Player knowledge

[Kayolan]

Sometimes I just like to let the players look up magic items in-game and then tell ME what they are all about and how they work. The CK shouldn't have to do this on his own.

[Treebore]

I've done that a few times myself.

[Kayolan]

I've done that a few times myself.

Sometimes I just like to relax a little, and let the players look up stuff that is supposed to be CK only territory. Obviously this is just for magic items that are "official", i.e. present in the M&T and so on, not for the CK-created stuff. The thing is, all the people I play C&C with are CKs as well as players, so it's kind of hard for us not to be at least in a partial CK mode during a game. Rather than fight against this tendency, I think it's better to let it happen when it can happen.

[Treebore]

I look at it as rolling randomly for the CK, since I have no idea what they will chose. I have to admit I was surprised that they kept their choices reasonable. I figured they would be going for the Staff of the Magi, Feather Edged Swords, etc....

[serleran]

I sometimes just say "you found a magic item. What does it do?" And whatever they say is what it does. If I can't handle what my players want, I probably shouldn't be their DM.

[slimykuotoan]

Yeah agreed. I mean, it is a COLLABORATIVE story right?

[Jyrdan Fairblade]

Never thought about doing it this way, but I kinda dig the idea. Might have to try this out.

[Tadhg]

I'm more than thankful to my players helping me with certain aspects of the game since I have such a bad memory. Spells and magic items for sure and mebbe a few other things.

[Omote]

My players have open knowledge of the M&T, and obviously the PHB. We don't really use any other C&C books in that way, so nothing to worry about there. But after a while, I started introducing magic items into the game that did not work like the ones found in the M&T, you know, to keep them guessing.

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[Lurker]

I sometimes just say "you found a magic item. What does it do?" And whatever they say is what it does. If I can't handle what my players want, I probably shouldn't be their DM.

I like that mindset ... I don't think I've heard it put that way before but I agree.

I look at it as rolling randomly for the CK, since I have no idea what they will chose. I have to admit I was surprised that they kept their choices reasonable. I figured they would be going for the Staff of the Magi, Feather Edged Swords, etc....

Yeah agreed. I mean, it is a COLLABORATIVE story right?

I agree, but does it depend on the maturity level and mind set of the party? It's one thing to open this up to a party that won't abuse it, it's another if the party is min/maxers.

How would you handle a group like that ... outside of not playing with them.