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Right, and that works both ways. That's probably why the two sides of this discussion have the preferences that we do.

I mean, yea? If you want to pre-establish stuff, then fail forward techniques might be less useful because you have less freedom to...

“And when we die, our bodies feed the grass. Thus we are all connected in the great circle of life.”

Random encounters happen when PCs are at a location. I roll them in advance to give me time, but they are already at that location. If...

Because it's a wizard's tower and the first floor is for entertaining guests, not living. Remember, it's her, the apprentice and the...

It's not quantum. It's entirely irrelevant whether or not it's quantum to me. Once the encounter is established, it can't be quantum...

It's connected in the same way that I'm connected to grass because I ate a steak. Because it's the middle of the night, not early...

Those the monkey guys from Star Frontiers? :P

First, I didn't say for sure that it was most, but I very strongly believe that it is. Second, 4e was not a traditional D&D game...

I swear to god we talked about how a simple “pass/fail” lock pick isn’t a worthy example for “fail forward” techniques absent stakes...

It was a joke man. Peace.

A failed lockpick check. ;)

First, the cook isn't rolled on a wandering monster table, it's appearing in response to a completely unconnected pick lock roll...

Indeed! From the section on GM guidance If a roll doesn’t go well, show how it was impacted by an adversary’s prowess, environmental...