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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5109174" data-attributes="member: 8835">umbran pretty much hit all the points.1) the rules in editions 1-4 say i can cheat/fudge2) most DMs who do fudge do so rarely3) there are multiple ways to manipulate game results and outcomes, besides lying about what the die roll was behind a screen4) encounter design is itself a manipulation of the outcomePersonally, I rarely fudge a die roll.  I never do it in the bad guys favor.  I only fudge the bad guys hit or damage to miss or be less when it would result in a PC death that seems unduly unlucky.To take it easy on a PC, I am more likely to change tactics or have an event occur that is to the PCs advantage, but doesn't seem like deus ex machina.Generally, I expect my players to be successful in every encounter.  I may not know how they will win, but I figure that they must win, otherwise they wouldn't get to the next one, and there'd be no point in writing more encounters in advance.Since it is possible for me to make an unwinnable encounter AND not provide information to that fact, or a means to avoid it, means I inherently have the power over ALL outcomes in the game.  For good fun results, I must avoid that situation.</blockquote>