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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Satyrn" data-source="post: 7398171" data-attributes="member: 6801204">1. I openly track monster hp, counting down to 0, so my players can always know this info if they bother to look. I do it to lessen my "work." Since the players can see just as well as me how hurt every monster is, I don't have to bother describing their state. My players can use their imagination instead of mine to pucture that bit of the scene.2. If a player spends some effort to figure it out, then I'll tell them what they want to know. I also describe some things in terms of the DC. Like, when a player looks at a cliff face to judge his ability to climb it, I might say "it's a rough face, an easy thing to climb in your spare time, DC 10." By giving the DC, I'm trying to cement my description in terms the player understands so he can translate it into what his character sees, making sure we're on the same page.</blockquote>