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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scotley" data-source="post: 5242374" data-attributes="member: 11520">Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.This DM thing is tough. It is always a challenge to maintain the veil of willing disbelieve and reveal the mechanics underneath. I personally don't mind if we never know the results of the rolls, but I do understand that many players do want to know.I usually let the players roll even when it gives them unfair knowledge of the situation. In play by post especially, it seems to me to be more important to maintain a rapid flow of information rather than maintain the secret. That's why I often post a tree of results and trust to the players not to peek at the results higher than they rolled. If they choose to look and find out things their characters would not know I figure they just spoiled some of the fun for themselves. Maybe someday they'll realize it is more fun to wait and see. I don't think it hurts the game much given that one of their fellows will reveal the info soon enough anyway. That's my two coppers worth.</blockquote>