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

The cook only comes into existence because of an unrelated event. The bears are going to be in the woods whether or not you go for a...

For me, the knowledge would come when (unless the GM is a truly amazing improviser with a perfect memory) the GM slipped up and...

There are bears in the forest, whether or not you happen to see one is quite random but they exist whether you see them or not. The...

It was a lockpicking check, not a stealth check.

Here, meaningful decision making. If they exist beforehand than a different decision can bypass an obstacle. If they only exist after...

In fail forward the dice aren’t deciding the cook is there. The dm is. All the dice decide is that some complication is occurring while...

I did not say this. I would not run it like this. This is also not my position. The reason I adopted the "mean between two extremes"...

No. The roll was for the monster to wander into the group in that specific forest at a very specific time on the day I know that they...

What? There is no explicit connection and that is the point. The world exists independently of the players. In the failed die roll...

I'm fine with a failed roll alerting her if her existence was decided prior to the roll. I'm not fine with the roll failing and the DM...

Not the way I've seen it. There's a limit to how many of any given creature is available to run into on the move. Or at least IMO there...

I think that's true for some older mods, but it's not universal, and I prefer ones where it is not the case. That said, even if there is...

On this much at least, we're in full agreement. :) The only time a roll might in fact conjure them into existence is if-when there's a...

The number on the die is there specifically to inform the narrative result, isn't it? Yeah, another hideous mechanic that needs to die...