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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 5043907" data-attributes="member: 3424">A DM who wants to communicate this information to the players should find some plausible way to do so in-game, of course. For example, a fire beetle's throat may glow red when its fire spray is ready for use. After it has used that ability, its throat becomes a dull black until its fire spray recharges.When a dragon's breath weapon is ready for use, small amounts of elemental energy escape every time it exhales: small puffs of flame come out of a red dragon's mouth, electric sparks dance around a blue dragon's teeth, a poisonous mist trails from a green dragon's jaws, and so on. For more physical attacks, such as a cave bear's cave bear frenzy or a macetail behemoth's tail sweep, the creature may appear slightly tired, or the body part used to make the attack may move more sluggishly until the ability is recharged.As for which approach is more fun, I guess it depends on whether you generally prefer to give your players advance warning, or whether you prefer to surprise them. I generally prefer the former, but I can see why some DMs might prefer the latter.</blockquote>