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Message: <blockquote data-quote="takyris" data-source="post: 357029" data-attributes="member: 5171">I trust 'em.Most of the time, they will even tell me, "Hey, I was thinking about this feat, but looking at it, it might be too powerful when used with this other feat I already have.  Any thoughts?  I don't wanna become a better melee guy than the party tank, but the idea of this feat sounds good for my character's personality."  As a DM, a player who's thinking about roleplaying, power-play, AND party balance is about all you can wish for.In return I limit my fudging.  I'm not a zero fudger, and I will freely admit to the occasional fudge to get a point across or advance a plot point.  By the same token, I fudge backward when something I've done has gotten the PCs in a little deep.  Lately, I've been lowering my fudging, because the party's at a level where I can take the gloves off.If you fudge too much, your players are going to start doing the same.  So I treat it as a dangerous thing that is best not to let get out of hand.And if your players fudge, the best question is whether it was an oversight, a loophole use, a game-mechanic breakage, or an outright cheat.  Oversights are fine, loopholes should be allowed and then addressed later, game-mechanic breakage is tough and should be dealt with before it gets out of hand, and cheaters should be eviscerated quickly and with a minimum of fuss.-Tacky</blockquote>