Board Thread:Warhammer 40k Roleplay/@comment-28917471-20150603055254/@comment-2253300-20150621194615

I mean that just because a player knows something doesn't mean that his character should. For example:

Player 1 got separated from the group and stumbled upon a set of clues, whcih he followed independently of the rest of the players. After working through the information he had attained on his own he comes to a conclusion.

Player 1: "Oh my god! It's so clear now. Guy A is the culprit!"

Since the events of the RP are there on a thread for anyone to read now the entire group knows that Guy A is the villain. Coincidently PLayer 2's character is with Guy A at that moment. He didn't have access to the information that Player 1's character did, and Player 1's character has not been in contact with his to tell him the news. Despite this Player 2's character suddenly pulls out a gun on Guy A and says:

Player 2: "Not so fast Guy A! This is the end of the line. I figured out it was you earlier!"

Player 2's character then goes on to explain how through a set of leaps in logic, outlandish deductions and just plain old instincts he managed to figure out that Guy A was the culprit despite not having gone through any of the evidence and legwork that Player 1's character had to go through to reach the conclusion. In summary do not endow your characters with knowledge of things they would not reasonably know about simply because you do.