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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Silverbane" data-source="post: 2847411" data-attributes="member: 38016">Well, I don't know what to tell you about being tactful...&nbsp; If you think that the guy is cheating, and you ask him about it, it is likely to sound like you are accusing him of cheating.&nbsp; Which, of course, you are.&nbsp; But hey, sometimes there are only bad solutions.Here are a couple of things that you can do without bringing this up...1: You should have a copy of each character's statblock or character sheet.&nbsp; Not only will you be able to easily tell if the guy has been cheating (it is very very difficult for a 4th level character to consistently get 40+ on skill checks and 20+ on attack rolls), you can also use the information that you have of ALL of the characters to better tailor encounters to their abilities (this is, in fact, the reason that you should give for wanting this information in the case that you don't want to accuse anyone of dishonesty or shenanigans).2: Make sure that die rolls happen in everyone's plain sight.&nbsp; Even if you are not able to see the die roll, the cheater's fellow players will likely comment on the roll and its result, &quot;You got a 40 on that check!?&nbsp; Dude!&nbsp; You rolled a 2!&quot;&nbsp; This one is going to be difficult to bring up without casting some aspirations, but just be careful not to single out any players as the reason for this change.If that fails, or you don't want to compound the problem by being shifty yourself, just bring it up.&nbsp; You can do this either when the die roll gets made, or before or after (or between) gaming sessions.&nbsp; If you do it during the gaming session, make sure you do it in as non-acusatory a manner as possible, &quot;are you sure your math is right on that?&quot; or &quot;are you looking at the right character sheet?&quot; rather than, &quot;you are a cheater and your pants are on fire!&quot;&nbsp; If you do it outside the gaming session (when the other players are not around) you might want to be a bit more direct, &quot;hey, man, you seem to be getting some pretty inflated check results, are you sure that there's not some chicanery going on?&quot;That's about all I've got.&nbsp; Not being the most tactful person in the world (I tend towards a good, solid smack upside the head for such juvenile transgressions), you may want to wait for some more advice...&nbsp; I hope this turns out for the best.Latersilver</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Michael Silverbane, post: 2847411, member: 38016"] Well, I don't know what to tell you about being tactful... If you think that the guy is cheating, and you ask him about it, it is likely to sound like you are accusing him of cheating. Which, of course, you are. But hey, sometimes there are only bad solutions. Here are a couple of things that you can do without bringing this up... 1: You should have a copy of each character's statblock or character sheet. Not only will you be able to easily tell if the guy has been cheating (it is very very difficult for a 4th level character to consistently get 40+ on skill checks and 20+ on attack rolls), you can also use the information that you have of ALL of the characters to better tailor encounters to their abilities (this is, in fact, the reason that you should give for wanting this information in the case that you don't want to accuse anyone of dishonesty or shenanigans). 2: Make sure that die rolls happen in [i]everyone's[/i] plain sight. Even if you are not able to see the die roll, the cheater's fellow players will likely comment on the roll and its result, "You got a 40 on that check!? Dude! You rolled a 2!" This one is going to be difficult to bring up without casting some aspirations, but just be careful not to single out any players as the reason for this change. If that fails, or you don't want to compound the problem by being shifty yourself, just bring it up. You can do this either when the die roll gets made, or before or after (or between) gaming sessions. If you do it during the gaming session, make sure you do it in as non-acusatory a manner as possible, "are you sure your math is right on that?" or "are you looking at the right character sheet?" rather than, "you are a cheater and your pants are on fire!" If you do it outside the gaming session (when the other players are not around) you might want to be a bit more direct, "hey, man, you seem to be getting some pretty inflated check results, are you sure that there's not some chicanery going on?" That's about all I've got. Not being the most tactful person in the world (I tend towards a good, solid smack upside the head for such juvenile transgressions), you may want to wait for some more advice... I hope this turns out for the best. Later silver [/QUOTE]

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