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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Severson" data-source="post: 4025269" data-attributes="member: 59725">I'd like to get some thoughts on cheating on die rolls in D&D.I play in a 3E game and sit next to a player who will roll a 4 and report a 15 and I know based on his class and level that this is unlikely at best.  He hesitates before reporting the roll as well even though his sheet is a clean, organized printout.  It is something I have noticed in the last few sessions and it seems like he doing it with some regularity.I think it is fair to say that in all of the games I've played in, there has been 1 player who routinely reports inflated numbers.  Usually I feel that this person, in real life, needs something from the game that perhaps s/he is not getting in real life and that is why they cheat.Also, are they harming anybody?  Devil's Advocate: if it helps them have a better time at the game and if they are not using their inflated rolls to self-aggrandize or be a star at the table, then is it so bad?In fairness, when looking at my own cheating, I have done it at times when I am within 1 or 2 points away from what I think I need to succeed AND when the consequences for failure are high (like character death and subsequent loss of level).  So, please understand that I am not holier than thou here.  Sometimes it has been too tempting not to do.I have another friend who respectfully "averts her eyes" when knowing a comrade is making a key roll, to give them room around the issue.  This makes me laugh but also I think there is some wisdom in this.I would love to know whether you yourselves cheat or have cheated and why you think you have needed to do it.  I would also love to hear from someone who can honestly say they have NEVER done it and why they have not done it!  If you were a fellow player, what would you do?  If you are a GM who rolls the numbers secretly, do you "cheat?"  Or is the GM immune to the rules because s/he makes them?This is a great community you have here and I am enjoying it.Cheers.</blockquote>

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