FallenRX
Adventurer
Because you think railroading is players wanting a strong central premise, or a clear defined hook, when it is not, railroading is the act of when he party is forced to do something no matter what they wanna do and there is no other options,, that is what railroading actually is, and no party wants that, and that is actively just a bad dnd campaign.I am looking forward to the explanation as to how these things are completely unalike, as opposed to a mild variation in tone and/or consent.
What you are talking about is a central premise or goal with a direct means of dealing with it, that is not railroading, that is just a linear adventure, with a purpose already agreed on.