el-remmen
Moderator Emeritus
maybe the sign of a railroad.
You are the second person to say this, but not sure what reading boxed text has to do with railroading.
I mean, if they read the boxed text and it contradicts some fact of the scene based on what is happening, then it is clearly a mistake - are you saying there are DMs that insist it must be how it was described in the boxed text regardless of the actual game conditions?
For example, I read the description of a room as written but then add, "But of course because the decanter of endless water you are holding is still spouting, everything is starting to get damp and the floor is slick." Are there DMs who say, the floor must be dry because the boxed text says it is?