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Fudging rolls is the path to the dark side... (startrek.website)

submitted 4 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Legit, I don't fudge rolls because it's not fun for me.

If a roll would fuck up the session/adventure/campaign, I just straight up tell the players I'm making a call and override the results. It doesn't happen often, and it's really only when rng just screws things, like when you get multiple nat 1s in a session, way out of line with what makes sense without some kind of gymnastics to explain things in game.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

That's exactly what fudging rolls is though... "I'm not fudging, I'm just changing the result of the dice when it isn't fun"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

I think the difference is being transparent about it. This is saying "I know that shouldn't hit, but I'm saying it hits anyways." Traditional fudging is "That... hits, yeah, totally."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

Nah, fudging is slightly different.

Fudging is saying "the roll was 19" when it was actually 18, and 18 was a fail. That's a form of lie.

Straight up saying that the roll is being ignored totally, or that the person should roll again isn't fudging because it's open and honest.