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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 6665218" data-attributes="member: 6677017">As DM I usually provide at least minor or sporadic narration. Most of the time I describe where attacks hit and what they do (pierce a shoulder, smash into a thigh) or why they miss*. When PCs they take out important opponents I usually specifically invite their players to describe it.As a player, I kind of follow the DM's lead on whether he wants us to narrate or not. I think there is also that wariness of jumping in and narrating in another DM's game, just because of the memory of how new players often have a desire to immediately jump in and narrate both the attempt and results of their actions, before those results are determined.Makes me think though, that now I might want to encourage my players to narrate their attempts if they wish. It's just easier for me to narrate results though.* Even though it's not a thing in 5e, I keep track of "touch AC" so I can describe whether an attack misses because you dodged or parried it, or whether your armor protects you. If they know that when I say that you dodged it, blocked it with your shield, or were hit but uninjured due to your armor--it really means that those results are tied to a particular and consistent attack roll result, they then can feel cool about how their Dex is helping them a lot, or value their heavy armor that is doing the lion's share of protective work for their character.</blockquote>