Originally posted by NecroN
Sure make me sound like a bad guy.
Okay this isn\'t something that I do often, unless running Paranoia.
There are two times I will use this technique. First being with a cheating player. I usually only game with good friends so it\'s usually doesn\'t piss anyone off, just gets the point accross.
The second is when the story would be better if a certain roll passes or fails. The whole point of roleplaying is to have fun and tell a group story. Sometimes the dice and rules can get in the way of that story so you fudge or ignore the dice at times. Usually I would just describe what happens and not use the dice at all. The only time I have to use the dice is when a certain player is playing, he insists on dice rolls being made for everything (some type of fetish I think). So that would be the player that I would use this on.
As for fudging to keep players alive. I will do this at times. Usually when it is my fault that they PCs are dying. Poor planning usually accounts for this. I work 6-7 days a week and only get to game 1 for 5 hours a week. This doesn\'t give me much prep time. Sometimes I will set up a scene and once the players get there it ends up I misjudged the difficulty of the scene. Made a mob too tough, or a trap too devious etc. This is when I will fudge in favour of a player.
I never fudge for a player if they are doing something dumb/out of character/against the other players. That is when you leave the dice where they lie and the players where they die.
