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[–] snooggums@piefed.world 1 points 1 month ago

Shouldn't play a game with random rolls if one doesn't like random rolls. Secret rolls don't add anything except suspicion.

As a DM if I decide something is going to happen then I don't bother rolling. Like if a character who is competent wants to do something and they have plenty of time they just succeed. If a monster is sneaking I might just compare their stealth to character perception if being stealthy doesn't have more of an impact that the characters finding out they were being followed. If it has a game play impact then I roll openly but don't say what it is for. That way there is no suspicion that I rolled low and decided that it should just pass instead when the reason for the roll is eventually revealed.