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<blockquote data-quote="Rhenny" data-source="post: 6804897" data-attributes="member: 18333">This is interesting.&nbsp; I think it highlights the idea that there are corner cases for DMs where it may or may not be considered fudging depending on how you look at it.&nbsp;&nbsp; Is it fudging if the party encounters a spellcaster in a room, and when the fighter attacks the foe the DM has the spellcaster throw up a shield spell to deflect the blow (even if the shield spell is not actually a spell that the stat block says is prepared).&nbsp; &nbsp; In a case like this, the DM is &quot;cheating&quot; to make the situation more difficult, but from a player perspective it would seem perfectly plausible that the caster had a shield spell prepared.Here's another one..that I think is more improvisational play than fudging, but some may consider it fudging.&nbsp; Often, I keep 2 or 3 canned encounters on the side table ready to go if and when I want to use them.&nbsp; It is completely my decision as DM when and where to use them.&nbsp; It may not be written anywhere in an adventure or even in my planning sheet, but I may decide that after the PCs fight a particularly grueling battle and they try to rest, one of those encounters will interrupt their rest...or the next room they go into will trigger the alternative encounter, or a host of other possibilities.&nbsp; Most likely, players will never know that it wasn't planned (unless they read the adventure or played it before), but if it disrupts their rest and stops them from doing something they wanted to do, is it fudging?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rhenny, post: 6804897, member: 18333"] This is interesting. I think it highlights the idea that there are corner cases for DMs where it may or may not be considered fudging depending on how you look at it. Is it fudging if the party encounters a spellcaster in a room, and when the fighter attacks the foe the DM has the spellcaster throw up a shield spell to deflect the blow (even if the shield spell is not actually a spell that the stat block says is prepared). In a case like this, the DM is "cheating" to make the situation more difficult, but from a player perspective it would seem perfectly plausible that the caster had a shield spell prepared. Here's another one..that I think is more improvisational play than fudging, but some may consider it fudging. Often, I keep 2 or 3 canned encounters on the side table ready to go if and when I want to use them. It is completely my decision as DM when and where to use them. It may not be written anywhere in an adventure or even in my planning sheet, but I may decide that after the PCs fight a particularly grueling battle and they try to rest, one of those encounters will interrupt their rest...or the next room they go into will trigger the alternative encounter, or a host of other possibilities. Most likely, players will never know that it wasn't planned (unless they read the adventure or played it before), but if it disrupts their rest and stops them from doing something they wanted to do, is it fudging? [/QUOTE]

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