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<blockquote data-quote="mmu1" data-source="post: 4221207" data-attributes="member: 319"><p>I disagree with the general tenor of the advice so far.</p><p></p><p>Unless the effect is simply not visible to the naked eye or impossible to predict given the circumstances, give the players as much information on what the enemies are doing and how it affects the combat and the environment as possible - because over the course of a campaign, no matter how sharp a DM you are, you'll still only be providing the players with only a tiny fraction of the information their PCs have available to them.</p><p></p><p>In addition, while I'm not saying you should neglect colorful descriptions, give the players the actual numbers - bonuses/penalties, DCs, etc. - as often as possible without ruining immersion or letting them know things they'd have no way knowing about, because one of the worst things you can do is assume that your verbal description of a challenge means the same exact thing to the players as it does to you. Avoiding ambiguity is IMO much more important than keeping all the explanations in-game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mmu1, post: 4221207, member: 319"] I disagree with the general tenor of the advice so far. Unless the effect is simply not visible to the naked eye or impossible to predict given the circumstances, give the players as much information on what the enemies are doing and how it affects the combat and the environment as possible - because over the course of a campaign, no matter how sharp a DM you are, you'll still only be providing the players with only a tiny fraction of the information their PCs have available to them. In addition, while I'm not saying you should neglect colorful descriptions, give the players the actual numbers - bonuses/penalties, DCs, etc. - as often as possible without ruining immersion or letting them know things they'd have no way knowing about, because one of the worst things you can do is assume that your verbal description of a challenge means the same exact thing to the players as it does to you. Avoiding ambiguity is IMO much more important than keeping all the explanations in-game. [/QUOTE]
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