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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 6782492" data-attributes="member: 5100">I rarely fudge. For the most part, I stand by the idea of real risks. That said, yeah, I tweak things, on occasion.The first time the PCs ran into energy draining undead in 5E, I made sure the undead hit a PC, just to give them a feel for the mechanic in a situation with only one foe, rather than after they'd gotten in too deep with a horde. I've also saved PCs from going out like a chump or kept the BBEG around for long enough to do something, just so the group felt like they'd done something noteworthy (unless the PCs actually planned and surprised him).I do not fudge to significantly increase or decrease PC survivability. I generally do it only to make otherwise predictable results more interesting or to decrease frustration with the game.</blockquote>