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<blockquote data-quote="Votan" data-source="post: 5166918" data-attributes="member: 18680"><p>Here it might be remarked that the use of fudging in a story based camapign (using my operational definition) definitely follows a "more is less" philosophy. Having the party all die from an unfortunate die roll (ending the campaign) when the players acted in a reasonable way could be such an issue.</p><p></p><p>For example, an assassin that sneak in and kills the sentry in a single hit followed by coup-de-gracing the entire party. </p><p></p><p>There are narrative solutions, as well, such as taking party members prisioner but for the game of heroes to end with" "Wow, what an amazing stealth roll -- you are all dead." in the middle of a campaign might not be to the taste of all groups. </p><p></p><p>The sudden end of the campaign due to the single hidden die roll is not a satisfying way to finish a session (for me, at least). </p><p></p><p>Now, admittedly, I tend to avoid such circumstances (where a single roll has massive effects -- on either side). It was somewhat my issue with GURPS, for example, where a single lucky sniper shot could kill a PC at will. </p><p></p><p>But if by fudging you mean "I guarentee that the party wins every fight" then I'd agree with you that it'd make the game equally unfun. I am entirely focusing on single die rolls that make the game end (aburptly) with no dramatic effect.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Votan, post: 5166918, member: 18680"] Here it might be remarked that the use of fudging in a story based camapign (using my operational definition) definitely follows a "more is less" philosophy. Having the party all die from an unfortunate die roll (ending the campaign) when the players acted in a reasonable way could be such an issue. For example, an assassin that sneak in and kills the sentry in a single hit followed by coup-de-gracing the entire party. There are narrative solutions, as well, such as taking party members prisioner but for the game of heroes to end with" "Wow, what an amazing stealth roll -- you are all dead." in the middle of a campaign might not be to the taste of all groups. The sudden end of the campaign due to the single hidden die roll is not a satisfying way to finish a session (for me, at least). Now, admittedly, I tend to avoid such circumstances (where a single roll has massive effects -- on either side). It was somewhat my issue with GURPS, for example, where a single lucky sniper shot could kill a PC at will. But if by fudging you mean "I guarentee that the party wins every fight" then I'd agree with you that it'd make the game equally unfun. I am entirely focusing on single die rolls that make the game end (aburptly) with no dramatic effect. [/QUOTE]
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