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Should DMs Fudge the Dice? | Heroic Roundtable #20
One open d4 roll deleted every NPC from our campaign — and we didn't see them again for 20 episodes. So… should DMs fudge the dice?
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Is a campaign truly collaborative if the DM secretly fudges the dice — or are the players just acting out a pre-written script?
Zach, Brandon, Jon, and our DM Chad get honest about cheating at the table: who has fudged a roll and got caught. Why players actually cheat, and why the dice might be the third author of your campaign. Plus the carriage roll that erased every NPC for 20 episodes, the nat 20 one of us wished he could take back, and the…
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