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Did the GM decide beforehand what the runes would show? You stated it in your example the first time you posted it.

The player said "I want this to be X", made a successful roll so it was X. They had to succeed on a check but they did they got the...

1. The runes were undefined. 2. The player decided what they wanted the runes to be. 3. The player rolled and received a positive...

I want the setting to be the focus, with the players exploring it, including NPC interaction, through their PCs. How many times have I...

That's the problem with GNS. You can't divide RPGs into simply three categories; they're far too complex that that.

Agreed. I would say the higher = better sentiment tends to be intuitive, with notable exceptions like ranking or balancing. I've played...

Let me try something new. In the games where these fail forward techniques are properly implemented (which exclude all variants of D&D...

No, I don't like a consequence of an action that has consequences not directly tied to the action taken. In your climb check you...

I would also repeat - there is nothing inherently wrong with the approach even if it's one I personally don't care for.

I'm not seeing how this is all that different from a quantum superposition. Until the dice are rolled and result in known (i.e. the cat...

Read my reply. I explained how that could work in a way that is both mechanically sound and verisimilitudinous. Just use different DCs...

For the record, labeling the issues some folks have with presentation of material as "idiosyncrasies" comes off as demeaning, at least...

I was just curious how the DMG defines this, they would probably define it as Degrees of Failure. But every definition of fail forward...

We understand how it works, we just don't care for it.

Then you can count me in that number as well, although it depends on the check. Previous versions had this a bit more spelled out that...