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<blockquote data-quote="Illithidbix" data-source="post: 6801029" data-attributes="member: 12283"><p>Yes.</p><p></p><p>If it suits the style of game the DM is trying to run and the players want to play in.</p><p>Esp. for games that focus more on the characters or overarching story.</p><p></p><p>Other times (esp. one offs or short campaigns) we gleefully accept the rule of the dice and the brutality it offers.</p><p></p><p>I've always understood every TT RPG has assumed the GM will at some points fudge the roll, ignore the rules or decide what happens without rolling dice.</p><p></p><p>D&D has also been potentially problematic that it's low levels where single dice rolls can easily swing things, which suit some people, but not others.</p><p>However everytime a roll is fudged it does bring into question why the DM rolled it/asked for it to be rolled in the first place.</p><p></p><p>It sometimes seems that DMs feel that there need to be dice rolling, skill checks and combat encounters in games because... games involve dice rolling, skill checks and combat, rather than them serving any greater point in the game.</p><p></p><p>3E and 4E are also kinda anomalies in tabletop RPGs because they introduced the idea of "balanced combat encounters" as a tactical challenge, which didn't really exist to my knowledge, in prior editions of D&D or most other roleplay games. Combat normally is there to present a sense of threat, not necessarily victory. </p><p>To this extent arguably they kinda encourage a "let the dice fall" so not to deprive players of a genuine victory. 5E *sorta* still is in this camp, whilst sometimes reaching back to the older ways.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Illithidbix, post: 6801029, member: 12283"] Yes. If it suits the style of game the DM is trying to run and the players want to play in. Esp. for games that focus more on the characters or overarching story. Other times (esp. one offs or short campaigns) we gleefully accept the rule of the dice and the brutality it offers. I've always understood every TT RPG has assumed the GM will at some points fudge the roll, ignore the rules or decide what happens without rolling dice. D&D has also been potentially problematic that it's low levels where single dice rolls can easily swing things, which suit some people, but not others. However everytime a roll is fudged it does bring into question why the DM rolled it/asked for it to be rolled in the first place. It sometimes seems that DMs feel that there need to be dice rolling, skill checks and combat encounters in games because... games involve dice rolling, skill checks and combat, rather than them serving any greater point in the game. 3E and 4E are also kinda anomalies in tabletop RPGs because they introduced the idea of "balanced combat encounters" as a tactical challenge, which didn't really exist to my knowledge, in prior editions of D&D or most other roleplay games. Combat normally is there to present a sense of threat, not necessarily victory. To this extent arguably they kinda encourage a "let the dice fall" so not to deprive players of a genuine victory. 5E *sorta* still is in this camp, whilst sometimes reaching back to the older ways. [/QUOTE]
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