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<blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 6809945" data-attributes="member: 97077"><p>Forum Tactic: Get someone to say that somebody else's preference is Bad and then you get to claim the high ground and shout "One True Wayism!" and "Badwrongfun!" as a means to shut that person down. I don't assert that is what is going on here, but it's common enough.</p><p></p><p>As an aside and at the risk of sounding like I'm arguing semantics, I think your position is helped by differentiating challenge (a situation you can win or lose on your own merits) and difficulty (how hard you have to think/work to win). Challenge and difficulty are frequently conflated because "challenging" can mean "difficult." Both can be impacted by fudging in different ways.</p><p></p><p>It's hard to argue that fudging doesn't affect difficulty - change a monster's hit to a miss and difficulty necessarily goes down. But if a DM who fudges a particular die roll still keeps the loss conditions on the table (perhaps he or she is just prolonging a battle or the like or trying to avoid what is perceived as "extreme bad luck"), then challenge hasn't actually be reduced because you can still win or lose. This may be why some are not accepting your position, solid though it may be. Of course, if the loss conditions are taken off the table as well, then challenge has been removed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="iserith, post: 6809945, member: 97077"] Forum Tactic: Get someone to say that somebody else's preference is Bad and then you get to claim the high ground and shout "One True Wayism!" and "Badwrongfun!" as a means to shut that person down. I don't assert that is what is going on here, but it's common enough. As an aside and at the risk of sounding like I'm arguing semantics, I think your position is helped by differentiating challenge (a situation you can win or lose on your own merits) and difficulty (how hard you have to think/work to win). Challenge and difficulty are frequently conflated because "challenging" can mean "difficult." Both can be impacted by fudging in different ways. It's hard to argue that fudging doesn't affect difficulty - change a monster's hit to a miss and difficulty necessarily goes down. But if a DM who fudges a particular die roll still keeps the loss conditions on the table (perhaps he or she is just prolonging a battle or the like or trying to avoid what is perceived as "extreme bad luck"), then challenge hasn't actually be reduced because you can still win or lose. This may be why some are not accepting your position, solid though it may be. Of course, if the loss conditions are taken off the table as well, then challenge has been removed. [/QUOTE]
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