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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jmucchiello" data-source="post: 4026919" data-attributes="member: 813">That's too bad. If someone is cheating there must be a reason. Probably some important ego issues that makes the person cheat at "let's pretend". If someone needs to bolster their self-esteem by being badder than their character sheet would normally allow, I say let them.In fact, I have. And in the end it worked itself out. I am sure one of the players I played with was cheating, calling high teens far too often, doing the roll and grab the die quick thing. Most of the rest of us knew he was doing it. Someone wanted to call him out on it and I stopped them. I pointed out this player was going through a rough patch in real life. Let him hog a little glory in out D&D game. It doesn't really matter to you who strikes the winning blow does it? Your ego is sufficient that you can step aside and let others shine. So what difference is it if the shining is spread out among all 4 of you or centered on the one guy who needs it?And as his life returned to normal, so too did his die rolling. Haven't noticed him cheating in months. Now perhaps this is just anecdotal and other cheaters never stop. Again, does it really, really matter who strikes the killing blow? Enjoy the story. Enjoy the company you keep. And if someone is needs to give himself a little boost, try to figure out why it's important to him that he finds it necessary to cheat. Cheating is a message. Don't kill the messenger.</blockquote>

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