D&D General "When I DM, I Try to Make Sure to Lay Eyes on Every Roll My Players Make to Confirm It" (a poll)

[el-remmen]

This one is pretty straightforward. . .

True or False: "When I DM, I Try to Make Sure I Lay Eyes on Every Roll My Players Make to Confirm It"

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Q. "How do you know the player is lying?"

A. "Their lips are moving."

 

[prabe]

If I don't trust them to report their rolls accurately, why am I gaming with them?

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

If I don't trust them to report their rolls accurately, why am I gaming with them?

Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies at your gaming table.

 

[WarDriveWorley]

I game with my players because they're my friends.

Why would I call them friends if I don't trust them?

That said there was one person I gamed with whom wasn't my friend that I had 0 trust in his "rolls". He had a known habit of reporting rolls as the lowest possible because for him consatant crit failures were more fun.

I don't game with him any more.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

I game with my players because they're my friends.

Why would I call them friends if I don't trust them?

That said there was one person I gamed with whom wasn't my friend that I had 0 trust in his "rolls". He had a known habit of reporting rolls as the lowest possible because for him consatant crit failures were more fun.

I don't game with him any more.

Woah. All joking aside, I've met players that cheat (WHY?), but I've never heard of someone that cheated in order to fail.

 

[Guest 7034872]

We're playing over Zoom these days, so this one'll be a "No."

 

[Ruin Explorer]

Q. "How do you know the player is lying?"

A. "Their lips are moving."

Hey they can lie to themselves without their lips moving!

But more to the point, no, I don't check rolls, because jeez, come on. I don't think I've seen a player try to hoodwink me re: a roll for like well over 20 years. Sure, sometimes a die gets "balanced" and the player may have an "opinion" as to what it rolled, or they'll insist on re-rolling a die that hit the floor, but whatever, that's not a big deal.

 

[Charlaquin]

Nah. I trust my players, and honestly even if one did fudge a roll, what’s the big deal? Unless it’s a regular thing that’s causing problems for the group.

 

[iserith]

I play on a VTT, so I see every roll and the players see mine.