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<blockquote data-quote="Old One" data-source="post: 2217422" data-attributes="member: 83">Big fan of &quot;in the Open&quot;...although after playing Rel &quot;Skygalleons of Mars&quot; game...I wish he wouldn't roll in the open sometimes <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />!&nbsp; He almost destroyed our ship with a massive lob cannon critical a few rounds into the action.I think it is part of the GM/player compact...I expect them to roll in the open and not fudge and I do the same.&nbsp; Certain rolls do stay behind the screen, but all combat rolls and most bad guy saves are out them for everyone to see.&nbsp; I think it makes for a more exciting game and the players are never wondering whether or not I fudging to save their hides.I guess I don't understand the &quot;It's OK to fudge to advance the storyline&quot; mentality.&nbsp; To me, it is almost a form of railroading, in that you are fudging to protect the storyline.&nbsp; I certainly understand having a lot invested in PC plotlines...but bad and random things happen to people in literature and RL all the time, and I am not sure that heroic fantasy is any different.~OO</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Old One, post: 2217422, member: 83"] Big fan of "in the Open"...although after playing Rel "Skygalleons of Mars" game...I wish he [U]wouldn't[/U] roll in the open sometimes :p! He almost destroyed our ship with a massive lob cannon critical a few rounds into the action. I think it is part of the GM/player compact...I expect them to roll in the open and not fudge and I do the same. Certain rolls do stay behind the screen, but all combat rolls and most bad guy saves are out them for everyone to see. I think it makes for a more exciting game and the players are never wondering whether or not I fudging to save their hides. I guess I don't understand the "It's OK to fudge to advance the storyline" mentality. To me, it is almost a form of railroading, in that you are fudging to [U]protect[/U] the storyline. I certainly understand having a lot invested in PC plotlines...but bad and random things happen to people in literature and RL all the time, and I am not sure that heroic fantasy is any different. ~OO [/QUOTE]

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