Yeah people complaining about “fire on trolls” as metagaming is a huge bugbear of mine because it’s so ubiquitous across RPGs that it’s virtually part of the definition of what a fantasy troll is. Imagine actually living in a world where they exist, becoming a professional mercenary, and still not knowing you need fire.
As GM I’d accept that argument from a person with a smart enough player, but not from one whose intelligence attracts penalties and not from one whose background is from an island or at sea or a city rat
In some settings I might have monsters like trolls only in some parts of the world, so you’re out of luck if you’re not from those places unless you read a lot (and if my group is prone to metagaming, change the monster’s weakness)
I feel like trolls are common enough that even a farmer would know they don’t like fire or acid. And yet, some DMs will make you roll a dungeoneering or other knowledge check to see if your adventurer knows.
Trolls are only common if they’re made common, though. Like, they’re common in the Forgotten Realms, or Golarion, or whatever, but commonality is out the window in a homebrew setting.
if your headed to a place called troll canyon you should probably do some research on what trolls are weak to beforehand
“Don’t worry, it’s just a name!”
Gets attacked by trolls.
“I thought it was just a name!”
Troll canyon is actually a ravine
Yeah people complaining about “fire on trolls” as metagaming is a huge bugbear of mine because it’s so ubiquitous across RPGs that it’s virtually part of the definition of what a fantasy troll is. Imagine actually living in a world where they exist, becoming a professional mercenary, and still not knowing you need fire.
As GM I’d accept that argument from a person with a smart enough player, but not from one whose intelligence attracts penalties and not from one whose background is from an island or at sea or a city rat
In some settings I might have monsters like trolls only in some parts of the world, so you’re out of luck if you’re not from those places unless you read a lot (and if my group is prone to metagaming, change the monster’s weakness)
I feel like trolls are common enough that even a farmer would know they don’t like fire or acid. And yet, some DMs will make you roll a dungeoneering or other knowledge check to see if your adventurer knows.
Trolls are only common if they’re made common, though. Like, they’re common in the Forgotten Realms, or Golarion, or whatever, but commonality is out the window in a homebrew setting.
I have time to stop at ye old library before the journey?
The letter you’re trying to imitate with the y in ye is þ
Which is a “th” sound, resulting in: the