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<blockquote data-quote="Clint_L" data-source="post: 9541635" data-attributes="member: 7035894">So, I'm not the one using elevated rhetoric or calling people with a different opinion &quot;bozos.&quot; I'm not implying anything about you at all, actually.I am stating that lying to players about rolls is...well, lying. Except I think the word BS is more accurate, since lying, though technically accurate, tends to connote ill intent, which I definitely do not think is the case with dice fudging. To the contrary, I think it comes from positive intent to &quot;curate the experience.&quot;I happen to disagree, strongly, with &quot;curat[ing] the experience&quot; through secret fudging of dice rolls. I think it is well-intentioned but disempowering to players, robbing them of consequences without telling them. I used to do it. I stopped, and feel that my games are much better for it: the stakes are real and, though I set up the situation, what happens next is truly in the hands of luck and the players.I am well aware that there is a difference of opinion on this, and I am not judging anyone for their position, whether it is similar to my own or completely different. I have been very clear on that from my first post. So if you still find my posts triggering, please feel free to block me. Otherwise, I won't be responding to you in the future if you address me with anger and scorn. It's up to you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clint_L, post: 9541635, member: 7035894"] So, I'm not the one using elevated rhetoric or calling people with a different opinion "bozos." I'm not implying anything about you at all, actually. I am stating that lying to players about rolls is...well, lying. Except I think the word BS is more accurate, since lying, though technically accurate, tends to connote ill intent, which I definitely do not think is the case with dice fudging. To the contrary, I think it comes from positive intent to "curate the experience." I happen to disagree, strongly, with "curat[ing] the experience" through secret fudging of dice rolls. I think it is well-intentioned but disempowering to players, robbing them of consequences without telling them. I used to do it. I stopped, and feel that my games are much better for it: the stakes are real and, though I set up the situation, what happens next is truly in the hands of luck and the players. I am well aware that there is a difference of opinion on this, and I am not judging anyone for their position, whether it is similar to my own or completely different. I have been very clear on that from my first post. So if you still find my posts triggering, please feel free to block me. Otherwise, I won't be responding to you in the future if you address me with anger and scorn. It's up to you. [/QUOTE]

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