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<blockquote data-quote="MarkB" data-source="post: 7768127" data-attributes="member: 40176">Each in their own way, honestly. Liam, playing the wizard, likes to spice the flavour of his spell descriptions with a line or two about how he employs a spell's components, which does a nice job of making his spellcasting feel weighty and visceral. Laura, playing the trickster cleric, doesn't worry about describing material components at all, but often heavily embellishes her spells' visual elements, giving them a unique look and feel in keeping with her character.I guess the point is that these things work well in a performance piece, providing descriptive touchstones to let the audience visualise the action, but in a home game they'd tend to drag and potentially feel like needless spotlight hogging in comparison to other players who just want to say what action they're taking and roll the dice.As a player, I will tend to describe a spell or ability in some detail the first time I use it, but thereafter will take it as read and just say what I'm doing game-mechanically. Other players will find their own balance between flavour and expediency.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MarkB, post: 7768127, member: 40176"] Each in their own way, honestly. Liam, playing the wizard, likes to spice the flavour of his spell descriptions with a line or two about how he employs a spell's components, which does a nice job of making his spellcasting feel weighty and visceral. Laura, playing the trickster cleric, doesn't worry about describing material components at all, but often heavily embellishes her spells' visual elements, giving them a unique look and feel in keeping with her character. I guess the point is that these things work well in a performance piece, providing descriptive touchstones to let the audience visualise the action, but in a home game they'd tend to drag and potentially feel like needless spotlight hogging in comparison to other players who just want to say what action they're taking and roll the dice. As a player, I will tend to describe a spell or ability in some detail the first time I use it, but thereafter will take it as read and just say what I'm doing game-mechanically. Other players will find their own balance between flavour and expediency. [/QUOTE]

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