Conundrum while I agree with many of the points you bring up I can see Frogs point as well, as fully discussing battle plans in OOC forum can take away from the spontaneity of what happens in combat, If I am a fighter and I do not know you are going to open with an area spell I would still charge in, thus not only does it not give our PCs an out of combat talking point but it also moves into a Meta point of how do I know what an area of effect spell looks like with no point in world to base it on.<br/><br/>But basic ideas of I have x,y and z spells to help the party, as well as I can contribute Potions and so forth in OOC could be talking points, such as after said area of effect, looking at the sneaky rouge and saying " I saw you have potions hanging from your bandoleer do you have one for healing him, which brings more people into the role play aspect of things, so both areas can be used to develop in game personas we all just need to scope out where and what should be included in each, But that is my two drachmas spend accordingly