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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thomas Shey" data-source="post: 9894663" data-attributes="member: 7026617">Yeah, I play with some people who would absolutely view that as "failing but getting a cookie."  Its probably not too bad in frequency in things in PbtA games where the character has a good rating in it, but I can easily see why you hear stories about people actively avoiding doing things outside that because they're too concerned about making matters worse.At least the Hope/Fear duality in Daggerheart means you're slightly more likely to consistently make things better than worse (ignoring for the moment other sources of Fear in the game, just talking about success rolls here).Honestly, the fact that a lot of things are fed off a limited resource even at the GM's end makes this feel like it'd feel good to a lot of people.  When I've played other games that did that, people generally responded well.A principaled GM in games in the PbtA sphere who is on his game can probably avoid overdoing it with consequences, but some people are just really sensetive when the wind blows from that direction.  Its one of the things that would make me cautious about running Curseborne.</blockquote>