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<blockquote data-quote="Bluenose" data-source="post: 6255804" data-attributes="member: 49017"><p>The closest to that concept I can think of in a tabletop RPG would be Gloranthan heroquesting. Where in theory you have one pre-determined encounter, resolve it a particular (and usually pre-determined) way, and move on to the next. Eventually you complete the heroquest and return to the normal world with your reward. It would however be fair to say that they're an example of Fail Forward in action. Failing to do the expected action successfully at one station doesn't mean you don't go to the next one. It means that the next step will almost certainly have some complication that you weren't expecting and that you are going to have to find a way to resolve that isn't pre-determined - and that's dangerous. Nor can you be sure that the reward will be the same, or that you won't have done something to the world when you get back to it - there will be consequences for everyone who supported you regardless of whether they went on the quest or not.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Bluenose, post: 6255804, member: 49017"] The closest to that concept I can think of in a tabletop RPG would be Gloranthan heroquesting. Where in theory you have one pre-determined encounter, resolve it a particular (and usually pre-determined) way, and move on to the next. Eventually you complete the heroquest and return to the normal world with your reward. It would however be fair to say that they're an example of Fail Forward in action. Failing to do the expected action successfully at one station doesn't mean you don't go to the next one. It means that the next step will almost certainly have some complication that you weren't expecting and that you are going to have to find a way to resolve that isn't pre-determined - and that's dangerous. Nor can you be sure that the reward will be the same, or that you won't have done something to the world when you get back to it - there will be consequences for everyone who supported you regardless of whether they went on the quest or not. [/QUOTE]

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