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Crimson Longinus reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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Yes, but perhaps potentially very minor. A lot of railroading for me depends on the why of what you are doing. To me the real issue... -
Crimson Longinus reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I really think that wasn't their intent, though. They simply assumed that the kinds of changes they were proposing were a natural...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
To me, the point of playing RPGs (as opposed to running them or worldbuilding) is to explore an imaginary world through the specific...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Mine as well. I can even name the technique being used under my scheme: obdurium walls. It's when in order to confine the players to...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".Yeah. And that is the same point I've made several times to people who endlessly moan in 5e threads, basically about 5e not being 4e...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to soviet's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Why do people who want to stick with the old edition need to buy the new edition? What's the point of a new edition other than to do new...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Reynard's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I think that as long as we can suss out what folks mean when they use a term, even if we personally disagree with that definition, we...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to zakael19's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I think that in @Celebrim 's example there's an inherent acceptance that "the premise of the game means that we need to accept bounties...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".I mean of course any design choice will exclude some potential players. If I open a seafood restaurant I will be excluding customers...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to FrogReaver's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
IMO. One cannot have player agency at all without the possibility of a choice now to restrict choices in a later moment. If it’s...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Yeah, in any game that requires prep these sort of limitations always exist to some degree. And it is fine. Like if in the case of your...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
It means that applying techniques like small world, obdurium walls, false choices, or Schrodinger's maps can be justified if the GM is...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I would also add that making light of other people's fun (or not fun) isn't a great take. Everyone's experience is valid.
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".Those certainly are creative, and I get that this can be fun to some people. But this is also the sort of thing I want to avoid. This...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".I think for most RPGs it is good idea to design for a specific playstyle. They will fill their own niche in the market. But D&D is not...