Shove Failure

[Zaxbeez]

On page 240 of the Core Rulebook, it says "Most skills include entries for success and failure, as well as descriptions of what occurs on a critical success or a critical failure. If either of the critical entries is absent, treat those results as a success or failure, as normal."
What about in the case where there is a critical failure but not a normal failure?
For example, the shove action (p. 243). Critical success, success, and critical failure are all defined. I'm assuming that a failure is equal to a critical failure, but I'd like some sort of backing for that aside from (what I see as) common sense.
Thanks!

[graystone]

A failure is just that: you failed to Shove. It's the same thing as if you failed to Strike: that just means you didn't hit. When "a failure is equal to a critical failure" is in the Failure section with an entry: "If either of the critical entries is absent, treat those results as a success or failure, as normal" which means what you want to do with a missing failure check but the other direction. It's not written as 'If either of the critical entries is present, use it's result for a success or failure.'

[Errenor]

Zaxbeez wrote:

On page 240 of the Core Rulebook, it says "Most skills include entries for success and failure, as well as descriptions of what occurs on a critical success or a critical failure. If either of the critical entries is absent, treat those results as a success or failure, as normal."

What about in the case where there is a critical failure but not a normal failure?
For example, the shove action (p. 243). Critical success, success, and critical failure are all defined. I'm assuming that a failure is equal to a critical failure, but I'd like some sort of backing for that aside from (what I see as) common sense.
Thanks!

You are assuming wrong. Failure means you don't produce an effect, both from common sense and ... common sense when reading the rules. I guess they thought it this obvious to not explicitly write that.

So for Shove this means you don't shove on failure. But not fall prone.

[Zaxbeez]

Ah! Ok! So nothing happens. Thank you.
I'm glad I asked!