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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8391705" data-attributes="member: 6801228">Honestly? Things like the enemy casting spells I just tell players. Sometimes I dress it up in flowery language, other times I just state the spell, but in general for me the PCs know what is going on. For example, I likely would have done this instead of your opening post.DM: &quot;The bandit archer stands up from behind the barrel. He points his finger directly at &lt;PC-1&gt; and says 'The eyes of the Hunter are upon you!'. You feel a tingling sensation as a stylized eye forms over your chest. The bandit draws back his bow and fires.&quot; probably add a &quot;the eye burns and sears into you as the arrow strikes&quot; to make clear the connectionDo they know exactly what the spell is? Not from this, and if they ask I'll probably tell them, because it being secret information doesn't add anything. And actually, that is a good rule of thumb for me. If &quot;What did he just DO?!&quot; is a plot element, I'm more likely to keep it secret. If it is just a standard enemy ability that I dressed up for better storytelling, I'll pull aside the curtain and let them, know.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 8391705, member: 6801228"] Honestly? Things like the enemy casting spells I just tell players. Sometimes I dress it up in flowery language, other times I just state the spell, but in general for me the PCs know what is going on. For example, I likely would have done this instead of your opening post. DM: [I]"The bandit archer stands up from behind the barrel. He points his finger directly at <PC-1> and says 'The eyes of the Hunter are upon you!'. You feel a tingling sensation as a stylized eye forms over your chest. The bandit draws back his bow and fires." [/I]probably add a [I]"the eye burns and sears into you as the arrow strikes" [/I]to make clear the connection[I][/I] Do they know exactly what the spell is? Not from this, and if they ask I'll probably tell them, because it being secret information doesn't add anything. And actually, that is a good rule of thumb for me. If "What did he just DO?!" is a plot element, I'm more likely to keep it secret. If it is just a standard enemy ability that I dressed up for better storytelling, I'll pull aside the curtain and let them, know. [/QUOTE]

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