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The exact wording from Failing Forward – RPG Concepts Failing forward is the idea that you still get to unlock the door on a failed...

That is the thing. The blog post failed to specify this. Hence someone pointed out that the scenario where the people at the table knew...

I don't assume a failed check makes more noise and see no in-world reason to assume that. It should make less noise if it's the...

We understand the mechanic. It's a nonsense phrase when applied to RPGs, since characters in RPGs already don't have boring lives...

I don't see how you can make the game not boring and the character's lives boring. To put it another way, if the players are engaged...

The clear implication is that other games (e.g. D&D) where the GM doesn't take an active roll to ensure the players aren't bored are in...

If it made sense to them that PCs who already didn't have boring lives needed that phrase and technique in order to not have boring...

Sure, but to be fair, he's said more than once that when he says that he's talking about directly connected/related. If I decide I want...

You're showing an alternative you like. I'm perfectly fine with that. I do not like the process as described and have explained why I...

It's ok if you don't have this experience. Some of us do. Some of us don't. That scenario doesn't go particularly far. But I would...

Can you accept that other people have a different experiences, preferences and point of view than you do? Maybe you feel more connected...

I wouldn't use it at all. Either the cook is there or they aren't, it has nothing to do with the lockpick attempt. Obviously if the...

If the cook is observing the lock picking attempt does she only scream because the idiot should have been easily able to pick the lock...

The post you were quoting does not set down a standard of no player (not PC) control over the world. It explains one way why that kind...

I'm saying that 1) those games are wrong if they attempt to appropriate a term for their exclusive use, and 2) other people are wrong...