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Like I said, it's a distinction without meaning. The DM is changing/adding/subtracting things from the setting. We're all doing it for...

Blades in the Dark is oft praised for it's faction element. It's fairly light compared to Dungeons of Drakkenheim, but more detailed...

A key element of rogue-likes is that they are intended for multiple plays. The player makes 'runs' from which they iterate better, more...

I would not characterize, say, FitD clocks, 4e SCs, and TB2e contests as always being equivalent to a graph. In fact, my experience with...

I mostly see this particular fudging example as more evidence that critical hits are a bad general mechanic that is specifically...

Here is the relevant rules text, from p 6 of In A Wicked Age (I've elided some stuff that deals with particular mechanics and examples)...

The OP does not say what you say that it says:

I agree with you about being forward facing, so the players don't have to guess the stakes. When the skill system is leveraged in the...

D&D should definitely be included, but not given special weight because more people play it. Vastly more people play Call of Duty than...

Some text in Daggerheart illustrates a more sophisticated approach When you want an adversary’s action to have a chance of failure, you...

In 5e 2014 DMG235 If you roll dice where the players can see, they know you're playing impartially and not fudging rolls. Rolling...

Right, and I admit to the same in that thread. It's still fudging though, even if done in favour of the characters

I stand to be corrected, but isn't it right there in the 5e DMG somewhere, that DMs can fudge if they need to? If yes, I'd (rather...

Seriously? You're really going to ask me "how do you know that half the guides on the internet tell people to fudge"? You're really...

A simple perusal on your part of what he mentions in his post would demonstrate its truthfulness, I'm certain.