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That plane was explicitly not locked down, though. @Reynard used unfortunate language in his OP that sort of set this thread in motion...

Why even play the game if the DM is just going to save you from everything bad you cause to yourself through poor decision making? If...

I would disagree. Just cause it's old, doesn't mean it's bad. It's simple and effective plot hook that works. You can have better or...

i think the question is asking if they are the same, it's asking 'can a GM establish anything in the world without it imposing on the...

This is one take. A curious take. A take that doesn't align with most actual RPG books, but it's a take. It's not rare. The vast...

I'm sorry. You are the player. You make the decisions. Sometimes those decisions get you ganked. Don't blame the GM for that shizz.

That might be what you think, and for what it's worth I agree with you, but that doesn't change anything about how 'people' react to...

I mean, in D&D, the tuning forks are literally the way that magic works across all planes. Why is this "weirdly specific and contrived"?

Let us turn this around: What uses of GM force AREN'T railroading?

One act literally cannot be railroading. It takes more than a single railroad tie(event) to build a railroad(series of forced events)...

You're conflating getting to the need to come up with a solution, with solutions. I said not having a set solution is not force. Not...

That's really about the limit of when you can make play be character driven rather than party driven. I fully agree with one player and...

This last page or two is why I dislike the use of railroad to describe a linear adventure. It's very easy to confuse with railroading...

I find that people have a railroad scale of 1-10 in their mind that is not the same for everyone. The OP of having the group portal...

I don't think "a situation" can be "a railroad" since the latter requires some sort of movement on the rails. I don't think "You are...