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Good lord. OK. Let's just move on here, I think we've beaten this horse to death a couple of times over now.

More creative sense?! The company that sells D&D, and makes their mint selling D&D, should have called it something else because it...

Less does not equate to dead, so there's no exclusion going on. And third party stuff is pretty plentiful, so it's not even long-term...

This is entirely dependent on the GM's improvisational skills, and/or the depth of their content back pocket. Deciding that nothing...

It's not only this; you can design a linear adventure, but still run it as wide open and reacting to the full range of player expression...

I don't understand how these things are at odds. You can absolutely craft a linear adventure specifically for the players at the table.

Yes. Most folks, though, don't opt to stop. They have buy-in to the linear adventure. The key is that you CAN get off, not that you...

It's far more important that a narrative is generated than that generation of that narrative is balanced.

Hey hey now, some of us like trains! ;) #horrorontheorientexpress

And over in 30 seconds. I'd hate to be on a roller coaster for as many hours as I play D&D. :p

You get get off of a linear adventure. If in the middle of a linear adventure the party decides to teleport to Baldur's Gate for 3 days...

I agree with @Charlaquin earlier in the thread that it is better to define "railroad" as a verb -- it is something that the GM does to...

I don’t know which position is yours since your 2 back to back posts explicitly contradicted themselves.

This brings me back to my original contention - the railroading is about inappropriate use of GM force to prevent players from moving...

No choice was made for them. If I build robot horses for people to buy and ride, but you dislike horses, I did not exclude you. You...