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<blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 7758400" data-attributes="member: 97077">There are two things that bother me:DM Fudging or Obviously Pulling Punches. You rob me of the importance of my decisions as a player when you do this. I made some decisions, hopefully reasonably informed ones, and because you called for a roll and didn't like the result or because things are not headed toward an outcome you need to happen, you start ignoring or lying about dice results or having the monsters pull back. That will tick me right off. I'd rather my character die horribly, as long as I had a chance to avoid that fate at some point.DM Asking for Ability Checks When I Haven't Declared an Action. &quot;Give me a Perception check, iserith.&quot; Why the heck are you asking for an ability check when I haven't described what I wanted to do? You're assuming or establishing what MY character is doing and that's not your role in this game. Describe the environment. Ask what I want to do. If I say I'm looking about for something or whatever, THEN you can ask for that Perception check - don't just assume! What if I wanted to do something else? Or how about this: You don't need a player to make a Perception check to describe the environment! The roll always follows the description by the player for what the character is trying to do, when the DM finds that outcome uncertain and decides there's a meaningful consequence of failure. You're totally jumping the gun otherwise. So just describe the environment. You don't need the dice's permission to perform your role.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="iserith, post: 7758400, member: 97077"] There are two things that bother me: [I][B]DM Fudging or Obviously Pulling Punches.[/B][/I] You rob me of the importance of my decisions as a player when you do this. I made some decisions, hopefully reasonably informed ones, and because you called for a roll and didn't like the result or because things are not headed toward an outcome you need to happen, you start ignoring or lying about dice results or having the monsters pull back. That will tick me right off. I'd rather my character die horribly, as long as I had a chance to avoid that fate at some point. [I][B]DM Asking for Ability Checks When I Haven't Declared an Action.[/B][/I] "Give me a Perception check, iserith." Why the heck are you asking for an ability check when I haven't described what I wanted to do? You're assuming or establishing what MY character is doing and that's not your role in this game. Describe the environment. Ask what I want to do. If I say I'm looking about for something or whatever, THEN you can ask for that Perception check - don't just assume! What if I wanted to do something else? Or how about this: You don't need a player to make a Perception check to describe the environment! The roll always follows the description by the player for what the character is trying to do, when the DM finds that outcome uncertain and decides there's a meaningful consequence of failure. You're totally jumping the gun otherwise. So just describe the environment. You don't need the dice's permission to perform your role. [/QUOTE]

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