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In 5e, true. But not in every edition.

I'm not sure that's intentionally poor instead of just the facts of life when presenting a scenario online. Even @pemerton who posts...

https://www.enworld.org/threads/rant-the-conservatism-of-d-d-fans-is-exhausting.712674/post-9681106

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.

Who was trying to sell someone? Not me. Not @Umbran that I could tell. A discussion was happening about the differences between fail...

Seriously? You cut out the part about players rolling for stats and then ask that question?!

In what way? I've tried very hard to present it the proper light. Even to the point of disagreeing with others on my side of this with...

You are arguing against something people here aren't saying. Nobody is saying that it's an invalid technique for those who want to use...

Daggerheart defines it like this FAILING FORWARD In Daggerheart, every time you roll the dice, the scene changes in some way. There is...

"Make it some other complication" ignores the point of contention about the cook scenario. Namely that many, if not most traditional...

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...

So, it is important to remember what fail forward was designed to prevent - stalling during a session of play. There are GMs who say...

I worry whenever "challenge" gets used this way. There's nothing challenging about a die roll; you don't demonstrate more or less skill...

The challenging part is the unnoticed part ;) If anything I would say the dilemma here is if it is the stealth skill or the thief tools...