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It was a more general point, though I think there's very few combat systems of any detail that don't produce some degree of that. Its...

I will just say that personally I don't care for Trolley Car problems whether I'm playing or running a game. If the characters truly...

Nice to see how you're always able to bring it back to "GM making any decisions = GM making all important decisions = bad play".

The complication is introduced after the failure and the complication only exists because of the failure. Which matches up to the...

Oh, my players absolutely took this route to convincing the bugbears (or was it the Hobgoblins?) in Lost Mines that they should stop...

It's also like describing (American) football as stop action. The quarterback throws the ball, the receiver catches it and then gets...

I think stop motion is the valid critique here and that your 6 seconds in the past rewinds per turn doesn’t hold up to any kind of...

If you have a different web site that explains it better please provide it. If you can show text where Mr. Crane gave a clear example...

Read the entire blog post. There was no indication the cook exists unless you fail the roll. Failing Forward – RPG Concepts edit - if...

Going from memory it stated nothing about the goal of climbing the cliff. It was that you climb the cliff, the friend is dead because...

It's also taken out of context for what it's worth. On the other hand if I join a campaign and the DM is clear that it's a module or a...

Are you saying the quantum cook wouldn't happen? It's right there in the example.

Because the roll is about trying to climb a wall (presumably using a metric related to climbing), not why you're climbing a wall. That's...

A won initiative, which means in the fiction they are acting more rapidly. They may have gotten their shot off and shut the door before...

And? Yes, individuals act on their initiative. I know how the process works, I just don't have an issue with it and there is no "going...