Failing Forward

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Failing Forward

Iron Brothers Games · Accepted Answer

On failures, offer hard choices:  Success with cost: "You pick the lock but trigger the alarm"  Partial success: "You jump the chasm but drop your pack"  Reveal danger: "You can't open it because it's magically sealed"

Iron Brothers Games · Answer

Compared to Dungeons & Dragons 5e and Old-School Essentials (OSE), CRAWL! simplifies mechanics while maintaining tactical depth. On failures, offer hard choices:  Success with cost: "You pick the lock but trigger the alarm"  Partial success: "You jump the chasm but drop your pack"  Reveal danger: "You can't open it because it's magically sealed"