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This is a question that I frequently ask myself as a DM. I usually play a (home made) rule that you must first succeed on an intelligence check with a DC that varies depending on the knowledge of the monster, this would mean if they encounter an Aboleth; an unknown monster to most, the DC would be higher than a Goblin.

Is how it should be or should the players know the names of encountered monsters?

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    I’ve added two duplicates here, between them, you should definitely have your answer. – Thomas Markov May 12 '21 at 08:06
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    @ThomasMarkov since duplicate answer doesn't mean duplicate question, why this is closed as a duplicate? It asks specifically about monster names and the linked questions are about their own things. First one is specifically about new players and second one is about out-of-game knowledge vs character knowledge. – enkryptor May 12 '21 at 08:54
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    @enkryptor This one seems pretty obvious to me. If OP thinks neither of those questions answer this one, they can say so. – Thomas Markov May 12 '21 at 09:05
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    @ThomasMarkov the answer might be the same. But this does not mean the question should be closed as a dup. At least, it was what you told me not very long time ago... (I don't want to sound aggressive, I'm just confused again now) – enkryptor May 12 '21 at 09:09
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    @enkryptor I closed this question because it has been asked before. I didn’t even read the answers to the other questions. – Thomas Markov May 12 '21 at 09:12
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    @enkryptor If the answer is the same, then the questions must be similar enough to be considered duplicates, even if they aren't perfectly identical. – RevanantBacon May 12 '21 at 12:19
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    @RevanantBacon this was exactly my point, see the relevant meta question https://rpg.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/11475/ which has the title "Does duplicate answers mean duplicate questions" in its first iteration – enkryptor May 12 '21 at 12:44

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