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<blockquote data-quote="Swarmkeeper" data-source="post: 9541491" data-attributes="member: 6921763">I’ll preface my comments with this:&nbsp; there’s more than one way to have fun with this game we all love.&nbsp; I’m not judging any playstyles here, I’m just stating what I prefer (and what our table prefers) and why.&nbsp; Based on what I’ve read, I wouldn’t be a good fit for many tables and many others here may not be a good fit for our table.&nbsp; But that is ok.&nbsp; I’m glad people are enjoying themselves with this game!We roll in the open at our table.&nbsp; For everything.&nbsp; Transparency and trust are certainly part of it, but are not the only reasons.IMO, there’s already plenty of mystery and hidden information in the game world - much of it intentionally created by the DM for the players/PCs to discover, some of it unintentional due to the imperfection of human communication.&nbsp; I don’t believe in adding yet another element (ie the results of die rolls) to that list for the players and their characters.We’re also a table where the DM is not enforcing any kind of separation of player and character knowledge.&nbsp; We don’t believe it is the DM’s role to enforce how the players choose to portray their characters.&nbsp; In fact, we view any effort to tamp down metagaming by the DM to be an additional burden to an already full workload. That said, a player’s knowledge may not even be correct in the game world and the only real way to know is to test that knowledge via their PC.&nbsp; The DM at our table will adjudicate die rolls and the players, on behalf of their PCs, can choose to interpret that adjudication any way they wish.As for fudging die rolls, when I am a player, I truly can’t stand it. I’m sure some DMs use fudging sparingly and are very adept at it but, IME, those DMs are few and far between.&nbsp; When it is obvious, it feels to me like a real infringement on player agency. I just believe that if a DM cannot accept the result of a die roll one way or another, then that die just shouldn’t really be rolled in the first place.TL;DR:&nbsp; we roll in the open for everything and it works for us.&nbsp; If your table doesn’t and it works for you, that’s great too.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Swarmkeeper, post: 9541491, member: 6921763"] I’ll preface my comments with this: there’s more than one way to have fun with this game we all love. I’m not judging any playstyles here, I’m just stating what I prefer (and what our table prefers) and why. Based on what I’ve read, I wouldn’t be a good fit for many tables and many others here may not be a good fit for our table. But that is ok. I’m glad people are enjoying themselves with this game! We roll in the open at our table. For everything. Transparency and trust are certainly part of it, but are not the only reasons. IMO, there’s already plenty of mystery and hidden information in the game world - much of it intentionally created by the DM for the players/PCs to discover, some of it unintentional due to the imperfection of human communication. I don’t believe in adding yet another element (ie the results of die rolls) to that list for the players and their characters. We’re also a table where the DM is not enforcing any kind of separation of player and character knowledge. We don’t believe it is the DM’s role to enforce how the players choose to portray their characters. In fact, we view any effort to tamp down metagaming by the DM to be an additional burden to an already full workload. That said, a player’s knowledge may not even be correct in the game world and the only real way to know is to test that knowledge via their PC. The DM at our table will adjudicate die rolls and the players, on behalf of their PCs, can choose to interpret that adjudication any way they wish. As for fudging die rolls, when I am a player, I truly can’t stand it. I’m sure some DMs use fudging sparingly and are very adept at it but, IME, those DMs are few and far between. When it is obvious, it feels to me like a real infringement on player agency. I just believe that if a DM cannot accept the result of a die roll one way or another, then that die just shouldn’t really be rolled in the first place. TL;DR: we roll in the open for everything and it works for us. If your table doesn’t and it works for you, that’s great too. [/QUOTE]

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