vagabundo
Adventurer
It was not fudging in 3e that was the problem, but fudging with an eye to game balance and challenge.
4e has a designed in buffer to allow more freedom to fudge. I find it more satisfying. In my late-era 3e games I was really not enjoying combats, anything over level 5 started to go south quickly and I fudged like a demon to keep things moving. But it was very demoralising, I felt I was putting in twice as much effort as I was getting back in fun.
4e changed all that, streamlined things that I found tiresome and allowed me to fudge things in a more satisfying manner. I could not go back to 3e without dragging tons from 4e back with me.
4e has a designed in buffer to allow more freedom to fudge. I find it more satisfying. In my late-era 3e games I was really not enjoying combats, anything over level 5 started to go south quickly and I fudged like a demon to keep things moving. But it was very demoralising, I felt I was putting in twice as much effort as I was getting back in fun.
4e changed all that, streamlined things that I found tiresome and allowed me to fudge things in a more satisfying manner. I could not go back to 3e without dragging tons from 4e back with me.