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I think there is room for appreciation of both sides, especially if you're running prepped and non-prepped scenarios alike in a huge sandbox. The prepped ones are maps and combat grids and beating the module while the non-prepped ones are seat of your pants free-flow Narrative, Fail Forward...

You can still do prep (Guidance, Potion, Rage) and still miss on an attack. The 7-9 in that game reflects a consequence must arise. Your prep may eliminate some Fail Forward scenarios but you don't get to win the game. It is just a different type of Failure to what generally arises in most D&D...

You know you've reached quality discussion when we are arguing about the location of the imaginary cook's quarters in the imaginary wizard's tower in relation to a possible Fail Forward example. Fiction first right.

Out of curiosity - @pemerton @hawkeyefan and anyone else who is knowledgeable on this matter re Narrative games. Does Fail Forward play a roll in combat for Narrative games and what may that look like? As some Trad players may not like the RE cook on a Fail Forward skill roll, I was wondering if...

Interesting. Yes, to commentary but no to criticism. I use Fail Forward/Success with Complication. I also use Binary as I've said way upthread. I have no issue with various ideas being tools that I may use for the game...but perhaps the players would need to be aware such rules will/may be...

Cross-posted on my edit :)

GM: The party approaches the door and discovers it is locked. Rogue player: My rogue quickly scratches around his satchel for his thief tools..... Cleric player: Wait! Let my character cast silence to ensure you do not fumble or succeed with a complication which may or may not alert everyone in...

Ofc, you may have spotted a light beforehand coming from the kitchen or heard a sound, perhaps it is not the cook but a stable boy in the darkness looking to steal a morsel of cheese, a guard dog sleeping in the pantry, cat that gets surprised and knocks a glass in her attempt to escape etc...

If you want to go to that level then assigning a DC reflects bias, right? I was referring to Fail Forward and Success with a Complication. Okay, you're welcome to not accept that, but that is how Trad GMs see it which is the entire purpose of my post to reflect how the fiction in a game of...

Not complex. Flyer Carrying and lifting rules exist in the PHB along with the effect on movement. Passenger - Attacking If the PC is being held, I'd consider them Grappled and Restrained. If the PC is holding on, then they are not Grappled, but they would suffer the effects of Restrained to...

What some trad DMs, to eliminate their own bias, is assign odds and then roll a die to see if the cook is in the kitchen or wherever. One can expedite the process by deriving the following quick table 01-05 lose x time, lockpicks break (1-2) or gets jammed in the lock (4-6) 06-10 lose x time...

There have been improvements IMO on some major save-or-die affects over the course of the years. We have 3 death saves when one reaches below 0, we have several levels of exhaustion, petrification and level drain have been reworked, there is a cost of concentration to maintain certain...

Just included both comments that relate to each other in the above quote. You're 100% correct - reaching the summoning in time is not the object of game play. The factors that are important are the allies they gain, the hindrances they incur on the Cult of the Dragon etc all of which I assigned...

This pre-ordaining outcomes is an interesting topic. The conclusion in the ToD Adventure Path is a series of encounters at the Well of Dragons including the final encounter where the party attempt to stop the Red Wizards and Severin from completing the ritual to summon Tiamat. Failure to stop...

Well @Reynard I feel your pain, but my party had a completely different experience to yours...the below Play Report was a Random Encounter with a black dragon in the Marsh.

Online or in-person? If online just curious as to why you may join a monetized version of the hobby.

I do not use it like that. That's very much the kind of bias I do not want to be participating in for my games.

We've been using the spending HD to refresh ANY ability now for almost 7 years. The HD spend is determined via whether it is a Long or Short rest ability and the level required at which you are using it. For instance, an Action Surge for 1 attack has a different spend for an Action Surge with 2...

There are a couple of mitigating factors I believe. The overarching campaign has been set up with twists and pulls in various directions (That's on me) This storyline (not campaign) is reaching its conclusion from about a decade's worth of roleplaying. It is our ACT 2. The tension is high as the...

I would imagine given the necessary character motivations this is maybe more prevalent in PbtA games? I suspect the slower pace of trad D&D helps alleviate some of this issue? Although having several heads negotiating the story may help rather than dumping that responsibility all on one person...