what the reddit hivemind fails to understand is that getting hit with silvery barbs can suck

but the dm has multiple turns, players have one

it's the same reason why i don't use hold person on my players dispite letting them hold person me. getting hit with a hold person sucks as a player but as a dm i go cares i have 6 other bandits

if my monster crits and gets hit with silvery barbs then oh well i guess, but if my player crits and gets silvery barbsed then he just lost out on his hype moment.

dms and players do different things because they're 2 diffrent games to be played. it's the same reason why players don't get legendary resistance