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<blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 8980567" data-attributes="member: 86653"><p>It’s also literally true. If the paper says AC 15 and the player rolls 14 to-hit…it is a lie to say that hits. If the paper says 2 HP and the player rolls 1 damage…it is a lie to say that kills the monster. It’s a moral judgement only in that people tend to think lying is bad. But it’s still a lie, regardless of one’s moral position on lying.</p><p></p><p>What is gained by such a pointlessly minor lie? So it takes one or two more swings to kill the monster? So what? The referee’s job isn’t to bolster the morale of the players. So the person had a bad night? So what? It happens in games. Especially those involving randomizers. It’s a shared glory and everyone still high fives when the monster dies. The only difference is someone else gets the extra minor dopamine rush of being the one who finished it off. Everyone still contributed to the win. </p><p></p><p>This is a common disagreement between those who see the referee as a neutral arbiter of the rules or as a storyteller who’s supposed to be a fan of the players.</p><p></p><p>Just <em>deciding</em> when the fight’s over and who gets the killing blow defeats the whole point of having all those rules and rule books. Why bother if you’re just going to make it up? As referenced on here recently, it’s like Who’s Line Is It Anyway…where the points don’t matter and the rules are made up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="overgeeked, post: 8980567, member: 86653"] It’s also literally true. If the paper says AC 15 and the player rolls 14 to-hit…it is a lie to say that hits. If the paper says 2 HP and the player rolls 1 damage…it is a lie to say that kills the monster. It’s a moral judgement only in that people tend to think lying is bad. But it’s still a lie, regardless of one’s moral position on lying. What is gained by such a pointlessly minor lie? So it takes one or two more swings to kill the monster? So what? The referee’s job isn’t to bolster the morale of the players. So the person had a bad night? So what? It happens in games. Especially those involving randomizers. It’s a shared glory and everyone still high fives when the monster dies. The only difference is someone else gets the extra minor dopamine rush of being the one who finished it off. Everyone still contributed to the win. This is a common disagreement between those who see the referee as a neutral arbiter of the rules or as a storyteller who’s supposed to be a fan of the players. Just [I]deciding[/I] when the fight’s over and who gets the killing blow defeats the whole point of having all those rules and rule books. Why bother if you’re just going to make it up? As referenced on here recently, it’s like Who’s Line Is It Anyway…where the points don’t matter and the rules are made up. [/QUOTE]
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