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<blockquote data-quote="Swarmkeeper" data-source="post: 8712419" data-attributes="member: 6921763">At our table, we have rolled completely in the open for the last 5 years or so - as DM, I find this is liberating for me as DM as the dice fall where they may and the players are all fully aware.&nbsp; And it isn't anything to do with me not trusting the players:&nbsp; we're only really looking at the dice to cheer (or groan) for crits.&nbsp; As a DM of 5e, I have found that I have no need to roll behind the screen and have gladly left &quot;secret&quot; rolls in the past - they just don't add anything to our game.&nbsp; If I'm doing my job describing the environment sufficiently, the players are able to make informed decisions for their PCs and have the opportunity to change tactics (or not) as they see fit when an ability check with meaningful consequences is called for.&nbsp; Of course, I now play online 95% of the time and all rolls on the VTT are made public.I've only had one player in the last 7 years, to my knowledge, cheating on rolls in person - they had hard-to-read dice that they would often snatch up quickly and bring them close, squinting to read, before announcing a high-teens result.&nbsp; They almost never sat right next to me so my suspicions were not confirmed until a few players let me know independently.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Swarmkeeper, post: 8712419, member: 6921763"] At our table, we have rolled completely in the open for the last 5 years or so - as DM, I find this is liberating for me as DM as the dice fall where they may and the players are all fully aware. And it isn't anything to do with me not trusting the players: we're only really looking at the dice to cheer (or groan) for crits. As a DM of 5e, I have found that I have no need to roll behind the screen and have gladly left "secret" rolls in the past - they just don't add anything to our game. If I'm doing my job describing the environment sufficiently, the players are able to make informed decisions for their PCs and have the opportunity to change tactics (or not) as they see fit when an ability check with meaningful consequences is called for. Of course, I now play online 95% of the time and all rolls on the VTT are made public. I've only had one player in the last 7 years, to my knowledge, cheating on rolls in person - they had hard-to-read dice that they would often snatch up quickly and bring them close, squinting to read, before announcing a high-teens result. They almost never sat right next to me so my suspicions were not confirmed until a few players let me know independently. [/QUOTE]

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