D&D General How do players feel about DM fudging?

[Fifth Element]

For the last time: Anyone can do anything they want to do!

You seem to be missing the context that this discussion is in a thread where certain behaviours are derided and called "immature" etc. It's abundantly clear that many posters need to be reminded that preferences are preferences, and that people can have different preferences than yours without it being a moral failing.

 

[Fifth Element]

Why don't you try to catch up on the conversation before adding such useful comments.

I read the whole thing thanks. Just wanted to point out that referencing how many years you've played is not a "useful comment" in this context.

 

[Vaalingrade]

if you can not partake politely and respectfully, then you should let us all know that so we can ignore you.

I'm not the one making accusations and lashing out at multiple people. Chill.

This whole thread really just serves to rile up people and start fights.

 

[Xetheral]

Sounds to me like you wouldn’t like the fudging if you knew it was happening. Personally, I think it would be very disrespectful of your preferences then to do it and hide it from you.

I'm fine with the DM fudging, and I'd rather not know about it. It therefore wouldn't in any way be disrespectful of my preferences for the DM to fudge and hide it from me.

 

[beancounter]

I'm fine with the DM fudging, and I'd rather not know about it. It therefore wouldn't in any way be disrespectful of my preferences for the DM to fudge and hide it from me.

My DM has a terrible poker face. I can always tell when he's fudging.

 

[MichaelSomething]

My takeaway from this is a good deal of you need to take a few minutes at the start of your next session to tell your DM that you oppose fudging dice rolls/numbers in all its forms.

 

[Charlaquin]

Fi they just fudged and no one made a big deal about it, it would have been fixed smoothly.

By doing something behind my back that I wouldn’t have wanted them to do. No, thank you.

 

[Vaalingrade]

By doing something behind my back that I wouldn’t have wanted them to do. No, thank you.

And if it's done right, you never know about it. Smooth.

 

[Eric V]

The thing about fudging is the philosophy and how only one person at the table gets to be philosophical.

DM gets to fudge things in order to make a better/more dramatic/interesting/etc. story.

Players also have a sense of what makes a better/more dramatic/interesting/etc. story...but never get to fudge at all.

Why???

 

[Thomas Shey]

As a player, I would absolutely hate that.


Fudging or TPK are both preferable for intentionally ruining the illusion of the reality like that.

Yeah, I could probably deal with just being told outright--I play as much from an authorial as an IC POV--but I get that not everyone is like that.