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From: richl@daemon.UUCP (Rick Lindsley)
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: Re: Fudging the Dice
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Date: Tue, 24-Jul-84 02:30:12 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 24 02:30:12 1984
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I fudge the dice only to insure randomness. That is, if an incredible
streak of bad (or good) luck threatens to make the game uninteresting
(Yawn. another dragon?) then it seems appropriate to keep the players
off guard. I agree with the person who said that a player's character
should live or die more by that character's skills rather than an
incredible streak of rolls. Ideally the players will never know when
or if you are altering rolls; it should be that subtle.

Rick Lindsley
richl@tektronix.csnet
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