2019-01-16 In Character Knowledge

Been listening to @Judd’s podcast, *Daydreaming about Dragons*. He talks about character knowledge. Here’s how I handle it:

If you know it, your character knows it, if you want to. That takes care of everyday knowledge about monsters (orcs, trolls).
If I remember that your characters have heard it before in this campaign, and you seem to have forgotten even though you’re trying to remember, I’ll provide a hint (”I think some told you about this before, she had a minotaur companion...”) and if you then find it in your notes or the campaign wiki, you know it.
If everybody knows it in the setting, you know it.
If it belongs to your character’s background, you know it. If you haven’t picked a background, tell us about it and write it down, and then you know it. Every retainer can also have a background, so working together from diverse backgrounds you might cover quite a bit.
If you ask non-player characters, they’ll provide unreliable information that depends on their in-game situation. Sages and the like will often know more than peasants, obviously.

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