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If the characters absolutely must get through the door, why is it locked in the first place? Why not just leave it unlocked or give...

The number on the die is there specifically to inform the narrative result, isn't it? Yeah, another hideous mechanic that needs to die...

But why is it called failure if you succeeded at what you were trying to do? It really seems like the wrong term to use.

Yep, and the story is still chuggin' along. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Sometimes you succeed and get closer to (or even...

As long as the door remains locked on a 'fail' roll, it matters little to me what else might come of it. Because there is one very...

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...

I understand why people do it, I just prefer having alternative approaches. Even with complete failure of a specific goal I will keep...

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

Players opting to get on the rail doesn't make it not a railroad. If everything the players do propels them down the same path towards...

I've no idea the relevance of this point. If you mean there should always be multiple avenues to your goals, I don't agree. I think...

I think the game continues whether or not a particular check is successful. There doesn't need to be any complication that was not...

Depends on how they approach the obstacles, but aren't most adventure scenarios a series of obstacles? No single failure should mean...

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...

In my case, that's quite intentional; often for these sort of things it's not a question of full success (though full success can still...

For sure. The bulk of the issue is that a large subset of players don't like the idea that the GM is just "making things up"; they...