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Flying Toaster reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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Not necessarily. While it is true that one of the more common railroading techniques is "Small World", where the only thing interesting... -
Flying Toaster reacted to Reynard's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
So when we started this campaign, I was very clear with the players that the goal was to fast level to "test out" D&D 2024 at all...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
This is why these discussions about terms of art never have any consensus. People hear the term, they use the term, but they never...
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Flying Toaster reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
So I’ve read most of the thread, including the follow up clarifications. It’s certainly possible I missed some details by commenting so...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Scott Christian's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
A DM that does it beforehand is similar to a DM that does dungeon ecology beforehand. Remember when the dungeon had skeletons in one...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Gradine's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
The problem with this is that the term "railroading" is never going to be able to drop its derogatory baggage. And so insisting that...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Gradine's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I mean, of course there are sandboxes where this is not really a problem at all, but there is a broad spectrum between sandbox and...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Gradine's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
The presence of tracks, whether visible or invisible, does not a railroad make. Neither does adding one-off bottlenecks (like a...
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Flying Toaster reacted to TheSword's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
It’s a tangent and not related to the OP but I can’t agree with you here. There is a huge difference between the - as you say - popular...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
If the GM establishes nothing, then it's a rowboat world and none of their choices matter because there is nothing to do and no...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I don't see how or why you would claim that. And I understand where you got that idea even less. Right. That's what makes it heavy...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I not only have GM fiat at the heart of my definition, but since I don't really judge railroading on the basis of "good/bad", my...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
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...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
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...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D's Obelisk Plotline Was Supposed to Be Resolved in Vecna: Eve of Ruin with Like.
Giving us Garfield Minus Garfield, but for Vecna, is probably the best way to do Vecna content. Strongly endorse.