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Yes, I have written that into adventures for key knowledge checks. For example, a simple history success gives them x knowledge, but a...

Then all I can say is that it's just a preference and I don't see why it's hard to accept that I don't like fail forward as a concept.

Then perhaps stop people should stop saying we just don't understand or that the example I found was bad.

Well that is the gist of it. Does the cook exist prior to seemingly popping into existence or is the cook just made up on the fly? So...

Just any example at all from a recent game. Because as far as I can tell y'all will bend over backwards and change the rules of the...

Like failing to pick the lock makes enough noise to wake someone up in another room while success does not? A guard or nosy neighbor...

Then provide examples. I've been told the one I provided is terrible so come up with something a better example.

There's probably always going to be a risk breaking in to a place. If the GM doesn't allow retries on lock picking or it's not...

Such as? I'll keep talking about how the example is bad, but picking a lock to break into a building is hardly uncommon.

If you take away the assumption of a "wealthy person's country estate" how would it change anything? The real point of the scenario is...

We could debate semantics but lets not. I'd just say there is a difference. The DM has established the monsters that could be roaming in...

It doesn't come up very often, but the DC for any check is always going to be a bit arbitrary isn't it? After all if I want to make a...

It's also part of the 5e rules under Try Again that if it's something that will automatically happen you may still want to "call for a...

Personally I like the flexibility. Let's say I have a cliff face or old half-ruined castle wall that is not terribly difficult to...

It is task dependent. Failing while climbing a cliff, especially if it's a cumulative skill challenge, can be dangerous. Failing to...