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    How much do you know about role playing games?

    What is a well-applied 'fail forward'?

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    The ruling advances the situation at a cost instead of blocking the storyCorrect
    Ignore failures and continue the same
    Turn failures into complete successes
    Force the PC to leave the scene

    Fail forward prevents stagnation: failure changes the state of the world (alarm, damage, resource loss) and opens new scenes.