It’s really as simple as asking your GM if your character would know this. “Hey GM, would my character know if the troll is weak to fire?” and you’ll either get “No, your character is unfamiliar with this region and it creatures” or “Yes, your friend in the town guard recited his tale of falling such a beast at your last posting”. A lot of people enjoy this game to role-play, and using knowledge your character wouldn’t have can take the fun out of it.
because I love being told “your character knows nothing about subject that you personally are intimately familiar with”. Makes for fun game play, I promise.
It genuinely does. You might know a lot about the current state of speed running an obscure N64 game that was only released for a week in a single store in Japan, but your dnd character certainly does not
It’s really as simple as asking your GM if your character would know this. “Hey GM, would my character know if the troll is weak to fire?” and you’ll either get “No, your character is unfamiliar with this region and it creatures” or “Yes, your friend in the town guard recited his tale of falling such a beast at your last posting”. A lot of people enjoy this game to role-play, and using knowledge your character wouldn’t have can take the fun out of it.
because I love being told “your character knows nothing about subject that you personally are intimately familiar with”. Makes for fun game play, I promise.
It genuinely does. You might know a lot about the current state of speed running an obscure N64 game that was only released for a week in a single store in Japan, but your dnd character certainly does not