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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 7753972" data-attributes="member: 23751"><p>This is one of those rules, perhaps the only rule, where I can't bring it up. Before [MENTION=22779]Hussar[/MENTION] or someone comes in screaming, "Because they would think it's cheating!," that has nothing to do with it. Even if they were all okay with it, I would have to stop altering die rolls so as not to cause bad feelings if I don't alter rolls when a player thinks I should have. Beyond that, I don't want the players thinking that I will keep their PCs alive. I don't alter die rolls for that purpose. There's no point in bringing up a rule that if brought up, won't be used.</p><p></p><p>As I mentioned multiple times earlier in this thread, I will only alter rolls in two circumstances. The first circumstance is if they PCs are going to be wiped out or lose members due purely to horrible luck. If my dice are hot and theirs are not, and things are grim, I will alter a roll here and there to even things up a bit. They could, and sometimes still do lose, but at least it won't be because the dice gods said so. If they are in a bad way due to bad decisions, no die altering will happen. The second time I will alter rolls is if they are trouncing the BBEG. I will never alter rolls to give the BBEG a chance to win, but only to survive long enough to not be a completely disappointing fight. I will also never alter die rolls if he is being trounced due to good planning on the part of the players. I'm not going to invalidate the players.</p><p></p><p>The above circumstances are very rare. They only come about anywhere from 0-2 times a campaign, and since the results of the die altering are not obvious, or even perceivable to the players, nobody ever knows.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 7753972, member: 23751"] This is one of those rules, perhaps the only rule, where I can't bring it up. Before [MENTION=22779]Hussar[/MENTION] or someone comes in screaming, "Because they would think it's cheating!," that has nothing to do with it. Even if they were all okay with it, I would have to stop altering die rolls so as not to cause bad feelings if I don't alter rolls when a player thinks I should have. Beyond that, I don't want the players thinking that I will keep their PCs alive. I don't alter die rolls for that purpose. There's no point in bringing up a rule that if brought up, won't be used. As I mentioned multiple times earlier in this thread, I will only alter rolls in two circumstances. The first circumstance is if they PCs are going to be wiped out or lose members due purely to horrible luck. If my dice are hot and theirs are not, and things are grim, I will alter a roll here and there to even things up a bit. They could, and sometimes still do lose, but at least it won't be because the dice gods said so. If they are in a bad way due to bad decisions, no die altering will happen. The second time I will alter rolls is if they are trouncing the BBEG. I will never alter rolls to give the BBEG a chance to win, but only to survive long enough to not be a completely disappointing fight. I will also never alter die rolls if he is being trounced due to good planning on the part of the players. I'm not going to invalidate the players. The above circumstances are very rare. They only come about anywhere from 0-2 times a campaign, and since the results of the die altering are not obvious, or even perceivable to the players, nobody ever knows. [/QUOTE]
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