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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nagol" data-source="post: 6808788" data-attributes="member: 23935">It'll still sound like I'm making good decisions -- just not decisions as defensive and risk controlling as I make when I do not believe there is fudging.No.  It's happened in a lot of campaigns over the decades.   There are a couple of memorable over-the-top fudgers (like the lady that wouldn't let our Paranoia characters die...), but most of the time the fudging came out like you and Maxperson suggest-- limited fudging to "protect" characters from "meaningless" harm, negating "really bad" luck (much of which wasn't that bad from a probability perspective), or to protect the antagonist from our alpha strike until his awesomeness could be displayed.If I'm going into a "meaningless" encounter, I won't take the precautions I normally would -- I'll be a bit more loose with the odds I'm willing to face.  I won't die here!  I am destined for greater things!If the fight is going against us, but I can make a case for out luck being sour, there is little need to flee.  It'll turn around any time now!If I'm going into a BBEG fight, I won't be striving for battlefield dominance.  There's a chance it'll be negated to increase the awesome so why put much effort into it?If I'm going into a character-pivotal scene that is playing out I'll charge right in.  After all, I won't die on the doorstep of this moment!Eventually, I guess wrong and the dice catch up with me.  That's OK.  At least now I have further data as to the limits of fudging for that DM.  And if the character doesn't expire?  That's a sign to bail out of the campaign.  There really is little point for me to keep playing especially in D&D; other games and genres less so.Think of it as testing to destruction.People have tells.  The thing about a DM and fudging is the DM is the centre of attention for hours on end.  The players are always watching, evaluating, and correlating.  It takes a terrific actor to pull off a relatively rare event as if nothing out of the ordinary is happening.  Body language changes.  Word choice changes.  Tone and facial expression changes.  It doesn't take much to realise something untoward is occurring.  If a player is paying attention, has basic probability understanding, and can count, he has a good chance to pick up on the fudge.  Do I notice every occurrence?  Almost certainly not.  Do I spot many of them?  Probably.</blockquote>

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