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<blockquote data-quote="Imaculata" data-source="post: 6904460" data-attributes="member: 6801286">Ugh, that is just unpleasant.All he said, as I understood it, is that DM's are free to apply or not apply the rules to npc's as they see fit. That seems reasonable to me.If a bad guy falls into the lava, I declare him dead. If a player falls into the lava, I roll for damage and check if it actually kills them. Is that unfair? I don't think it is.Same with perception and stealth checks. If I decide that an npc guard does not notice the players, I don't roll at all, and they sneak by unnoticed. If I decide the npc guard spots them regardless of their high stealth, then that would be kind of unfair, and I'd probably never do that. But you could, if you wanted to.In fact, I once had a big fight in my campaign between evil NPC wizards and allied NPC paladins, and I didn't roll a single die. I simply declared how many of each side survived in the end, and the players fought the rest, just to simplify a huge battle.Let me check what Aaron said again...Yap.... that seems to be what he is saying. Does not sound unreasonable to me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Imaculata, post: 6904460, member: 6801286"] Ugh, that is just unpleasant. All he said, as I understood it, is that DM's are free to apply or not apply the rules to npc's as they see fit. That seems reasonable to me. If a bad guy falls into the lava, I declare him dead. If a player falls into the lava, I roll for damage and check if it actually kills them. Is that unfair? I don't think it is. Same with perception and stealth checks. If I decide that an npc guard does not notice the players, I don't roll at all, and they sneak by unnoticed. If I decide the npc guard spots them regardless of their high stealth, then that would be kind of unfair, and I'd probably never do that. But you could, if you wanted to. In fact, I once had a big fight in my campaign between evil NPC wizards and allied NPC paladins, and I didn't roll a single die. I simply declared how many of each side survived in the end, and the players fought the rest, just to simplify a huge battle. Let me check what Aaron said again... Yap.... that seems to be what he is saying. Does not sound unreasonable to me. [/QUOTE]

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