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CreamCloud0 reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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There's a middle ground between roleplaying and rolling dice, though: just state what the NPC is doing and what the stakes are. If the... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to GrimCo's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
In game like VtM, whole point is that you are fighting for control. Mechanics represent the Beast. And sometimes Beast wins. Player...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I’d say to maybe check out The Between. There aren’t any rules that would compel you to act contrary to what you think your character...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to soviet's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
'with more teeth' and 'the game takes control of your character' are not remotely the same thing though.
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CreamCloud0 reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Yes… this is very clear! But do you think that everyone is equally as perturbed by this as you are? I can’t comment in Exalted 2…...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to bsss's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Not to get overly philosophical, but is that not part of the nature of living? I definitely do not reconcile each of my virtues and...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I'm not going to speak of D&D specifically, but I'll say there are games and subsets of games that signing onto them absolutely...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Because one of the two people involved seems to think it’s a possibility. I’d say the same if a player had an idea that the GM didn’t...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Because people are routinely angered, intimidated, or persuaded by others? Like, it happens all the time. But again… looking at this...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
No. I am arguing that there are situations where neither the character nor the Player plausibly have complete control over everything...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
So you want to have control over something for your character you just admitted you don't have control over for yourself in real life?
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Some folks seem to think that any social mechanic with any possible effect on the PCs is tantamount to "mind control". I disagree, and...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I told you already. It's not force. You can do whatever you want. Certain actions that ignore the social situation in the setting at...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Exactly. I mentioned an example from Stonetop in a previous similar discussion, with the Storm-blessed Heavy having to roll to get their...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Campbell's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
No one is arguing that they should. Some people have expressed a preference for games where the internal state of the characters is part...