Re: Out of Character thread II
In reply to Vynthear Klayde (msg # 957):
But you don't decide prior to rolls, at least not with shield. You can only use it once you've been hit.
One can get into whether or not players know the amount by which they've been hit, but responses to FAQs for 4th Edition repeatedly fell on the side of not requiring players to guess at whether a power would be useful or not.
And, again, what if a player has two interrupts that could work in a given situation? If they are forced to use one, how do they decide which?
What's your concern about it being "meta"? Some people use "meta" to mean "cheating." Is that how you think of it, because I don't think anyone would think that of you. I certainly wouldn't. There are shades of metagaming, and using shield only when it would be useful only enhances the game for everyone. I don't see a downside. But I might not be seeing it the same way you do.
One is, of course, allowed to choose to waste a power that won't work, if that's more interesting to them, or is otherwise their preference.