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<blockquote data-quote="Crust" data-source="post: 3536022" data-attributes="member: 22330">In response to the OP, as DM, I often &quot;cheat,&quot; though I don't necessarily get that guilty feeling you get when you are actually cheating at something.&nbsp; That's probably because I don't think it's cheating.I fudge rolls here and there.&nbsp; I've never fudged rolls to kill a good, solid PC.&nbsp; I've allowed players to run alternate PCs for a time: vampires, drow, malaugrym even, and I've had to kill them off eventually to further the story, but I've never had it out for any player enough to deliberately lie about die rolls and kill a PC.&nbsp; I can't imagine ever doing that.Recently, I've really been fudging rolls to save the PCs.&nbsp; The four core PCs are so solid from a hack-n-slash and a role-playing standpoint that I want them to continue for as long as fate will allow.&nbsp; I use the screen to hide notes, but not necessarily to hide die rolls.&nbsp; I do hide most die rolls, simply because I don't want my players seeing me pull punches.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crust, post: 3536022, member: 22330"] In response to the OP, as DM, I often "cheat," though I don't necessarily get that guilty feeling you get when you are actually cheating at something. That's probably because I don't think it's cheating. I fudge rolls here and there. I've never fudged rolls to kill a good, solid PC. I've allowed players to run alternate PCs for a time: vampires, drow, malaugrym even, and I've had to kill them off eventually to further the story, but I've never had it out for any player enough to deliberately lie about die rolls and kill a PC. I can't imagine ever doing that. Recently, I've really been fudging rolls to save the PCs. The four core PCs are so solid from a hack-n-slash and a role-playing standpoint that I want them to continue for as long as fate will allow. I use the screen to hide notes, but not necessarily to hide die rolls. I do hide most die rolls, simply because I don't want my players seeing me pull punches. ;) [/QUOTE]

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