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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JamesonCourage" data-source="post: 5698535" data-attributes="member: 6668292">Oh, I totally understand your viewpoint, even if I don't share it. It just ends up distracting me and a few of my players, because sometimes it causes us to question if that "really cool scene" that just played out is legit or not. Because to us, if it's fudged, it's not legit. Still fun, but not as earned as if the rolls were straight.We don't automatically think, "cheating!" when a screen is used. We just wonder, and that draws us out of immersion, and focuses us on the die rolls. Yep. You'll need to figure it out with what works for your group, but I know where your player is coming from. Behind the screen rolls ends up dampening immersion for me, and it enhances it for you. Just like minis dampen immersion for me, and enhances it for others (I think the user Lanefan, a big oldschool player, is like this, but I'm not sure).At any rate, I ended up rolling in the open, and manipulating behind the scenes (when I felt I had made a mistake). I felt it preserved the most immersion for my group, and I've relayed why. If any of it strikes a chord (positive or negative), that's good. If it just explains something from an alternative point of view, that's good, too. But you'll have to find what works for you and your group. And, good luck with that. As always, play what you like <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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