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Celebrim replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.I tend to agree. I write about railroading not as an attempt to set some standard that you can't break, because I break it myself. I... -
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I guess what is the point of defining what "railroading" is? Is it about setting a standard for when players setting boundaries is... -
Celebrim replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.While I tend to agree, I also think that if 99 out 100 roads lead to the same place, it's still a railroad even if it is subtle about...
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Celebrim replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.It's only railroading if the puzzle becomes absolutely required to solve. In other words, if the door to the puzzle is surrounded by...
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Celebrim replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Yeah, that's the Schrodinger's Map technique, and it's occasionally useful. A good example of where I would use it is the crossroads in...
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Dragon readers know Roger E. Moore as one of the most consequential folks at TSR, who helped shape a lot of D&D through his great Dragon...
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Celebrim reacted to GrimCo's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
In the end of the day, everything is player ability. My character might be brilliant tactician and expert in small unit tactics, but if...
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Celebrim reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Harder to justify that stance with D&D specifically, given it's overwhelming influence, especially if you've been a fan for decades...
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Celebrim replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.I can imagine some narrow definitions of it that wouldn't be just GMing, but I am struggling to find a middle ground for the term that...
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Celebrim replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.That is what I'm getting at. Because this "GM force" concept seems to me to put under its tent some highly varied things, from overt...
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Celebrim replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.So, a couple of questions: a) Suppose I prep ahead of time a Stone Giant who lives in the mountain pass as a fixed encounter. Is that...
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Celebrim replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Honestly, I'm still lost because in the middle of what was already discussion of the definition of one term of art suddenly we were...
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Celebrim reacted to aramis erak's post in the thread Who Should Make The Next Star Wars TTRPG, And What Should It Look Like? with Like.
WEG went bankrupt due to other licenses: Indiana Jones, Tank Girl, Ghostbusters, MIB, Hercules & Xena, Batman d6, Necroscope... Star...
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Celebrim reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
So it is the Winter Court that altered the gates to steal the forks? Why are they doing this? Also, while they are at it, why not make...
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Celebrim reacted to zakael19's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Sounds like we can mark this thread resolved! 400 pages later