Don't Default to "How Do You Want to Do This?" - D&D 5e DM Advice

A common practice of Dungeon Masters is to pass the talking stick to a player who lands a killing blow against a monster. This is especially common when the monster is a boss monster or otherwise important enemy. This practice was assumed by me to be appreciated by all players, but it turns out I was wrong. While I gather many #DND players will enjoy their own narration of their killing blows, others gladly play without it. This article communicates what I learned about player psychologies and tastes, particularly how they differ from mine. #DND5e #DungeonsAndDragons Read along with the accompanying article here: https://www.flutesloot.com/narration-killing-blows-dnd-5e/?utm_source=youtube ⏰Time Stamps: 00:00 Intro 00:39 My assumption about narrating a killing blow 01:30 Reason #1 - DM is better at it 01:45 Reason #2 - Combat is distracting enough 02:02 Reason #3 - Hesitance to overstep the DM's realm 02:28 Reason #4 - Feeling like a spotlight hog 02:45 Reason #5 - Time efficiency, get to the RP 03:10 Reason #6 - Disinterest in violent details 03:39 Reason #7 - Drawing a blank, no "good" ideas 03:57 What to do about it 04:50 Final advice 05:56 What do you think? 06:13 Likey and subscribey --------- 🎈 Shop our loot on Redbubble: flutesloot.redbubble.com 🎈 Cast Friendship on Flutes Loot: 📱Twitter: https://twitter.com/Flutes_Loot​​​​ 📘Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/flutesloot​​​​ 📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flutesloot​​​​ 📌Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/flutesloot​​​​ 👀Read more articles: https://www.flutesloot.com​​​​?utm_source=youtube Affiliate Links (a portion of sales provide gold to our coffers)! 💰 • 📔Players Handbook (D&D 5e): https://amzn.to/2PAeJW7 • 😈Monster Manual (D&D 5e): https://amzn.to/2PWuLJI • 👑Dungeon Master's Guide (D&D 5e): https://amzn.to/3fFnIzY • 🐠Xanathar's Guide to Everything: https://amzn.to/3fDfbxH • 🐸Tasha's Cauldron of Everything: https://amzn.to/3sRX7DB • 💀Curse of Strahd: https://amzn.to/3dxAI8n • 💀Curse of Strahd reVamped (get it?): https://amzn.to/2PUaiWf • 💀Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft: https://amzn.to/39Ke5MC • 🐙Volo's Guide to Monsters: https://amzn.to/31NKe1q • 🎓Strixhaven: Curriculum of Chaos: https://amzn.to/3kF1KiD • 🐇The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure: https://amzn.to/3AJcSkk • 🐉Fizban's Treasury of Dragons: https://amzn.to/3zHexpd ---------- Flutes Loot Theme by the incredibly talented Max Wardle: http://maxwmusic.com/​​​​ 🎧 🎼 🎹 Star assets derivative of FreePik.com asset.⭐️ -------------- ©2021, Flutes Loot is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy and is not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC. Use, modification, and distribution of Wizards of the Coast's content is under the Open Game License v 1.0a Copyright 2000, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.