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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jdavis" data-source="post: 754726" data-attributes="member: 8704">my personal guidelines to DM's fudging rolls.Rule 1: Never ever ever let on that a roll has been fudged or a encounter has been changed or that anything abnormal has happened. If you have to fudge a roll to stop a TPK then do it and get on with the game, keep your mouth shut about it and never ever let the players know about it. Two things can happen if you do and they are both bad, the first is that the players start expecting you to "Guardian Angel" their characters when they are in trouble and stop thinking there is a risk of dying in the game or they start to think the DM fudges every roll and is leading the game by the nose. A good DM will keep his mouth shut about what goes on behind the screen. Even if players know that you will fudge a roll from time to time they still don't need to know which rolls they are. A good magician never lets on how he does his magic.Rule 2: The DM cannot win the game. I hate it when I hear about DM's who think it is them against the characters, the DM is also the judge and the referee they can't play to win against the PCs. If you are the DM and you are playing against the PC's then you will end up cheating which is different than DM fudging in so many ways.Rule 3: Don't make a habit of it. Changing a roll should only be done if there are dire consequences to the game, or to fix a DM mistake in game design (such as creating too powerful of a encounter for the party and not catching it until combat has started). There is a big difference in fudging a spot roll so the characters get a clue they might of missed and fudging a attack roll in order to stop a campaign ending TPK.Rule 4: Keep the game fun. Every DM judgement should involve keeping the game entertaining for the players. If the players are not having fun then the DM is not doing a good job.</blockquote>

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