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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 7356585" data-attributes="member: 6801845">Concerning the multiple rolls, if the target is close to dead, I'll ask them to give me damage one die at a time - even if they rolled everything together.&nbsp; Heck, I encourage people to roll ahead of time before it's even their turn.Why? Because I want fast-paced action, and sitting there watching someone roll dice and add up numbers is boring.&nbsp; I'd rather have combat be fast and furious, full of a sense of danger, not an opportunity to check facebook while the fighter makes a dozen die rolls one at a time. I trust my players not to cheat.&nbsp; Because honestly unless they're being really egregious or obvious I'm not going to know.&nbsp; When it comes to assisting or bonuses I prefer that they announce it ahead of time.&nbsp; But occasionally I get &quot;I meant to give inspiration/help&quot;.&nbsp; If I think they were just temporarily distracted or weren't following what was going on I'll allow it.&nbsp; I might require a intelligence/wisdom check.&nbsp;&nbsp; That's different than Bob rolling bad and trying to retroactively adding a bonus.&nbsp; I want to promote a cooperative game where people help each other.As far as assisting things like deception or diplomacy checks, have you never watched a movie/show where a pair of buddies work together to do the flim/flam?&nbsp; Practically every cop show eventually has a good cop/bad cop routine.&nbsp; To summarize, resolving dice rolls faster is better.&nbsp; Working together is part of the fun.&nbsp; Anything I can do to encourage that just helps the group.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 7356585, member: 6801845"] Concerning the multiple rolls, if the target is close to dead, I'll ask them to give me damage one die at a time - even if they rolled everything together. Heck, I encourage people to roll ahead of time before it's even their turn. Why? Because I want fast-paced action, and sitting there watching someone roll dice and add up numbers is boring. I'd rather have combat be fast and furious, full of a sense of danger, not an opportunity to check facebook while the fighter makes a dozen die rolls one at a time. I trust my players not to cheat. Because honestly unless they're being really egregious or obvious I'm not going to know. When it comes to assisting or bonuses I prefer that they announce it ahead of time. But occasionally I get "I meant to give inspiration/help". If I think they were just temporarily distracted or weren't following what was going on I'll allow it. I might require a intelligence/wisdom check. That's different than Bob rolling bad and trying to retroactively adding a bonus. I want to promote a cooperative game where people help each other. As far as assisting things like deception or diplomacy checks, have you never watched a movie/show where a pair of buddies work together to do the flim/flam? Practically every cop show eventually has a good cop/bad cop routine. To summarize, resolving dice rolls faster is better. Working together is part of the fun. Anything I can do to encourage that just helps the group. [/QUOTE]

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