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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Felix" data-source="post: 3673480" data-attributes="member: 3929">Understandably; it's part of the DM's job to fudge dice rolls now and then to tip the scales one way or the other. But doing it too often, and especially doing it by using an NPC to do something that the PCs can't, is a sign of a clumsy DM. You say:however if he just knew the DM better, then he would know that the DM most of the time cheat because otherwise we would be dead.I'm curious how often this happens, and also how long you all have been gaming together. If you've been gaming with this DM for years longer than Butosei has, you may simply have gotten accustomed to your DM and Butosei hasn't. If DMNPC interference happens several times a session, then I think Butosei has a point. He may not be expressing his displeasure very well or productively, but that doesn't mean he isn't in some sense justified.I would very much advise against conspiring with your DM to kick Butosei out of the group without first having asked him about it. You may find that a compromise between his rules-lawyering and the DM's rules-tinkering is the best solution.Possibly my sympathy for Butosei comes from my (now under control) rules-lawyering tendancies, but people tend to exaggerate something that annoys them and downplay something that they like; could it be that Butosei's habits are less volitile, and your DM's use of fudging not as subtle as you suggest?</blockquote>