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Maxperson replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.The only disagreement I have with what you are saying here is that @Reynard's players did not have their choice greatly reduced. They... -
Maxperson replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.I agree. What I'm having a hard time with under this scenario, is in understanding how a group playing high level PCs(at least two can...
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1. Not a railroad. 2. Generally I don’t. For me a railroad is more of an extreme thought experiment construct than a term describing... -
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Well, maybe that is due to 'over time each situation felt samey' ...or to say 'it always feels like we are having our choices limited'...
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Maxperson reacted to TaranTheWanderer's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I have a hard time reading people say, “They wanted to do Quest X and you wouldn’t let them, therefore railroading” If the players...
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Maxperson reacted to Reynard's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
It is neat how you can diagnose long standing player/GM/group problems with just a few posts. You should hire out and solve problems...
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Maxperson replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.No. Unless the player MUST investigate the forks, it's not a railroad. The players had other options for getting off of the plane...
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Maxperson replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Wish spell to get off or get the forks back. Commune, contact other plane, augury or divination to get answers or see if courses of...
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Maxperson reacted to Koloth's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Based on the clarification, still believe it is NOT railroading. Spell slot didn't work as the material component was missing. Chance...
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Maxperson reacted to Reynard's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
In this case, the failure came with additional information: the spell did not fail, rather the caster discovered that their planar...
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Maxperson reacted to Umbran's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
It isn't even a setback, it is a failure to move forward. Now, if there were one thing we could constructively note, it might be that...
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Maxperson replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Same here. Many years ago I stopped trying to figure out solutions to the obstacles I put into the game. It was a waste of my time...
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Maxperson reacted to Umbran's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Agreed. We are (typically) playing games that include adversity, in which not all attempts to overcome that adversity will succeed...
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Maxperson replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.No it's not. the DM doesn't care what they do or have any desire for any specific thing. There's no guessing at what the DM wants...
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Maxperson replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.There was no strawman, though. Your implication of your statement, "They are being forced NOT in the direction of what they want to do...