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Fudging Dice is DMing for Satan (ttrpg.network)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Do whatever you want but the Dungeon Master's guide encourages DM's to (sparingly) fudge rolls to avoid your players getting screwed over by bad luck. It's not against the rules at all.

Source: DnD 5e DMG page 235 and 237

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Funny, my Hackmaster book p. 113 says fudging dice is cheating. But you are free to roll dice with the devil.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (2 children)

That's a player guide lol. Only the DM should fudge.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

"Finally, this rule absolutely eliminates the need for anyone, be he player or, so help me gods, GameMaster, to fudge a roll. Fudging, also known as CHEATING has no place in a game that already has a mechanic designed to eliminate freak occurrences."

I guess you are right, DMs can fudge all they want. GMs keep their honor and don't roll dice with Satan.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Isn't HackMaster very explicitly written to be funny? I'm avoiding the term 'satire' because HM 5th Edition is not really satire (HmB page 2)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Crawford 235:237

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Based and THEONETRUEBIBLE pilled.