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

submitted 5 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to c/rpgmemes@ttrpg.network

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[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm a first time DM and I struggle with this a lot haha. There are times where I feel a roll is appropriate, so I do it, and whatever is supposed to happen fails, then I realize.. "what the hell is supposed to happen if that doesn't work?" so it just kinda happens anyways.. IDK if my players have caught on..

[–] snooggums@midwest.social 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

You could just skip the roll, because if failure is unacceptable then it isn't appropriate.

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

That's where my problem comes from. I'm not experienced enough to know immediately where failure is acceptable or not; rather, I don't always have backup plans or ideas for when things that should be able to fail, fail. So I roll, and it fails, and it should fail, but I've got no idea what happens when it does. So it doesn't fail.

I think I'm getting better at improv-ing events and making backup plans. It's still difficult for me to find the balance between the story I want to tell/ have prepared vs the story that my players wind up creating, but checking in with my party here and there tells me everyone's having fun and only rarely does anyone feel gipped or abused by dice rolls.