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I just looked up another example and provided the text from Failing Forward – RPG Concepts. I have said nothing else about how they...

The Forge went belly-up what 20 years ago? And you still think it's relevant? People argued about the terms back then, it hasn't gotten...

But something that only exists because you failed a roll. If it works for you, great. It doesn't for me. Why can't you just accept...

You act as if no one's ever fallen off a cliff to their death before. Why should that never happen?

Where are you getting that? If A kills B, B does not suddenly pop back to life to get a chance to kill A first. Admittedly rounds and...

An example of fail forward from Failing Forward – RPG Concepts for failing to pick a lock. "Failing forward is the idea that you still...

It's what was defined as fail-forward. You succeed at the task but something bad happens.

Because the example had no predefined time pressure. The example was "Because the character failed their climb check, something bad...

A roll for climbing is called for when I DM if and only if failure costs time and there is some predefined time pressure, failure means...

No. When it happens repeatedly that there are consequences to a failed roll other than that I failed the specific task I was...

This completely fails (sorry) to address my concerns about failure being turned into success. Remember, the task at hand that's being...

First, I disagree with your assessment based on my admittedly limited understanding of the definitions. Saying that you've agreed to...

Not nearly as significant to you.

It's just a coincidence that the extra amount of time it takes is just long enough for your friend to be killed. And this coincidental...

This is all preference. All of it. The two of you just like different things. What we shouldn't be doing IMO is assuming anyone's...