Re: rpol tricks
My apologies if I was unclear, I assumed he meant from the DM. Perhaps that was foolish of me.
As a DM however, I have to say I love the feature, using private alerts the players to the fact that they are seeing something the others aren't. This allows for a much more subtle dissemination of information to the players, and makes them think a bit more about what they need to share or keep to themselves.