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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EarthsShadow" data-source="post: 620756" data-attributes="member: 3531">bothI do both also.  I do all combat rolls in front of the players...heck, I will even tell them what my attack bonus will be, saying something like, "This green big bad monster is going to attack with its double claws, both rolls get a +6 to attack."  Then I roll in front of them.  I do this because I don't fudge for or against them, and they trust me because of this.  [Since I use the optional defense rolls in my games, it makes for a more dramatic combat, and whenever a player attacks one of my creatures, I will make my defense roll in front of them, saying what my defense bonus is].  But I never tell them how or why the bonus is what it is.  I will make few rolls in front of them, since as a player I was on the end of a DM that rolled everything behind the screen and I just don't trust a DM that rolls everything behind the screen, especially in combat.  It's too easy to fall into the trap of fudging dice and coming up with results the opposite of the way they would be, and personally I would rather play a character that legitimately dies than have one that lives because the DM doesn't want to have a death on his/her list.  I tell my players this, and they like the fact I am up front with them.But, I do make some rolls behind the screen, the same as most DM's I suppose.  Saves, Initiative rolls, and some skills like Bluff and Search, unless they are making opposed rolls against something else, then I will tell them to roll and not tell them why.  But DM's that always have to roll behind the screen, I don't trust them, to easy to cheat and fudge and I don't like that at all.  But that's me and just an opinion.</blockquote>

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