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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tzarevitch" data-source="post: 6382779" data-attributes="member: 1792">That isn't what I said. The rule in question (Cutting Words) does not give the player an ability to see the DM's die rolls. Whether or not the table convention is to show die rolls already is a different issue. We are off the original question, but you are correct, they didn't write the rules assuming any form of DM rolling convention. They assumed the rule stood as written. The original question was whether Cutting Words allows the player to see the die roll to know when to use it. The answer is clear by the very wording of the rule itself; it does not. The rule stands as it says regardless of what the table rolling convention is. Now if the OP is asking for a survey of how DMs actually run this ability, that is another story. I've DMed 4e for years now and this type of ability occurs a lot there. I for one, do not tell the player the die roll because if they are getting  overmatched when they weren't supposed to be, I like the option of fudging my attack and damage die rolls down to maintain the storytelling flow of the fight, and it crushes believability if they can see when I'm doing it.  If it helps the flow and they are in a tight fight, I will; however, sometimes hint to them that it may be worth it for them to modify particular attack rolls.</blockquote>