I cheated last game session

Elf Witch

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I did something last game session that I feel guilty about it is something I have never done before. I cheated I lied about my HP my character was killed taken to -11 and I said it was -9 and used an action point to stablize.

I was angry with the DM I felt he had really stacked the odds against us and that he had bent the rules for the bad guys.

We were on a mission to rescue two party members from the city jail because we learned that their lives were in danger.

We had three NPCs with us and myself and two other PCs we are all either second or third level.

We were in the sewers under the jail and were attacked my two monsters I don't know what they were they were rats with fins who lived in the water as well as dire rats.

The sharkrats as we nicknamed them killed one NPC out right. During the course of the battle everyone but myself and one NPC were knocked below 0 and were dying.

I got knocked to 2 hit points and was 30 feet away from the last monster I disengaged and moved back 60 feet the creature followed me 90 feet and got a full attack on me and took me down to -6 the dM rolled low. The NPC then killed the last creature and had a wand of healing and healed us enough to get us going again.

When we got to the jail we ended up fighting five soldiers and some kind of uber mage. This guy cast fire balls and had five missles in magic missle attack which made him at least ninth level he also was an assissian because he was able to use poison darts stored in his mouth plus we found out he had 12 ranks in escape artist. I figure with all that he was at least 14th level.

We captured him and killed the soldiers and rescued our party members. We had master work manaclues and a gag and hood tied on this mage. As were going back to the sewers with our prisoner he managed to using escape artist get out of everyhing and throw 5 magic missles at me and teleport away. I was the one leading him through the sewer. The magic missles killed me and that was when I cheated.

I was really angry not that the guy got away I really don't have a problem with the DM bending the rules to let the bad guy escape but I had a big problem with him bending the rules and letting the guy attack us.

Now I don't know what to do part of me wants to confess and tell the DM I cheated because I don't think it was right for me to do so. Part of me just wants to let it go and move on and vow to myself not to do it again.
 

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By what you describe, sounds like he might have been working on the fly, and that he as using a little cheat action himself.

I forgive you for the fudge, just don't let it happen again. ;)
 

You did something wrong. You feel guilty. Have a cookie and don't let it happen again.

*pat on the back*

Seriously, I don't really know what else to say. Some might say that you were justified, but obviously you don't think you are because you're feeling guilty. If it really gets to be that much of a problem, tell the DM and roll up a new pc.
 

Elf Witch said:
We had master work manaclues and a gag and hood tied on this mage. As were going back to the sewers with our prisoner he managed to using escape artist get out of everyhing and throw 5 magic missles at me and teleport away. I was the one leading him through the sewer.

You should have been watching him more closely!

Action: Making an Escape Artist check to escape from rope bindings, manacles, or other restraints (except a grappler) requires 1 minute of work.

You had ten rounds to notice him trying to get out of those manacles!

-Hyp.
 

Hypersmurf said:
You should have been watching him more closely!

Action: Making an Escape Artist check to escape from rope bindings, manacles, or other restraints (except a grappler) requires 1 minute of work.

You had ten rounds to notice him trying to get out of those manacles!

-Hyp.

Well he was an uber mage he did it in one round. :\ I have a pretty high spot well as high as you can get for a second level ranger first level sorcerer and I guess I was just busy looking at something else even though I had my one hand on his arms guiding him. :confused:
 

Just a thought - Maybe you weren't expected to go in the front door?

Discretion being the better part of valor and all that.
 

You should quit gaming now and send all your books and dice to me.

Seriously, don't let it bother you. I've never known a player OR a DM who didn't fudge a roll from time to time. Just try not to let it become a habit.
 

you did a tiny wrong. Your dm cheated like a mad man it seems. Its likely that you could have calculated your hp wrong anyway, and it was so close. I get more angry at dms that pull this kind of stuff then what you did. when i get a chance to dm, im going to make everyone pass out at at -1, and force enimies to cupdegrace to kill the players. you may have been wrong, but you *dm* was being a jack ass. If you confrunt him about it, say that you felt he was cheating on the escape artest and doing magic missle, then teleporting. I would be even more angery if he did the mm and escaped on the same round insted of two rounds.
 
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You're the player whose DM insisted on choosing his/her PC's known spells for him/her, right? And now this scenario...

Yeah; I know two wrongs don't make a right, but sometimes we just crack in the face of forty-seven of them perpetuated by the other side. I'd give yourself a slap on the hand and then seriously (SERIOUSLY!) have a talk with the DM about what crazy stuff is going on in your game.
 

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