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And the experiences, no initiative and the background questions are a good taste as well.
Jun 12, 2025
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Exactly. You absolutely can drive your manual-transmission Lamborghini while only ever using first gear, but it's going to be slow and...
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Ok dude, whatever. You asked for some examples beyond others of how Fail Forward might work. I wasn't posting them for you to go "I hate...
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No, the game says on a player rolling a 6-, I get to make a move as hard and direct as I want. In this case I looked at my prep for the...
Jun 12, 2025
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No, it has that elsewhere like all good games of this sort. I just didn’t want to quote the entire set of GM stuff and make a huge post!
Jun 11, 2025
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This "fixed world" game is in my view a very distinctive thing: In my experience, which when it comes to random encounters is based on...
Jun 11, 2025
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i don't know how you live with yourself and your quantum windows. Madness. The open / closed / locked / jammed / broken state of all...
Jun 11, 2025
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That’s one way to look at it I guess. Let’s look at Daggerheart again: Keep the Story Moving Forward “Every time a player makes an...
Jun 11, 2025
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I'm not sure why it was used as an example in the linked article. I think it's a terrible example because it lacks the greater context...
Jun 11, 2025
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Here's two examples from play of the sort of "Fail Forward" that I've previously defined (the scene changes on a roll), and that...
Jun 11, 2025
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Oh, no! Someone used an older name for a technique! The HORROR!
Jun 11, 2025
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"Is fudging ok if my players can't tell", and more at 11. I'd suggest they find a different table; our styles aren't compatible. I...
Jun 11, 2025
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People are responding as if the people who are taking exception to the fail forward example are trying to sell them on fail forward as...
Jun 11, 2025
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Not in the Aristotelian sense. This is different from me saying they are morally wrong. But yeah, if I played a game with a DM who...
Jun 11, 2025
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The point of "make it some other complication" isn't trying to sell you on it. It's to address the faulty way the technique is being...
Jun 11, 2025
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