Thomas Shey
Legend
Ok but… why should an DM overrule the dice after rolling if they weren’t sure before rolling? The act of rolling suddenly makes a DM sure of the outcome they don’t want?
Yup.
I’m not trying to be deliberately opaque here - I just wonder why a DM wouldn’t think about possible outcomes first then decide if a roll is appropriate. After a few seconds of consideration, if failure is not an option, just give the PCs the auto-success and move on.
Because the people that do that have ideas of what they want to happen and just aren't wedded to the dice deciding them. They dither, roll the dice to decide, then decide they reacted negatively to the result. Its not my style, but I get it.