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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 8592564" data-attributes="member: 22779">The problem with fudging is that where do you draw the line. In my last session we had a real knock down drag out fight. Wound up chaining about four different encounters at the same time. Fantastic fight. Fun all around. Now the last baddie standing was a brutal monster. The party would have won the fight, I’m sure but it would have been close and quite possibly killed more than one pc. But I decided instead that the very intelligent monster would realize that it likely would not win and realizing that, it ran away. Given the situation and abilities of the monster it could do so. Now, I drastically reduced the threat of an encounter. I certainly could have fought it out. Did I fudge or not? Some would say yes and some no. If I choose to attack this pc rather than that pc because I know I won’t seriously hurt one and will likely kill the other, am I fudging?If I choose a less optimal spell am I fudging? Or monster ability?If I bunch up the baddies in a very poor life choice, am I fudging?There are a million ways to adjust encounter difficulty. When does it become “fudging”?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 8592564, member: 22779"] The problem with fudging is that where do you draw the line. In my last session we had a real knock down drag out fight. Wound up chaining about four different encounters at the same time. Fantastic fight. Fun all around. Now the last baddie standing was a brutal monster. The party would have won the fight, I’m sure but it would have been close and quite possibly killed more than one pc. But I decided instead that the very intelligent monster would realize that it likely would not win and realizing that, it ran away. Given the situation and abilities of the monster it could do so. Now, I drastically reduced the threat of an encounter. I certainly could have fought it out. Did I fudge or not? Some would say yes and some no. If I choose to attack this pc rather than that pc because I know I won’t seriously hurt one and will likely kill the other, am I fudging? If I choose a less optimal spell am I fudging? Or monster ability? If I bunch up the baddies in a very poor life choice, am I fudging? There are a million ways to adjust encounter difficulty. When does it become “fudging”? [/QUOTE]

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