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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 6030037" data-attributes="member: 463">I have no problem with this.Here are my personal criteria for when it is ok to fudge:1) If the game is centred on drama and story, not on challenge or the exploration of an objective environment.2) If the ruleset used does not fully support drama/story creation play, eg you are trying to use d20/D&amp;D for this. I played in a Midnight campaign, d20 ruleset terrible fit for the dramatist campaign. This assumes there is no metagame mechanic such as Fate Points available, or they are undesired for some reason. 3) If you have player consent.If all three criteria are met, then the GM can, and probably should, use their discretion to fudge.I would tend to think that in most cases a player-side resource such as Fate Points used to influence the story might be a better approach than GM-side fudging; fudging in practice often seems to be kept secret in order to maintain an illusion that the players are actually playing a challenge-based or environment-simulation game, not a story-creation game, and I don't like that sort of illusionist play. But other groups may like that illusion, where eg the player can believe they overcame a genuine challenge, but the GM knows he fudged to save them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 6030037, member: 463"] I have no problem with this. Here are my personal criteria for when it is ok to fudge: 1) If the game is centred on drama and story, not on challenge or the exploration of an objective environment. 2) If the ruleset used does not fully support drama/story creation play, eg you are trying to use d20/D&D for this. I played in a Midnight campaign, d20 ruleset terrible fit for the dramatist campaign. This assumes there is no metagame mechanic such as Fate Points available, or they are undesired for some reason. 3) If you have player consent. If all three criteria are met, then the GM can, and probably should, use their discretion to fudge. I would tend to think that in most cases a player-side resource such as Fate Points used to influence the story might be a better approach than GM-side fudging; fudging in practice often seems to be kept secret in order to maintain an illusion that the players are actually playing a challenge-based or environment-simulation game, not a story-creation game, and I don't like that sort of illusionist play. But other groups may like that illusion, where eg the player can believe they overcame a genuine challenge, but the GM knows he fudged to save them. [/QUOTE]

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