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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...

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...

And yet, you have zero problem with dice determining every single other element of the game. It tells you how good a warrior you are...

I curse the name of the person that taught you what a Red Herring is. No, because on a success, the thief was quiet enough to not draw...

So, the context for make the character's lives not boring is Apocalypse World instructing the GM to have every decision they make be in...

Just from conversing with them over the years, I know @pemerton and @Manbearcat are often in agreement but also have different styles of...

Yes. That's why I referred to a bowdlerised version of "fail forward" that involves "the GM narrating failure in such a way as to keep...

Why do you say this? I mean, it's not as if the rulebook fails to tell us what is meant! And it's not what you say here.

Wait... you don't?!!?

So, stop engaging about it? If you aren't interested, just drop the topic?