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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7630624" data-attributes="member: 20564"><p>I am all for this as both player and DM. I often ask for descriptions, especially the first time something comes up like a new spell, or when something awesome happens. Note that I do this for martial characters as well, given them a chance to pose and give a description of their chain of moves.</p><p></p><p>Recently had my halfling bard hit 7th and get polymorph. He was legitimately the worst in the party when it comes to melee, dishing it out or taking it, but he was fearless (inspired from the halfling racial feature) he'd get into it often, with the rest of the party bailing him out without looking like they were doing so to save his feelings. Most of his spells were crowd control, he really wasn't a big damage dealer. Also, he had a thing that Hospitality was Sacred, part of his halfling upbringing. When NPCs offered us food or drink and others were worried about poison, he always accepted.</p><p></p><p>Well, as you expect from that run up, a powerful enemy posing as an ally tried to poison us. My halfling was okay, and started stalking toward them to do (minuscule) bodily harm. But while heading there he was intoning these really discordant notes. But with each step, it was like reality itself was changing to make those notes into a melody, twisting into a local new shape where this was beautiful but powerful music. By the time he finished stalking over, the music was triumphant and the twists of reality had turned him from a three and a half foot tall pipsqueak to a gargantuan size Giant Ape who then proceeded to Hulk Smash!</p><p></p><p>And that was the party's introduction to my polymorph spell.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blue, post: 7630624, member: 20564"] I am all for this as both player and DM. I often ask for descriptions, especially the first time something comes up like a new spell, or when something awesome happens. Note that I do this for martial characters as well, given them a chance to pose and give a description of their chain of moves. Recently had my halfling bard hit 7th and get polymorph. He was legitimately the worst in the party when it comes to melee, dishing it out or taking it, but he was fearless (inspired from the halfling racial feature) he'd get into it often, with the rest of the party bailing him out without looking like they were doing so to save his feelings. Most of his spells were crowd control, he really wasn't a big damage dealer. Also, he had a thing that Hospitality was Sacred, part of his halfling upbringing. When NPCs offered us food or drink and others were worried about poison, he always accepted. Well, as you expect from that run up, a powerful enemy posing as an ally tried to poison us. My halfling was okay, and started stalking toward them to do (minuscule) bodily harm. But while heading there he was intoning these really discordant notes. But with each step, it was like reality itself was changing to make those notes into a melody, twisting into a local new shape where this was beautiful but powerful music. By the time he finished stalking over, the music was triumphant and the twists of reality had turned him from a three and a half foot tall pipsqueak to a gargantuan size Giant Ape who then proceeded to Hulk Smash! And that was the party's introduction to my polymorph spell. [/QUOTE]
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