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The bits I bolded are to me "fail backward" rather than "fail forward". The way I see it, forward means you get closer to your goal...

Success with complications first requires a 'success' to be rolled on the die. To get what you're after you'd have to lower the DC for...

Sure, and if that's the case then it'd be noted on the map or present in the GM's head as a possible complication. Many GMs might not...

Because I prefer games where the player's choices don't affect the world beyond what their PC can do.

If the cook example is bad, why was it used as an official example of the technique? And if you're supposed to be really good for the...

The roll is about picking the lock successfully. That's clear in understanding how skills work in traditional games. All those other...

because it's creating a connection between two fundamentally unrelated events, why should the presence of the cook be at all dependent...

Of course they do. It's impossible for a DM to detail out even 5% of a world, so there are going to be gaps and things the DM forgot or...

Yes, we all understand that. The double duty is the part we dislike.

We discussed this already...it is better if there is an explicit connection between this and the result. For example, if the failed...

Oh but think of the story they're creating! ;)

It computes for us, because we don't control much of the real world, very often including who might be behind a door we are going to...

okay i missed that the example was a random house they were trying to rob, but that doesn't actually significantly change the point i...

There's been a long-running argument that principled restrictions on the GM's power don't count unless you can look them up and cite...

This is where playstyle and preference make all the difference. My setting actually has billions of NPCs that exist within it. This...