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Right now, I'd say my group is about a 2-3. It depends greatly on the situation, but most often they try to reason with their enemies before violence ensues. It really has to do with their characters, however. All my players are pretty good at trying out different personality types with...

You know, in a way, your paragraph here basically agrees with what the other posters are saying. Use the Dice when they're necessary, ignore them when they aren't. I think maybe where you differ is when you believe they are necessary. I myself wasn't always a proponent of ignoring the Dice at...

I suppose that's a topic of debate, whether something can be fun at the time, and then later the enjoyment lost. Perhaps put that way, I can't argue that I did in fact have fun during the game, because it was a good story, yes. However, my memory of the game is forever tarnished by the knowledge...

Hm, I had a whole post written out about this but in the end I realized that I don't think I'm going to convince either of you two why I lost my enjoyment of that game. I like tactical and strategical game play, just as much as I like good roleplaying and interesting characters with backstories...

Well, his skill at math wasn't so much the key, it was my trust in him. I didn't expect he would ever DM like that. I wasn't paying precise attention to the rolls, I was just in the moment playing with friends. There were a few times I was frustrated on how hard some monsters were to hit, or how...

When I say come up with an on the fly encounter, that means determining the AC, HP, attack, damage, abilities, etc, of the creatures in that encounter. I do not mean go into an encounter and decide the variables on an as felt basis. I assume when you said you've come up with on the fly...

He did not have pre-established numbers. He didn't have AC, attack bonus, damage, HP, special abilities, or anything. He made them up on the fly. I still consider it fudging, as he was determining our roll results based on whim in the moment "Oh he rolled an 18...yeah I guess that should hit"...

There's very little difference between not picking an AC, and then just deciding at some point in the fight that it's 16 vs. having the AC be 18, but never let the players know, and just decide that their 16 hits anyway so now the monster's AC is 16. Both are fudging. Though it seems like every...

I think that ultimately, DMs that Fudge are doing so to try to make the game more enjoyable for their players. I can appreciate that sentiment, if only because I've been in games without fudging where my character has died unclimactically and left me doing nothing for the rest of the session...

Really? I definitely missed that. Hm. I guess out if the box, Arcane Trickster seems like the best subclass now, not sure the others have abilities that are helpful enough.

I wonder if it wouldn't occur to some players to start saving Inspiration and only using it to save themselves from a hit or crit. It might be better to make it so you can use Inspiration to give the enemy Disadvantage, that way it's very unlikely they will crit, it gives a second chance they'll...

To be fair, I don't think anyone particularly likes being lied to, unless it's a "does this dress make me look..." question, and in that case you're already in for a wild ride.

Roll20 let's me play with my friends who've all moved to various cities throughout the years so I'll always be grateful for finding out about it. I suppose I could mention for the sake of the discussion that since I use Roll20, fudging is possible but a lot more difficult than when you're...

It sounds like we have a similar style, as I show hp and names as well. Though I admit, I tried a few techniques after reading some of your suggestions in past threads, so I'm not one to take credit. Haha.

That's a very honest way of doing it, and I'll bet many players would appreciate knowing. Transparency between DM and Player is a great way to build trust. I've recently stopped fudging entirely, as I've started an open policy. I use Roll20 so all my rolls are in the open, and I even go so far...

Well, designer comments notwithstanding, I'd probably allow it, even if it ended up not being RAW. Wands are something that the DM has to add to the campaign world in the first place, so if I had a problem with that combo, I would just limit or remove wands. Considering wands have limited...

Sometimes I think it's not whether you Fudge that's the issue, it's whether you get caught fudging that's the issue. Lots of DMs at some time or another have altered an outcome or roll, to increase the fun at the table, lengthen or shorten a combat, or anything in between. However, I know from...

That was pretty neat, thanks for the example. I always like reading people's play transcripts. That seems like a pretty cool game.

Thank you for this, BoldItalic. That's a really neat way of looking at skill challenges. I actually got out my notebook and pencil and started making bubbles as I was reading along, haha. I'll definitely give this a shot as well, combining the advice from you and iserith. Well, now I'm looking...

Okay, you've sold me. Definitely going to try this Monday night. So I figure out the predominant complications, then frame them in interesting ways, and let the PC's decide how to overcome them. My players might prefer the more focused nature of actually having a problem right there in front of...