Fellow player fudging rolls

[The_Hanged_Man]

I'm in a weekly gaming group with a fellow player that regularly fudges his rolls and it is getting on my nerves. Generally he rolls his dice behind his laptop screen with dice that are difficult to read, but since I sit next to him I can still catch him from time to time. The GM seems oblivious to the problem.

For example, last night were in this big dramatic battle and while my pc was completely useless due to poor rolls, while this other player was the big hero (as usual) and killed the BBEG with a flubbed damage roll.

My question is what, if anything, I could do about this without being seen as a jealous snitch. This other player is in other respects a good guy and I don't want to make things awkward between us. I've been thinking sending the GM an anonymous message suggesting he makes players roll out in the open, but maybe that is too mysterious and dramatic. Any advice/tips would be appreciated.

 

[wedgeski]

Talk to him, ask him politely to cut it out, tell him it's not in the spirit of the game and isn't fair to other players like yourself who play by the rules. Perhaps point out you could have simply informed the DM but didn't. If he then continues to do so, inform the DM. He will only have himself to blame.

 

[Gilladian]

Take the other guy aside. Tell him you noticed what he's doing. Don't give him a chance to deny it. Tell him it makes you feel small and worthless, unwanted and denied your rightful chance to shine once in a while. Explain how what he's doing hurts you, and the others at the table. Ask him not to do it anymore. And leave it at that.

If that doesn't help, then nothing will, and you need to tell the DM. It is only right that he knows what's going on.

 

[delericho]

Speak to him one-on-one. Tell him you know he's fudging his rolls, and ask him to stop.

If he doesn't, then the next time he does it, say in a loud, clear voice, "Wow! You hit on a 2? That's amazing!"

 

[The_Hanged_Man]

Thanks for the replies. I thought about just asking him to stop but he is very touchy and defensive in general, and I am 99% certain that asking him would result in a flat denial and hurt feelings. Then when I tell the GM, who then makes a change in the policies, this player would (correctly) think I ratted him out and unpleasantness ensues. Ugh.

 

[Piratecat]

That is awkward.

I wouldn't handle it anonymously. If you feel like you can't talk to the player, I'd privately inform the GM that there's a problem that can be fixed by open rolling. Then it's his responsibility and you never have to be involved in confronting the player.

I had the same problem in my game once, and was really glad a player came and told me.

 

[Horatio]

I played once with someone like that. First, I asked him, in private, why he does that. He just denied it alltogether. So, next time we played, I did exactly the opposite as he (e.g. he rolled 5 and anounced 15, I rolled 17 and anounced 7), only I didn't roll my dice behind some cover, but openly. So everyone noticed the difference between what I rolled and what I anounced. When asked by others why I do that, I told them I'm only evening the odds. When they gave me puzzled looks, I just said: ask -him-. I never saw him cheating again and his over-all rolls fell from high above average to average.

 

[garrowolf]

I played once with someone like that. First, I asked him, in private, why he does that. He just denied it alltogether. So, next time we played, I did exactly the opposite as he (e.g. he rolled 5 and anounced 15, I rolled 17 and anounced 7), only I didn't roll my dice behind some cover, but openly. So everyone noticed the difference between what I rolled and what I anounced. When asked by others why I do that, I told them I'm only evening the odds. When they gave me puzzled looks, I just said: ask -him-. I never saw him cheating again and his over-all rolls fell from high above average to average.

I like this!

 

[The_Hanged_Man]

I played once with someone like that. First, I asked him, in private, why he does that. He just denied it alltogether. So, next time we played, I did exactly the opposite as he (e.g. he rolled 5 and anounced 15, I rolled 17 and anounced 7), only I didn't roll my dice behind some cover, but openly. So everyone noticed the difference between what I rolled and what I anounced. When asked by others why I do that, I told them I'm only evening the odds. When they gave me puzzled looks, I just said: ask -him-. I never saw him cheating again and his over-all rolls fell from high above average to average.

Heh. I like this too, but being that confrontational with this guy would probably be pretty messy.

Anyway, I was just thinking about suggesting to the GM that he could just have a no laptops on the table rule. People being distracted by the Internet is kind of a problem in the game too, so maybe we could kill two birds with one stone here without being too obvious about the cheating issue.

 

[B_Ryan]

Wow... I would just kick him out. Once a cheater always a cheater