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If I want to play a mutant, I’ll play a supers rpg. PCs are supposed to be people, not some completely different kind of being. An elf...

That's where I like to use an informal sliding scale on rolls like this. Roll a 20 (or a 1 if using roll-under) and you nailed all four...

I think the important distinction here is the purpose of the mechanics. In this example the purpose of the mechanics appear to be to...

Most of the time that'd be too much telegraphing for me. They did some experimentation with summoned monsters and learned some stuff...

Meanwhile everyone in the house is now wide awake listening to these guys have a long conversation in the garden...

While I would generally agree with your position, I think this is a trope that might be attractive to some players - you defeat the bad...

There's some who would think this was a hella cool way for their character to die (and who might also reference Moby Dick). To some...

If it's pre-established it can't be quantum, because its existence isn't predicated on what the PCs do or what the players roll.

To the bolded: so in DW a character can never outright fail, or fail backwards, at an attempted task? Yeah, that's a bit much.

If the in-fiction characters aren't managing risk and avoiding obstacles when-where they reasonably can, that doesn't say much for their...

If the cook is only there because of the lockpick roll, yes. Improv =/= quantum. Existing and not existing until after a die is rolled...

Ideally their notes would have spelled it out beforehand, saying something like: Kitchen. Day: 2 cooks and 1 dishwasher. Night: 1-in-6...

Indeed, but ideally they're not quantum: there's an in-fiction reason those wanderers are there and (unless there's a gate or spawner...

What authority do you have standing over your shoulder telling you that the Google street view is accurate or not? That's just weird.

Unless your characters all come with built-in featherfall I'd think there's often going to be a negative consequence of failing a climb...