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But . . . but . . . my results table goes to 11!

But that’s just terminology. It doesn’t matter. 10 is the “success with complications” target, 15 is the “success free and clear”...

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...

I don't know what you intend by "fail forward at a mechanical level". The mechanical level is rolling some dice and identifying a...

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...

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...

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...

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...

... So, let me get this straight. You want me to give you demonstrations of Fail Forward...in the contexts where that technique...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...