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<blockquote data-quote="EscherEnigma" data-source="post: 8098028" data-attributes="member: 6750014">Back in college, most of my rolls were &quot;hidden&quot;, but that wasn't so much because I wanted to hide them, but because I used a DM screen to reference tables, hang notes on, and so-on, and it's a hassle to roll dice outside the DM screen.In my one in-person game these days, dice rolls are mostly &quot;out in the open&quot;, but that's largely because I don't use a DM screen anymore, I use a laptop, and I'm not going to roll dice on my keyboard, I'm going to use my fancy super-cool-looking dice tower.&nbsp; That said, there are some rolls I would hide: mostly rolls where the player(s) shouldn't know what I'm rolling for at all.So mostly things where the &quot;outcome&quot; of the roll wouldn't be something the PC would be able to observe.&nbsp; That is to say... the PC can observe someone making a save in most cases.&nbsp; They can observe the orc's swing at them.&nbsp; They can observe most combat actions.&nbsp; They shouldn't be able to &quot;observe&quot; a random enocunter or treasure roll, only the outcome which may happen some random time later.But I don't do it much because --for the most part-- I'll plan those kinds of things ahead of time and roll before the game starts.Overall though, I don't find the &quot;mystery&quot; adds much in most cases.&nbsp; Counterpoint: I also don't find rolling &quot;in public&quot; adds much in most cases either.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EscherEnigma, post: 8098028, member: 6750014"] Back in college, most of my rolls were "hidden", but that wasn't so much because I wanted to hide them, but because I used a DM screen to reference tables, hang notes on, and so-on, and it's a hassle to roll dice outside the DM screen. In my one in-person game these days, dice rolls are mostly "out in the open", but that's largely because I don't use a DM screen anymore, I use a laptop, and I'm not going to roll dice on my keyboard, I'm going to use my fancy super-cool-looking dice tower. That said, there are some rolls I would hide: mostly rolls where the player(s) shouldn't know what I'm rolling for at all. So mostly things where the "outcome" of the roll wouldn't be something the PC would be able to observe. That is to say... the PC can observe someone making a save in most cases. They can observe the orc's swing at them. They can observe most combat actions. They shouldn't be able to "observe" a random enocunter or treasure roll, only the outcome which may happen some random time later. But I don't do it much because --for the most part-- I'll plan those kinds of things ahead of time and roll before the game starts. Overall though, I don't find the "mystery" adds much in most cases. Counterpoint: I also don't find rolling "in public" adds much in most cases either. [/QUOTE]

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