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There's a fine line between constantly cheesing it with "X does Y action easily!" and actual effort. If you make the attempt, and at least try, I feel like there deserves to at least be credit on the OOC level. Sure the occasional "X explains Y in a relatively simplistic manner" works once if what you're trying to do is so obscenely difficult to comprehend that even masters at the subject can't even explain it, sure. But if you're doing that every time, it just loses touch and it's quite frankly not exciting or stimulating for anyone involved. Effort -- even if you're wrong -- gets you a long way! It's a fantasy game too on top of that, so there's always the "Even if it's wrong, let's pretend it works anyway!"
I also want to add: Of course, you can claim whatever you want about your character, but ICly characters will react however they wish to. So even if your character is smart, characters are still free to behave as if your character is too dumb to even breathe. But that's personalities and attitudes taking into effect, which is the core of roleplay anyway. Just wanted to draw the line of you can accept that OOC your character is smart, but that doesn't necessarily mean ICly characters have to believe it.
I also want to add: Of course, you can claim whatever you want about your character, but ICly characters will react however they wish to. So even if your character is smart, characters are still free to behave as if your character is too dumb to even breathe. But that's personalities and attitudes taking into effect, which is the core of roleplay anyway. Just wanted to draw the line of you can accept that OOC your character is smart, but that doesn't necessarily mean ICly characters have to believe it.
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