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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nagol" data-source="post: 6793754" data-attributes="member: 23935">It depends on frequency and circumstance of the technique's use.As an alternative example, consider the case of a solo character cautiously exploring a small dungeon.  The character falls into an empty covered pit trap 20' deep that resets over him.  The character tries to climb up, but the DC (20) for the wall is beyond anything the player can roll (Dex 8; skill not trained) under the best of circumstance.  Even if the character somehow makes the 10-15 foot climb, he probably has no way of triggering the pit cover.Now the table can leave the situation in stasis and wait for the character to die of thirst or starvation or even fast-forward to that point.Alternatively, the DM can fail-forward and say the noise of the PC makes whilst failing to climb attracts a nearby denizen of the dungeon that the PC can attempt to lever to get out of the pit.  Or perhaps the PC will detect one wall is damp and more cool than the rest and if the PC can breach it, a stream or water will begin to flood the pit and the PC can try to swim up at the pit fills.</blockquote>