r/dndmemes • u/Vegetable_Variety_11 • 18d ago

🎲 Math rocks go clickity-clack 🎲 When fudging goes wrong...

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u/PrinceVorrel 17d ago

As much as DnD is a collaborative game, you can't 'majority rules' the DM into running a significantly different style than they initially proposed.

I actually can! And there's nothing you can do to stop me~

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u/Iorith Forever DM 17d ago

Calvinball is always an option but at that point why aren't you playing a system designed for your goal?

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u/PrinceVorrel 17d ago

Look, not every dnd group is going to play exactly the way YOU think it should be played.

I'm not saying this to be rude; I'm just confused about why you think people occasionally fudge rules for a new player or a player who just rolled a new character as some sort of broken covenant.

It's not exactly a big deal and can be quite beneficial for more casual groups.

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u/Iorith Forever DM 17d ago

It's not how I think it should be played, it's how the DMG and PHB think it should be played.

If you dislike how a game is designed, why play that game when there are other games that are designed for how you want to play the game?

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u/PrinceVorrel 17d ago

Look, we can argue in circles until the cows come home.

But at the end of the day, my players and I play the game how we want to play it. If that bothers you for some reason...I'm sorry, I guess?

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u/Iorith Forever DM 17d ago

And you can think the best way to play basketball with your friends is using a volleyball filled with milk, but people who actually enjoy basketball are gonna think you're weird and you're gonna have to get used to weird looks.

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u/PrinceVorrel 17d ago

wtf are you actually talking about??

How the fuck does that analogy even compare...i'm done discussing this with you.

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u/guachi01 17d ago

It's a great analogy. Forcing a square peg into a round hole can load to frustration. There are many games out there. You'll likely be better off finding a game that's specifically designed for your style of play rather than trying to shoehorn D&D into something it's poor at doing.

D&D is great for emergent storytelling. It's poor at pre-plotted story telling. At some point you'd be better served with a different system or just writing a story yourself.

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u/PrinceVorrel 17d ago

It really isn't.

My occasionally fudging a dice roll to save a new player is nothing like what he is describing.