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Yes, because I have shown many times that there can be consequences beyond just success/failure of the task. Other things may happen as a result. That disproves the absolute statement "only failure or success is at stake" without making an absolute statement of my own. Yes, this is much more...

No. You really need to stop twisting things people say to justify your pearl clutching. I said that when we look at someone attempting a task, ignoring the context of the situation... why they're attempting the task and related details... seems delusional. Obviously whatever consequences may...

Well, first off… do you see what those little arrows are doing to the letters? They’re connecting them! If we look back, I was objecting to the use of “unconnected” as a descriptor for consequences. I’m not sure how you expect visualizing the connection as a counter to my argument. Second, I...

I don’t think that only one side is acknowledging this. Everyone I recall posting in favor of Fail Forwars acknowledged that it’s about notetting the game get boring. That “nothing happens” is not an acceptable answer. No one said “nothing happens” is not an acceptable answer because “that’s...

I’m literally telling you that I didn’t go on the date because I didn’t get my license. Could I have made other arrangements? Yes, possibly. But I didn’t. I canceled the date because I didn’t have my license. I haven’t said any of those things. Your reading comprehension needs some work. I...

Because we can’t fully replicate real life with a game. And I don’t think @Lanefan ’s take is accurate at all. Real life actions have consequences beyond themselves. I think that’s incredibly obvious. Now, that shouldn’t be read as me saying that “fail forward” is “more realistic”, because I’m...

I didn’t ask what else could I have done to still go on the date. I asked why I didn’t go on the date. The answer is obvious. The bit you said this in response to literally said “forget the game for a minute”. I understand how you do things. You don't need to explain be it to me any more...

How does this make the second plan failing not a consequence of the first? In other words… why didn’t I go on the date? Forget the game for a minute. Just think about how consequences occur in real life. If you fail to do a thing in real life, do you really think the only consequence is that...

Do you really need one? Okay. If you fail a test, is that all that happens? When I was 16, I asked a pretty girl to go out with me on Friday night. She said yes! The problem was that I didn’t have my driver’s license yet… I was scheduled to take the test that Thursday. As long as I passed...

No, this is you reading something into what I actually posted that’s not there. @Lanefan claimed that his preferred method works the same as how actions and consequences work in real life. That’s not true… actions in real life have consequences beyond just failure at the task at hand. I...

No, that is not the issue. That’s fine. No, it’s because the way you describe it… the reasons you provide for not liking it… are inaccurate. If I say “I don’t like D&D’s initiative system” that’s an opinion and is perfectly fine. If I say “I don’t like D&D’s initiative system because I...

Because one is a game. I’m not talking about having to use a different method. I’m talking about the only consequence being failure to complete the task attempted. There can very clearly be more consequences than just failure. Insisting on viewing it that way divorces the task attempted from...

In what context? Are you talking about how failure and consequences work in real life? Or are you describing how you prefer they work in an RPG? Your statement is pretty absolute, so that’s why I ask. I know plenty of RPGs where what you’re saying is not true. And it’s clearly not true in real...

The problem isn’t that you have other preferences. That’s perfectly fine. The problem isn’t that you talk about your preferences. That’s also perfectly fine. The problem is when you talk about things you say you don’t like. Fail forward, narrativist games, and so on. Because when you do...

I think you are partially right about not wanting the character to look incompetent. Which, generally speaking, is a good approach, I'd say. But there's also the matter of the emotional or mental state of the character... some of the possible reasons they might fail a climb (or any kind of...

I’m sorry… it just reminded me of something a friend of mine used to do that frustrated me. This friend of mine, he’d make some kind of passive aggressive comment, but then play it off like he’d heard someone else say it. This way he could get away with making the comment… which was usually...

No, but as @Gimby has explained, it's collaborative. This is all agreed upon and then the roll is made to see how it goes. If the player instead takes another action, one that is not about determining the nature of the runes, it may make sense for the GM to make a determination about them...

I don’t see why it would be, though I wouldn’t say there could be absolutely no reason to do so. But the idea was reasonable, didn’t contradict anything already established, was relevant to the situation, and the dice went in the players favor. So why deny it?

Oh it may even have been me! I have no doubt that it was brought up. I just don’t know in what context, or who brought it up first and who else took that example and ran with it and so on. All this to say there is far less direct authorship of setting details going on in narrativist games than...

Yes, this is what I did. I said “this roll isn’t so much about making it to the top as it is about how fast you can do so because the ritual is happening”. But we were talking about my game.