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  nellshini

  Posts: 18 April 2013

  I fudge the dice very very rarely. In fact, I can only think of a few occasions where I do so and it's usually in the PC's favor.
  
  1) Early level crits. 1st level PCs have a handful of hit points even if they're supposed to be a beefy tank. A critical from any monster can bring them to their knees and end their adventure rather quickly. If the party is already in dire straits from regular early combat, I'll fudge the "crit" to a "hit" and mitigate the damage a bit.
  
  2) Speeding up encounters. It's obvious they're going to win and they're hell bent on killing the NPC instead of interrogating him. All of a sudden his defenses aren't doing so well. HP is dropping off in chunks. Let's get moving along with the story again... Conversely, if combat is too easy the monster might roll a bit high just to use his cool ability before he goes down.
  
  But outside of combat I let the dice roll how they roll. I like the randomness that it brings. The players have enough abilities to reroll theirs if they want to, and if it's absolutely necessary to avoid I can just set the DC higher accordingly.
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  GamingMegaverse

  Posts: 3,001 February 2016

  So, wanted to revive this since it is a stickied thread in the "Hot Forum Topics Thread":http://forums.obsidianportal.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=2410&page=1

  Just trying to help out.

  
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  weasel0

  Posts: 435 February 2016

  oooooh I'll go!
  
  The only time that comes to mind(though I know I've fudged for longer enemy lives) is a buddy at the table who I utterly nailed with a crit after a long battle. After applying the various penalties to Movement, Att, Dex, and a mirade of other things(Hackmaster 4E), he asked, sadly, how much damage. I looked at him, asked how many HP he had left and left him at 1 and unconscious. He should have been thoroughly dead. D E D dead. Really would have been just a crappy way to go so...

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  Abersade

  Posts: 421 February 2016

  I fudge the rolls fairly frequently, specifically in favor of the monsters/npc's usually. Cryohydras are kind of a running gag in my games, they have yet to last more than a single round of combat (this has happened three times now), so they've been known to collapse temporarily only to get back up again and resume attacking.

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