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I don't see as strong a distinction between linear and railroad. They're metaphors... descriptors. And to me, they describe very similar...

Seems slightly ironic, all things considered.

It's a large detail in making a normative declaration about whether that game is being conducted properly. It's not a major detail in...

Because the only difference between those two games in their overall game trajectory and narrative arc is "whether or not the players...

The example this discussion refers to was provided by @Maxperson : it was a player who declared that their character picked their nose...

I don't think it's overly complicated. You're using the pretty standard usage of the term as purely pejorative, the general way it was...

Yep. Like I said in an earlier post, there's nothing wrong with a railroad if the players simply want to relax and enjoy the ride.

There are adventures that pretty much do so to keep the AP linear. Likewise, there are plenty of players that surrender character choice...

I wouldn't say that. It depends on the group. Railroads, linear play, and adventures can be fairly popular forms of play. My partner...

No, I mean resistance to anything that doesn’t work as traditionally defined. Not D&D, and not leads… I said that trad play can enable...

Except for all the people it helps.

Okay, last time. Someone described the “Cunning Expert” feature as defining the character’s place in the game. You leapt at the...

I suspect that this thread is like a beer that's left out by bartenders to attract flies around one spot away from the rest of the bar...

Okay… then what relevance is there in bringing it up? I didn’t bring it up… @Maxperson did. My thoughts are more in line with yours...

Not by the players? Had they not asked about the farrier, you’d not have created him. How is that “not by the players”? To describe it...