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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AaronOfBarbaria" data-source="post: 6803980" data-attributes="member: 6701872">I didn't make a dichotomy.I didn't say that it did... but, I know you are literate so you know that already,Fudging is a tool that when used correctly can still cause difficulty in your players trusting that you are using it correctly, so even when used correctly it is a tool that carries a risk of harming the shared fun - thus it is not as good for the shared fun as a different tool, like not-fudging, that supports the fun of the group but does not carry the same risk.You are delusional if you think I need to know what the actual die result was in order to be able to tell that you are lying about the result of the die roll - and worse, a player need not actually be correct in thinking a DM has fudged for damage to be done to the fun of the game, they just need to think the DM is fudging and the DM not be ready and able to provide evidence otherwise.Right... um... what?You don't actually know that your fudging resulted in more fun that what would have happened if you let their bad luck carry through and just progress from their, so you might actually already have been wrong by having prevented the players the cathartic "revenge" after a loss.Which you have already admitted you can't guarantee you are actual increasing.</blockquote>