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<blockquote data-quote="rlor" data-source="post: 6805388" data-attributes="member: 6803226"><p>If something surprised the DM then it is probably more likely to surprise me. As an example: a villain takes a woman hostage to be used as a human shield and she struggles to break free. The DM rolls for her struggle as they describe the situation and then suddenly stops, blinks twice as they look at the result and say "and she grabs his arm, steps back to throw him off balance, then tosses him to the ground". I'm more likely to be surprised by that then if I see the DM focus intently on the roll because they know she's secretly a monk and is likely to succeed. The DM is going to have a different way of delivering the same line, pausing at different places and giving different body language.</p><p></p><p>Now if the DM is the type that commonly plays the lead in amateur theater performances and brings tears to the eyes of the audience I might not be able to tell the difference. Though their inclinations may make the above more predictable than a random result even with flawless acting.</p><p></p><p>If I'm the DM and don't want her to succeed for whatever reason then I just describe it as "she struggles in its grasp" without touching the dice. Likewise I could have her successfully toss the villain to the ground without picking up a die. Only if I'm fine with it going either way am I going to roll.</p><p></p><p>I picked the above example because I've witnessed a DM fudging this situation before so it seemed apt. They needlessly put themselves in this situation and while I personally would have welcomed the surprise (as a DM or player) they clearly didn't because they wanted a hostage scenario.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rlor, post: 6805388, member: 6803226"] If something surprised the DM then it is probably more likely to surprise me. As an example: a villain takes a woman hostage to be used as a human shield and she struggles to break free. The DM rolls for her struggle as they describe the situation and then suddenly stops, blinks twice as they look at the result and say "and she grabs his arm, steps back to throw him off balance, then tosses him to the ground". I'm more likely to be surprised by that then if I see the DM focus intently on the roll because they know she's secretly a monk and is likely to succeed. The DM is going to have a different way of delivering the same line, pausing at different places and giving different body language. Now if the DM is the type that commonly plays the lead in amateur theater performances and brings tears to the eyes of the audience I might not be able to tell the difference. Though their inclinations may make the above more predictable than a random result even with flawless acting. If I'm the DM and don't want her to succeed for whatever reason then I just describe it as "she struggles in its grasp" without touching the dice. Likewise I could have her successfully toss the villain to the ground without picking up a die. Only if I'm fine with it going either way am I going to roll. I picked the above example because I've witnessed a DM fudging this situation before so it seemed apt. They needlessly put themselves in this situation and while I personally would have welcomed the surprise (as a DM or player) they clearly didn't because they wanted a hostage scenario. [/QUOTE]
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