to surprises - but on the whole it's just one of those things that comes with having accumulated a fair amount of experience.

In fact, depending on how their religious symbols are displayed it might well be the case that Xaver and Ana could recognize each other as priests. And while they may not know much about each other's religious tradition they might well be able to make reasonable inferences as to whether or not one or the other might have attained a relatively high rank or even what the general sphere of patronage the other's deity influences. Note how this, however, is do to taking their precisely clerical experience into account.

We don't need to be obsessive with this, but an occasional attentiveness to our character's experience levels for things other than combat or spellcasting or skill checks can add a bit of flavor to our RPing and allow us to develop them a bit more fully.

02-25-2007, 03:16 PM	#37
Cyril Darkcloud Lord Soth Join Date: February 7, 2002 Location: New York Posts: 1,980	That's an understandable concern, Kazilan, and it is certainly not the intention here. It is rather an insistence that we simply take basic things our characters can learn about each other seriously. Pandaros and Xaver are also seasoned enough characters that should be able, given some time to observe things, to size up another group with reasonable accuracy. This has little to do with exact information about another character's precise level and abilities, so much as being able to determine with reasonable accuracy the ballpark in which one is playing so to speak. In fact my post has less to do with what Ana is capable of than with the ability of Pandaros and Xaver to recognize a potentially difficult situation before it takes a surprising turn. And the converse ability of the other group to have a genuine sense of the degree of threat characters such as Xaver and Pandaros would typically represent. Typically, unless there is significant reason to hold otherwise, we can assume that relatively seasoned characters should at least be able to distinguish without much difficulty the difference between low-level, mid-level and high-level characters as well as so called zero-level commoners. This is not infallible by any means and can lead to surprises - but on the whole it's just one of those things that comes with having accumulated a fair amount of experience. In fact, depending on how their religious symbols are displayed it might well be the case that Xaver and Ana could recognize each other as priests. And while they may not know much about each other's religious tradition they might well be able to make reasonable inferences as to whether or not one or the other might have attained a relatively high rank or even what the general sphere of patronage the other's deity influences. Note how this, however, is do to taking their precisely clerical experience into account. We don't need to be obsessive with this, but an occasional attentiveness to our character's experience levels for things other than combat or spellcasting or skill checks can add a bit of flavor to our RPing and allow us to develop them a bit more fully.