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So I might have skipped a few hundred pages somewhere in the middle, but believe or not, I've actually read most of this ludicrous...

Like @Umbran , I never said roll.

"You're welcome to run a ridiculous game where ridiculous things happen" is not "live and let live"

Note that I didn't mention rolling. I am asking about allowing the attempt or not. How we mechanically resolve the attempt is another...

Most people, I think, would either go "huh?" or "okay...?" because I don't think most people care all that much about whether the game...

Yep. They were brought up and the flaws were pointed out then, too. More noise is made by a successful check than a failed one, and...

So long as people still get sore about them not being said, they apparently need to be said.

and some of us believe that those implied servants ought to exist in a more defined state than just being an in-potentia obstacle to be...

Not easy, but important I agree.

Sure. I think we should all be able to understand which techniques work with which types of games (or player inclinations) after...

Which some people like and some people don't.

I think that is generally accepted by now. The argument is about how this technique fits badly if you have play with some different...

If a player wants their PC to try something with no chance of success, honestly I say let them. Clearly the attempt is important to...

But in lots of games using fail-forward, generating consequences (problems) is the point of play.

IMO 2) should always be available.