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6. Let's say, for example, what adventure says that he has to face a dragon burned in village E. They can go to villages D, F or G, but...

Well, my examples are examples of Railroading..... But where do you draw the line with "force"? One of my fixes is for a DM to make...

True, but then for many folks anything they don't like is Railroading. Some go as far as anything the DM says is Railroading. The...

5. For example, midway through the game, the villian shows his face to gloat. One of the players casts a dimensional lock spell to...

Wait, player agency is a Railroad? You lost me. No? Was something I typed made you think that? I would never do that. To me...

I find that no matter the game, for the vast majority of RPGs DM make up stuff and add it to the game. It is part of the fun for many...

This does depend a lot person to person and game to game. If your the type of DM that feels they must get approval or permission from...

No, not exactly. A great many DMs fall for the trap of treating an RPG Just Like Any Other Game. Specifically a great many DMs feel...

4. DM: You’ve been traveling for a few days when you encounter Lady Sena and her retinue. She invites you weary travelers to join her...

I use Alignment in the Cosmic Sense of Multiuniversal Philosophy. I see a lot of the Alignment problems coming from the more mortal...

Guess it depends on the person. The idea that the DM is just a player and it is a group storytelling activity is very modern. Of...

Only the modern RPG view, where the demand is made that the DM only react to the players. And if the DM does anything else, like say...

This is just a normal DM move. Most of the time most players are quite flat and don't engage much with the game. So in those rare...

Odd, I thought Sandbox Style was just doing what the players wanted. The idea is the players lead and the DM follows, right? I would...

Under Campaign Economics, the ones by Bruce Heard.