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In real life, sometimes the only consequence is that you failed to do the thing. For example, say you have an interview for a potential...

A while back I was in an accident and the immediate result of the accident was that I totally screwed up my knee and couldn't put any...

The GM is certainly welcome to, if that's the kind of play going on. But it shouldn't IMO be assumed. Firstly, because the game really...

The reason we roll dice is to resolve uncertainty. It's not about wasting time, it's not about being exciting, it's not about the...

Only half of this discussion is making that consideration. Once we accept that difference, all of a sudden the entire disagreement makes...

Because one of two things would quickly happen: either they'd feel overwhelmed with compounding badness or feel like I'm leading them by...

In fairness, there's certainly some causality to be seen there in hindsight - thing A led to thing B. But it's an indirect causality...

4:15 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, January 5th 2065. How's that?

As DM I judge the result of an action based on the action that failed and only the action failed. If there are other simultaneous...

If opening the jar is uncertain, we use dice to determine if it can be opened. I do not care about consequences for opening or not...

I feel like you missed the point of the question. You had said this; To which Lanefan answered this; And you replied; So my...

That there's potential positive consequences (you get to eat pickles) whose achievement is uncertain - just how stuck is that jar...

You didn't go on the date because you didn't choose other options. You could have met at the dance. You could have had someone give you...

Right. So. Absolutely none of this address what I was talking about, though. The farrier is a normal feature in a medieval settlement...

If I have the wrong keys to my house and try to unlock the door the only consequence is that I don't open the door. Just like real...