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The table would not include such things or, if it did, such results would be ignored in favor of something that made more sense.

The framing is very important to me, because it determines what is actually in the world at this moment, not just the results.

Their skill at lock-picking? That's the skill in question here.

I have literally never had a player request a roll in that sideways manner. If someone says they want to do something that contains uncertainty, I ask them to roll for that thing. The only real debate is what the roll should have added to the total (often a point of contention where the player...

I just thought it was a funny story that portrayed Narrativist GMs as being as tyrannical as some posters seem to think traditional-leaning GMs to be.

What if we called it, "success with complications" instead of "fail-forward"? That would remove the issue with failure being success, and also also for more than two states of play after the dice are rolled.

I assumed the whole reason to bring it up after the fact was to satisfy player curiosity. Otherwise I don't believe @Lanefan had any issue with how it went down.

All of those things could happen, and they don't lessen the experience of the campaign and the journey to me. I was part of a magnificent campaign that cumulated in a brawl between the PCs and their alternative universe counterparts, and then between the OCs themselves, for control of an...

When one behaves as if the same techniques should apply to games with different expectations.

...I kinda love Hackmaster.

That would certainly be exciting, although I wouldn't build a narrative to generate such an outcome intentionally.

As you say, radiation works that way, and I would value that setting logic more than the "thrill" to which you refer. In response to your desire for drama though, a sure death through radiation really puts a doom clock on your activities, providing a strong motivation to tie up loose ends.

I do think the when of that determination matters a great deal, to me at least. I don't like to generate stuff like that in the moment, in response to a die roll, unless that's the only practical method under the circumstances.

Fair enough. I use "random stocking" techniques in my games.

All of that checks out for me. I followed that exact procedure a few days ago while prepping for my Thursday A5e game.

Everyone in a comic book has those powers. It's generally not worth thinking about.

Perhaps, but the play techniques matter a great deal to some of us.

I don't think anyone means all or nothing about this discussion. It's just the hyperbole of spirited discourse.

Maybe, but it was very cool, and I miss it.

Gotta love STA for content. One of these days I swear I'm going to play that game.