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<blockquote data-quote="Chimera" data-source="post: 1850197" data-attributes="member: 2002">Three years ago I kicked an old friend out of my group (the fourth campaign I'd played or GM'd with him in it) because he was cheating.&nbsp; Blatantly so.&nbsp; Everyone knew it, everyone saw it.&nbsp; We were not friends after that.&nbsp; (But then, our friendship had been on the ropes before that happened.)Everyone else said &quot;Why???&nbsp; It's just a game!&quot;Yup.&nbsp; It's just a game.But if I can't trust you to play a stupid game without cheating so freaking blatantly in front of me....I can't trust you.&nbsp; Period.It's simple ethics, people.&nbsp; I don't hang around with people I can't trust.Occasional die roll fudging?&nbsp; Doesn't bother me in the slightest.&nbsp; The occasional lie?&nbsp; Forgivable.&nbsp; But when every statement is a lie, when every die roll is a &quot;hit&quot;, you have gone beyond the pale and thrown away your credibility and reputation.&nbsp; And I don't want to know you anymore.Granted, it took a lot to get me to boot the guy.&nbsp; I very probably wouldn't do so on the first offense, though I'd make it abundantly clear that NO REPEAT WOULD BE TOLERATED and let him know that he's making himself look bad.In the OP's case, given the how much the module costs, I would almost second the idea of asking the jerk to reimburse part of it, since he ruined it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chimera, post: 1850197, member: 2002"] Three years ago I kicked an old friend out of my group (the fourth campaign I'd played or GM'd with him in it) because he was cheating. Blatantly so. Everyone knew it, everyone saw it. We were not friends after that. (But then, our friendship had been on the ropes before that happened.) Everyone else said "Why??? It's just a game!" Yup. It's just a game. But if I can't trust you to play a stupid game without cheating so freaking blatantly in front of me....I can't trust you. Period. It's simple ethics, people. I don't hang around with people I can't trust. Occasional die roll fudging? Doesn't bother me in the slightest. The occasional lie? Forgivable. But when every statement is a lie, when every die roll is a "hit", you have gone beyond the pale and thrown away your credibility and reputation. And I don't want to know you anymore. Granted, it took a lot to get me to boot the guy. I very probably wouldn't do so on the first offense, though I'd make it abundantly clear that NO REPEAT WOULD BE TOLERATED and let him know that he's making himself look bad. In the OP's case, given the how much the module costs, I would almost second the idea of asking the jerk to reimburse part of it, since he ruined it. [/QUOTE]

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