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Mort replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..This is a definition issue again. You see constraints on player choice as railroading - even if they are transparent, known and fully... -
Mort replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Or if the players are aware of the constraints (such as an adventure path is being run) and choose to go along. The point being, if the...
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Mort replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..That's a really good point. If the DM never denies any of the players meaningful choices - no railroading occurs. It's also a good way...
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Mort reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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In my view, railroading can't exist if the rails are never tested. That's the distinction to me. Of course, I can understand where... -
Mort reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Just to check, do both incorporate illusionism and GM-force? Do the two labels have exactly the same meaning? (effectively emptying one...
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Mort reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread D&D General Disparity in PC levels from same party with Like.
I play 5e using milestone leveling and player characters are all the same level, period. If your character dies or retires, you start...
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Mort reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Ok, I'll take a stab at this. Railroad: The DM has a pre-determined outcome The DM will force this pre-determined outcome regardless of...
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Mort reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Well, that's the base of the problem though isn't it. We might both be using the term "railroad" but, we are not speaking the same...
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Mort reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I am going to disagree with you here. Linear =/= Railroad. Like, at all. Railroad specifically talks about a degenerate form of play...
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Mort reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Putting your definition of a term over a more accepted one is certainly your right, but it's not great for communication.
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Mort reacted to Deset Gled's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
If people tell you a word can be offensive, responding with "well, I don't mean it offensively when I use it" is pretty much never a...
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Mort replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Not even remotely the same! The DM here is merely describing that the door is locked and if the character wishes to open it, there are...
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Mort replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I don't follow? Here, the DM has presented a scene and is having it go a certain way (the track). The player, not wanting things to...
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Mort replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..How is expressly blocking a players declared, and presumably 100% legal, action, just because the DM doesn't like it, not railroading...
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Mort replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..This is absolutely deception - the DM is deceiving the players by not openly admitting they can't leave or that there is only the one...