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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8680240" data-attributes="member: 6790260">Usually, I don't tell my players a creature's armor or HP during combat, but I'll give them hints or descriptions that evoke such things without explicitly saying them. For example:Battle Master: &quot;Alright, I'm going to lunge forward at the one Spellslinger just shot at--changing tactics to Hammer-and-Anvil.&quot; [He rolls: success!] &quot;I'm going all out on this guy, he's clearly tough and needs to go down, and I've got Bard's buff on.&quot;Me, the DM: &quot;Sounds like a solid strategy. Roll that beautiful dice footage.&quot;BM: [He rolls: partial success!] &quot;Hmm. I'll take the hit, I could use another point of Gambit.&quot; [Damage roll: very high!] &quot;Oh, and that's with +2 piercing.&quot; [AN: this is Dungeon World, so armor is DR, and piercing lets you ignore some amount of armor.]Me: &quot;Wow, that was a SOLID hit, like that hurt a LOT, your sword cleaves through the outer layers of the monster's carapace. Once you withdraw the blade, you can already see the blood coagulating, but it's a BIG wound. Another hit like that and it's definitely toast--and I think Fighter over there is looking ready to kick some butt. What do you do?&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 8680240, member: 6790260"] Usually, I don't tell my players a creature's armor or HP during combat, but I'll give them hints or descriptions that evoke such things without explicitly saying them. For example: Battle Master: "Alright, I'm going to lunge forward at the one Spellslinger just shot at--changing tactics to Hammer-and-Anvil." [He rolls: success!] "I'm going all out on this guy, he's clearly tough and needs to go down, and I've got Bard's buff on." Me, the DM: "Sounds like a solid strategy. Roll that beautiful dice footage." BM: [He rolls: partial success!] "Hmm. I'll take the hit, I could use another point of Gambit." [Damage roll: very high!] "Oh, and that's with +2 piercing." [AN: this is Dungeon World, so armor is DR, and piercing lets you ignore some amount of armor.] Me: "Wow, that was a SOLID hit, like that hurt a LOT, your sword cleaves through the outer layers of the monster's carapace. Once you withdraw the blade, you can already see the blood coagulating, but it's a BIG wound. Another hit like that and it's [I]definitely[/I] toast--and I think Fighter over there is looking ready to kick some butt. What do you do?" [/QUOTE]

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