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FFrozenNorth reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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The problem I have with this is that it puts a game like Pendragon, widely regarded as Greg Stafford's magnum opus, in the category of... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I totally agree. But I'm guessing the player would feel the same way...that the GM is being contrary and disruptive and maybe wrecking...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Or maybe not session 0, but certainly once it is understood what this player is up to. "Hey, look, I'm not going to say you can't...
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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've always found those labels very....odd. It has always seemed to me that the version where you have to roll to be told how to...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
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...
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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...