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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elf Witch" data-source="post: 6121437" data-attributes="member: 9037">I can understand why you are upset. I would be to if players quit and didn't bother to tell me why. I kind of view it as cowardly. There does not have to a confrontational how about a simple email. The fact that they told other players knowing it would get back to you is just not cool. As for can the DM cheat yes they can.  To me a DM cheating is one who favors players over other players. Or changes the rules on a whim to get a desired outcome in their favor and then the next time the rule comes up changes it back so it is not in the players favor.But fudging no I don't think that is cheating nor is changing a monster on the fly as long as you are being consistent and fair to the players. For example I have been known to fudge if in my judgement I have made a mistake and over powered the encounter or I can see that the players are frustrated and not having fun. Though I do it in a way that they never know. And I am honest and up front that I will use my judgement on if I need to fudge and I have no one say no yet or I won't play like that. I have also dealt with characters of different power levels and how I handle that is to plan an encounters that play to everyone strength. Though if it becomes a cake walk and the other players are not having fun then I do something to bring everyone more in line. Some of this is play style and from reading posts here some people hate any fudging that is fine for them I would not want them at my table nor would I want to play with a DM like that. I do think some take it to far and make it sound like DMs who do are some how horrible DMs. But in the end there really is no right way or wrong way to play. I think open communication is important and I think players or DMs need to speak up if there is an issue instead of blindsiding the group when they just up and quit without anyone realizing there is a problem.</blockquote>

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