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hawkeyefan reacted to Scott Christian's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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I know I am in the minority here, but it is railroading IF you as a DM didn't set up a reason as to why and how all the exit points are... -
hawkeyefan reacted to Cergorach's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I've read them, I've absorbed them, maybe I just have a different perspective on what you wrote then you do? "Invalidates"... No, you...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Cergorach's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
@Reynard The issue is not if you're right about it not being railroading or the player is that it is railroading. It's about what the...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Tigris's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Thats something we cannot know. Only the players know. Because players assume a GM is consequent and when magic does not work all magic...
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hawkeyefan reacted to RenleyRenfield's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
'Obstacles' are not what is in question here. This is all your post needs to say, as it is the same exact thing I am saying too: the...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Like how you think that iterations of game that aren't compatible aren't the same game. Our hobby is littered with game iterations that...
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hawkeyefan reacted to soviet's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with
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Well, nothing about 5e is creative. It's entirely a warm mush retread of previous design work filtered through a lens of 'you can do... -
hawkeyefan reacted to Umbran's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Well, you are on a computer messageboard, not reading a mimiographed fanzine you've gotten in the mail... The only constant is change...
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hawkeyefan reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Haha.
That's OK, I certainly wouldn't want to make you repeat yourself.
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hawkeyefan reacted to RenleyRenfield's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I think this is a good question to ask! There are so many situations in rpgs now that this has an example of one of many. If players...
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hawkeyefan reacted to RenleyRenfield's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Go back and re-read TwoSix post. And mine for that matter. As well you are making a non-valid dichotomy between situation and plot...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Tigris's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
This is not choice this is "guess what the DM wants to hear." The choice is "we want to get out of here". And using the specific tool...
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hawkeyefan reacted to RenleyRenfield's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I feel like @TwoSix really captured what I know my players would have also said. Word for word, this is perfect ^ 1) Compared to...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Blue's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
It exactly happened. They don't know what power was used to take their tuning forks and if a wish would even work. And using up a...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Tigris's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
The choice with the wish is no choice, unless they know it exists. They tried a spell and it failed. Why should now this spell, which...