Yes, it is. That's exactly the point.
> Anyway, when I frame contests we due it
> generally and then fine tune after the dice have
> flown. I'd call the above fine tuning.
I'd call it a major re-write. It's a shift sufficient that different abilities would have been appropriate.
> What I am assuming here is that the player has
> failed in the most spectacular way possible
Or has simply failed. Or succeeded, but not as well as they'd hoped.
> but has come up with a
> cool scene that maybe everyone at the table thinks
> is groovy.
If it's that cool, I'd have it earn them a HP, for immediate spend on the cool scene :)
> And if
> the result that is put forward does not derail my
> plot or any other gm
> guff going on in the background that the players are
> not aware of, then
> I am going to allow it every time.
Sure. And if we're using rules at all, I'd like that to be possible inside those rules, not by simply ignoring them.
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