[PnP] Cheating Players..

[Scott Adams]

To get some yaky yak here...

We've all seen the cheaters.  The Players who own the rules.  THe 
players who know every monster.
Know how to hit the stomach not the chest to kill it.
Know that one elusive rule t ruin your evil GM plans.

I've always hated that.  No fun.  I like challenge.  Playing a game 
where the monster is just a green slime!  Charge!
Taking the risk.
That is the true adventure.

I've been in boring table games where players know the monsters so 
well its just dice rolling and taking hits at their weak spots.
Boring.

I tend to try at least allow folks to know beasts if they've handled 
them before.  Obviously.
If not then maybe a Int to see if based on description of them you 
heard a rumor or  a story of that black cloud called a Soul DAiva.
Yet now players rush to the monster file and scan for the 
descriptons.  Ahh..so its a X and easy...just need to avoid its 
poison claws.  No problem.

This is where new critters come in not based in rules.  But even that 
is ;lacking.

So all ye GMs.  How do you balance the cheating with IC and OOC gaming?
Curious on your 2 Brass Bits.