Are you a fudging fudger?

[Benimoto]

I probably have fudged from time to time, but I try as a general rule to avoid it. As a DM, I'll sometimes make non-dice-related fudges, such as lowering or raising monster HP totals to produce the effect I want. I generally try to do that before the session, but sometimes a little improv with monster stats creeps in.

 

[Aus_Snow]

Let the dice fall where they may else why use them in the first place and yes that is rhetorical.

Also, this is what I prefer as a player. 'FUN' be damned; that is fun, for us.

 

[Woas]

I used to fudge dice in the very early stages of my GMing career. But lately I do not change or alter dice rolls at all, nor do I idly roll dice to create pseudo-anxiety. I find those two practices very silly and detract from the game.

 

[Hussar]

Now that I play online over Maptools or OpenRPG, I roll 100% in the open except for a very few rolls which are still logged in the transcripts.

Needless to say, I don't fudge die rolls.

 

[The Shaman]

Let the dice fall where they may else why use them in the first place and yes that is rhetorical.

Also, this is what I prefer as a player. 'FUN' be damned; that is fun, for us.

I'll have a frosty cold pint of the same, please.

 

[Crothian]

It's my party and I'll fudge if I want to!

 

[pawsplay]

In 25 years, I cannot think of an occasion where I fudged a die. The closest I've come is rolling the dice when in fact I have already decided on a particular result, and the dice are just there to make noise and distract the players. While I occasionally make use of fiat, I like to be honest with myself when I roll the dice for real.

 

[Theo R Cwithin]

I'll fudge a die roll to avoid PC death by dumb unluck (eg, by a completely random encounter), or to push an interesting player idea from "it almost worked" into the "it worked" zone.

 

[Lord Xtheth]

It depends on the mood I'm in and the mood of the game realy. Also, how good/bad the PCs are doing.

There have been a couple points where I rolled the dice for the soul purpose of letting the players hear that dice have been rolled, then I just say a number (basically to hit or miss at a whim).

I don't fudge to kill PCs though... with the minor exception of if I caught them fudging their rolls, then they are free game.

I guess I'd put myself in the middle because of this.

 

[JRRNeiklot]

Originally Posted by Aus_Snow

Let the dice fall where they may else why use them in the first place and yes that is rhetorical.

Also, this is what I prefer as a player. 'FUN' be damned; that is fun, for us.

I'll have a frosty cold pint of the same, please.

Make mine a double!