[@Lady Amalthea] To be fair, we (my RP group) did decide that during the court trials in my RP that there could be some light discussion in the OOC so that the 10+ characters aren't talking in circles. They are going to have to figure out everything on their own, but reading the IC is basically going to be a less convoluted version of the OOC discussion. That's not to say the characters IC aren't going to screw up, but I realized that some of my players were a LOT smarter than their characters, and this allows them to actually participate in the case despite their character's mental handicap.