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<blockquote data-quote="Jeff Wilder" data-source="post: 5167087" data-attributes="member: 5122">Okay, so when you're about to make a roll that may kill every single character, it's still not a good time to &quot;stop and think deeply&quot; about making that roll.Well ... okay, I guess.&nbsp; (But ... seriously?)But even that aside, how does the DM know it's &quot;easier&quot; to just discard some of the possible results, without stopping and thinking about what they might be?&nbsp; And if he does stop and think about what they may be, and then decides it's easier to use DM fiat to change the probabilities ...... that's not fudging.DM's Internal Monologue:Wow, this is an important roll.&nbsp; If the assassin rolls a crit here, he'll kill the sentry silently, and at that point he can coup de grace the whole party.Seems like a pretty good time to &quot;stop and think&quot; to me.Okay, so I'm going to roll, but if a crit comes up, it's just a hit.&nbsp; The poison might still kill the PC in 10 rounds, of course.That's not fudging.&nbsp; That's the DM assigning probabilities on the fly, and adhering to them.&nbsp; That's the DM doing his job which, yeah, does include the necessity of stopping to think from time to time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jeff Wilder, post: 5167087, member: 5122"] Okay, so when you're about to make a roll that may [I]kill every single character[/I], it's still not a good time to "stop and think deeply" about making that roll. Well ... okay, I guess. (But ... [I]seriously[/I]?) But even that aside, how does the DM [I]know[/I] it's "easier" to just discard some of the possible results, without stopping and thinking about what they might be? And if he does stop and think about what they may be, and then decides it's easier to use DM fiat to change the probabilities ... ... that's not fudging. DM's Internal Monologue: [I]Wow, this is an important roll. If the assassin rolls a crit here, he'll kill the sentry silently, and at that point he can [/I]coup de grace[I] the whole party.[/I] Seems like a pretty good time to "stop and think" to me. [I]Okay, so I'm going to roll, but if a crit comes up, it's just a hit. The poison might still kill the PC in 10 rounds, of course.[/I] That's not fudging. That's the DM assigning probabilities on the fly, and adhering to them. That's the DM doing his job which, yeah, does include the necessity of stopping to think from time to time. [/QUOTE]

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