Rod Staffwand
aka Ermlaspur Flormbator
For me, the question of "does the wizard waste some 1st-level spell slots?" is not worth slowing down play or muddling the quick and clean exchange of information. "Does an 18 hit your AC? Oh, you use shield. OK, mark off the slot." Done. Rolling the attack, checking the list of PC AC's, announcing a hit, waiting for the player to do a risk/reward shield-use calculation, and then resolving the attack is not worth the bother. Does laziness make shield a better spell? Yup, and I'm fine with it.
Plus, my 5e players are just as likely to forget to use shield anyway and then remember like 5 minutes later. "Oh, hey, can I use my shield spell to block that 12 damage hobgoblin's attack from two rounds ago?" Umm...no.
Also, I can't imagine playing with a group that insisted on having everyone roll their dice in the open. Not having basic trust in the DM and fellow players just seems sad. When I DM I use a dice rolling app on my phone half the time and I certainly can't be bothered to get out of my comfy chair to roll in front of the players. Waste of time. Might spill my beer.
I don't even care how the players generate their results. Dice. Dice rollers. Picking a number out of a hate. Using the average. I don't much care. Let's all just get on with our lives.
Plus, my 5e players are just as likely to forget to use shield anyway and then remember like 5 minutes later. "Oh, hey, can I use my shield spell to block that 12 damage hobgoblin's attack from two rounds ago?" Umm...no.
Also, I can't imagine playing with a group that insisted on having everyone roll their dice in the open. Not having basic trust in the DM and fellow players just seems sad. When I DM I use a dice rolling app on my phone half the time and I certainly can't be bothered to get out of my comfy chair to roll in front of the players. Waste of time. Might spill my beer.
I don't even care how the players generate their results. Dice. Dice rollers. Picking a number out of a hate. Using the average. I don't much care. Let's all just get on with our lives.