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<blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 8712318" data-attributes="member: 32740">For the VERY same reason that the players don't get to see all of my rolls as DM, I do not typically enforce what is otherwise my right as DM to see absolutely every one of theirs.&nbsp; They need to trust me.&nbsp; I need to trust them.&nbsp; Do players abuse that trust?&nbsp; Absolutely.&nbsp; It really annoys me that they don't trust me enough, or that they somehow act as if they have some right to consistent success.&nbsp; Do I abuse their trust?&nbsp; I do everything I can to be fair, and consistent, and still provide an entertaining game for all of them to participate in.&nbsp; I have even created/altered house rules in their favor to attempt to reinforce their trust in my DMing when I saw that for various reasons that trust had been undermined.Sometimes players cheat just because random circumstances get them down.&nbsp; They've done nothing inherently wrong, nor are they being jerks - but D&amp;D is a game based on RANDOM chance and sometimes those random rolls conspire to treat them VERY badly when they DO NOT have it coming.&nbsp; That can drive players to cheat.&nbsp; I know this because I've BEEN there as a player and just get tired of cursed dice.&nbsp; As a DM I try to be aware of this sort of thing happening to players and do what I can without just &quot;cheating&quot; myself to lessen that blow.&nbsp; At some point, however, THAT'S D&amp;D.&nbsp; Players also need to guard against falling into the trap of confirmation bias.&nbsp; Dice results WILL balance out in the end but there's still mechanics underlying the odds and the differences between characters and their abilities will dictate differing chances and degrees of success/failure.&nbsp; Players willing and able to take their lumps will ultimately be happier with their successes than players who can't bear to see their characters EVER fail or be ineffective.&nbsp; Players who have to cheat repeatedly in order to succeed ultimately only cheat themselves out of satisfaction with the game overall.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Man in the Funny Hat, post: 8712318, member: 32740"] For the VERY same reason that the players don't get to see all of my rolls as DM, I do not typically enforce what is otherwise [I]my right[/I] as DM to see absolutely every one of theirs. They need to trust me. I need to trust them. Do players abuse that trust? Absolutely. It really annoys me that they don't trust me enough, or that they somehow act as if they have some right to consistent success. Do [I]I[/I] abuse their trust? I do everything I can to be fair, and consistent, and still provide an entertaining game for all of them to participate in. I have even created/altered house rules in their favor to attempt to reinforce their trust in my DMing when I saw that for various reasons that trust had been undermined. Sometimes players cheat just because random circumstances get them down. They've done nothing inherently wrong, nor are they being jerks - but D&D is a game based on RANDOM chance and sometimes those random rolls conspire to treat them VERY badly when they DO NOT have it coming. That can drive players to cheat. I know this because I've BEEN there as a player and just get tired of cursed dice. As a DM I try to be aware of this sort of thing happening to players and do what I can without just "cheating" myself to lessen that blow. At some point, however, THAT'S D&D. Players also need to guard against falling into the trap of confirmation bias. Dice results WILL balance out in the end but there's still mechanics underlying the odds and the differences between characters and their abilities will dictate differing chances and degrees of success/failure. Players willing and able to take their lumps will ultimately be happier with their successes than players who can't bear to see their characters EVER fail or be ineffective. Players who have to cheat repeatedly in order to succeed ultimately only cheat themselves out of satisfaction with the game overall. [/QUOTE]

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