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Why would it? You can always do something else.

Indeed. I think everyone is on board with failforward being an ok technique for the games it is made for. It also has been identified...

Why? It happens now and then in games i run and play. The players take a step back and figure out an alternative. I can't remember ever...

i feel like you must've been told several times over by now, please stop claiming no-one's explained it to you: the difference is that...

And? This was before they clarified sleight of hand for disabling traps but yes, he was decent at thieves tools so he could disarm...

You don't like a specific rule in the game. So? I'm using the rules for the game I choose to play, if you choose to play a different...

I'm not annoyed at ways other games choose to apply to solve the issue, I just don't like the tools they use to prevent it. I don't...

The hinges don't squeak and the item in front of the door doesn't get bonked because you picked or failed to pick the lock, those things...

If nothing happens prevents the game from continuing then I consider it poor GMing. The specific action you took doesn't succeed, there...

All of the things you list are specific granular actions a character can take that does not require a specific type of goal or scenario...

It's true, that game would not work for me. What I'd say is that trad gaming can work for me, under the condition that the GM is...

Forcing the GM to be creative has nothing to do with why I don't like fail forward. It's about the fact that on a failure something...

If you think the example is flawed, feel free to provide a different example.

No worries. I just know it's very easy to take someone's opinion about what they like that involves contrast and interpret it as an...

I should probably just add that to my tagline - I sometimes forget to add it.