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The description given for the unacceptable player thing was the player getting to play, in every possible way that could ever matter to...

I was under the impression that that wasn't considered appropriate, as in, the GM doing any effort at all to try to make the player's...

Okay. I think players being afforded the same experience--that they can't get exactly the character they want, but they should have a...

Even if those rails are never tested due to social norms or enforcement from the group rather than the GM?

For me, that would be an example of lack-of-discussion. The GM failed to tell the players that they were on rails...but never told them...

Ehh. That still puts the one person not up on the concept in a pretty weird position. I don’t love putting them in a “go along to get...

I think that example has some nuance to it. I generally don't like to run established IP settings (especially ones that have finicky...

Agreed. I think comparing a concept like Daggerheart's campaign frames to the "atlas and gazetteer" settings predominant in the '80s...

Okay. Now consider this in the light of my response above to AlViking. I consider it to be discourteous for anyone at the table to...

I don't think there is a logical answer possible in this context. We're talking about messy humans. Reasonable is the best we can hope...

And I expect that same courtesy from everyone at the table. GM included. Nobody has the right to absolute perfection of their vision...

I do think a significant part of it is that a lot of people have dealt with either pretty extreme degrees of illusionism, or an extended...

Well, I think what Hawkeyefan is aiming for (no pun intended) is that they don't really think "done with the best of intentions" vs "not...

Not really. I haven’t really called anyone else’s game anything, have I? I’ve described my feelings about games that I’m in. I haven’t...

Though it kind of depends. On one hand, I think blowing off the semantic loading on "railroad" is either blind to how such things...