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<blockquote data-quote="Elf Witch" data-source="post: 5884518" data-attributes="member: 9037">None of that is cheating. The DM is tailoring the encounter for his group. One of the jobs of&nbsp; A DM is to make the game fun and challenging. One of his tools to accomplish this is be able to adjust things on the fly.Some people call him a referee but I don't because that implies his job is to mkae sure the rules are followed. In football a referee can't change the rules because one side is so outmatched by the other side.Most groups who say they don't want their DM to fudge means they want the dice to fall as they fall. If they die they they don't want the DM saying no it only did 5 points of damage when it did seven but that amount would have killed the PC.When players say don't pull punches I think they mean if the encounter is well balanced and the PCs are not out matched and the PCs lose they don't want the DM to change things so they win. And if the DM agrees to this and then changes his mind and fudges things and the players find out they might well call it cheating.Now I am not sure most players who want the DM not to fudge or pull punches would have the same issue if the DM is adjusting things on the fly because he made a mistake and the encounter is not one where the party never stood a chance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Elf Witch, post: 5884518, member: 9037"] None of that is cheating. The DM is tailoring the encounter for his group. One of the jobs of A DM is to make the game fun and challenging. One of his tools to accomplish this is be able to adjust things on the fly. Some people call him a referee but I don't because that implies his job is to mkae sure the rules are followed. In football a referee can't change the rules because one side is so outmatched by the other side. Most groups who say they don't want their DM to fudge means they want the dice to fall as they fall. If they die they they don't want the DM saying no it only did 5 points of damage when it did seven but that amount would have killed the PC. When players say don't pull punches I think they mean if the encounter is well balanced and the PCs are not out matched and the PCs lose they don't want the DM to change things so they win. And if the DM agrees to this and then changes his mind and fudges things and the players find out they might well call it cheating. Now I am not sure most players who want the DM not to fudge or pull punches would have the same issue if the DM is adjusting things on the fly because he made a mistake and the encounter is not one where the party never stood a chance. [/QUOTE]

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