Disaster Recovery sounds like a great party name.

Yeah, I hate that DnD is such a resource management game too. (More so that is is the ONLY game my group will consider playing.)

I tend to horde any limited resource. TTRPG or video game.

Is this group of mooks big enough to justify using power/spell/item X? Is there a bigger group around the corner? Is this just a lieutenant or the BBEG? Oh, this guy is monologueing, he must be the BBEG. But does his fight have multiple phases? OR is he just a puppet and the real BBEG is waiting for us to blow all our abilities.

Doesn’t matter how narratively I’m engaged in the plot. I’ve got a tactically aware mind and these thoughts are always there.

Opportunities like that are why my bard stocks up on potions of damage resistance/invulnerability ^_;;

“Scream loudly. Something will surely hear.” This could be epic while the players are trying to take a desperately needed long rest in a dangerous location. They encounter an otherwise harmless gnome or fey or kobold, that makes an outrageous demand. Like the players handing over one of their most valuable magic items. Otherwise they’ll scream.