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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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But . . . but . . . my results table goes to 11!
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But that’s just terminology. It doesn’t matter. 10 is the “success with complications” target, 15 is the “success free and clear”...
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Why can't the GM say: "If you fail, then <whatever> will happen"? @hawkeyefan gave an example upthread, along the lines of "Sure, you're...
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I don't know what you intend by "fail forward at a mechanical level". The mechanical level is rolling some dice and identifying a...
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If the GM rolls a NPC's to hit die, and it succeeds, that dictates stuff about how my PC behaved: did I dodge? was I taken in by the...
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That was not the situation, though. It wasn't that there were no consequences and the character could try again and again. What I did...
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I've certainly used it in 3.5, PF, 4e, and 5e. It's fairly trivial to use. "Oh, you failed your arcana check to identify the runes...
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Like I said, Max... time to shrug and move on. Very little of what you said above makes sense to me. All I can do is recommend that...
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... So, let me get this straight. You want me to give you demonstrations of Fail Forward...in the contexts where that technique...
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I'm sorry, but there are all sorts of games that do exactly that. You get hit, take damage, and the mechanics tell you how you react...
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You YOURSELF said this. We cannot have mechanics which force any sort of action on the players because you yourself said it won't work...
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No. It really isn't. You're mixing successes and failures. The attack roll tells you to succeed. The NPC's persuasion roll tells you...
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I don't see an issue with a bit of wish fulfillment and playing out the fantasy of a character that is in control of they body when...
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But, the dice tell you how well you attack. The dice tell you whether or not you know something. You're saying that what your wizard...
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The thing is, you're assuming none of us HAVE played with DM's like what the other side claims as priorities. Heck, I used to BE a DM...
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