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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 8596157" data-attributes="member: 6779196">It definitely can, and the varying opinions on that get you into arguments about quantum ogres and things. It’s definitely not cut and dried, but in general I am more ok with DM fiat over things the PCs have no control over than things they can affect with their decisions. Games with more player-side authorial power probably complicate this assessment as well.That’s fair. I think fudging can be picking the result regardless of what the players do, but that is on the extreme end. I do think most of the time people are indeed just using it to try and mitigate bad luck. But I still think doing so is undermining player agency, even if it isn’t totally invalidating it.Oh, it absolutely is. But, at risk of bringing up an equally contentious point, this is (part of) why I advocate for only calling for rolls when there is a possibility of success and failure and meaningful stakes. The d20 is very swingy, especially with 5e’s smaller modifiers than 3e’s and 4e’s. Because of that, I think the dice should be used sparingly, only called upon when necessary. If you can’t live with all the possible results of the roll, you shouldn’t call for the roll IMO.</blockquote>