Fail
Fail verb - To stop functioning.
Total
Total verb - To have a total of.
Both words in one sentence
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To whit: in all other campaign settings, average NPCs had no level and anything done to them was "critical fail or total success." In Athas, a world where Everything Is Trying to Kill You is as literal as possible, the average person on the street is a level 3 Fighter.
Source: Badass Bystander - Indeed, of the 11 total Vanguard launches attempted in the following months, only 3 didn't fail.
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If you don't have the Sommerswerd, you have a grand total of four rounds to win two fights; fail, and the skyship explodes and you're toast.
Source: That One Boss
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