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Critical successes and failures can easily exist while still having the impossible be impossible, that's the DMs job
Player rolls 20 on an intimidation check despite their roleplay being more awkward than intimidating? Critical success, because it's funny and entertaining usually to do so and it's theoretically possible anyway.
Player rolls 20 on a strength check to lift a giant iron gate? You did a really good job of trying, but no, you're not strong enough to lift something 100x your size and weight
Nat 20 on trying to convince the king to give you his throne? He's amused and either hires you as a jester, or let's you have a literal replica of his chair.
I see Nat 20's on skillchecks as "something good happens, but if it's impossible then the good thing might not be what you expected"
one time the dungeon master planned a big dungeon crawl and put a wall with a tiny hole to look through in it so we can see the boss before fighting it
one guy wanted to roll for breaking the wall with his sword. got a nat 20. we fought the boss early haha
You’d be a much more fun DM than the guy you’re responding to hahaha