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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 4512876" data-attributes="member: 22779">This occured to me this morning as well.Lots of DM's fudge things.  It's fairly common at a number of tables.  Is this not the same thing as a Death Flag rule, just with the DM making the decision?  Personally, I dislike the idea of fudging rolls, and, since I make almost all my rolls in the open now, it would be very difficult.However, a Death Flag mechanic, in an appropriately themed game, would allow me to make all my rolls in the open, but allow the player to have a very limited control of fudging that was traditionally reserved for DM's.  Is this a bad thing?Like I said, it's completely dependent on the game you want to run.  In a sandbox exploration survival game, I would never dream of using this.  In a quest based campaign where the individual characters actually matter to the story (PC is playing the descendant of the deposed king - return him to the throne, for example), I could see this being very much in keeping with what I want.In my current Savage Tide game, I allow the PC's to spend all their Action Points to turn any lethal attack into leaving them at -9 and stable.  This makes death very difficult, but, not impossible.  After all, if they happen to be taking a bath in lava at the time, they still die next round.  This is pretty close to a death flag mechanic.</blockquote>