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FFrozenNorth reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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You still don't seem to be understanding. So let's keep it all in genre. We're playing 5e D&D and my fighter wants to call on the god... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Both sides do do it. For what reasons? Lots of them. It will vary depending on the PC or NPC. Can you persuade an ultra greedy NPC...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I've never done that, though. When I ignore something, it's because it's what my character would do. Otherwise I wouldn't ignore it.
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
It does apply to the PCs. The DM can decide that your persuasion auto fails for reasons. The players can decide that the NPCs...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Literally anything is plausible...people do ALL KINDS of crazy, unexpected things. Sometimes those unexpected things signal the...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Does enforcing it through dice really fix what you want fixed, though? Isn't that kind of like forcing a kid to apologize to their...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Like I've said previously, if the player isn't sure what to do and wants help from the dice, they should by all means ask the GM to make...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to bsss's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Like, in general (not in AnotherGuy's example above, where it's the orc rolling it)? I don't know, that's up to the GM. Maybe they're...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Limits? The DM has to believe that the NPC(s) might be plausibly, but not definitely, persuaded by the argument. For that matter, a...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
The orc chieftain, makes a final plea to the PC's explaining that the attack on their homestead was made by his younger and ambitious...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
That's reasonable. I was pushing back against the idea that if it isn't explicitly excluded, it's allowed. That's nonsensical, since...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Imagine a "pick lock" ability in which it was assumed that, if you failed to pick the lock, you would no longer desire to open the door...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I was just thinking about this example yesterday. I have never heard of anybody suggestion that the PCs should make a party-wide...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
C'mon. That doesn't mean anything. If you had a player who kept proposing crazy things and saying, "There's no RAW saying I can't!"...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Seriously, go read the pages 244 and 245 of 5.9 DMG. Do you seriously and honestly think that it is a reasonable interpretation that the...