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Ppemerton reacted to thefutilist's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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The buy in to Blades is that you’re creating characters that can be traumatised by the events of the game in the way the system says. So... -
Ppemerton reacted to Campbell's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Love.
Speaking personally having to have an internal model of a character that includes things like unwanted feelings, intrusive thoughts and...
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Ppemerton reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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I'm giving XP for a player to have his character ditch the main party, put the entire campaign storyline at risk, for him to attempt to... -
Ppemerton reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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It's pretty hard to tell the difference 99% of the time. Narrating your choices as being grounded in character concept and backstory is... -
Ppemerton reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
It’s not that I don’t get it. It’s that “it” is an extreme that doesn’t exist. You don’t feel things the same as your character would...
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Ppemerton reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Yeah, I think that mistaking those moments of “wow, I wasn’t expecting that to happen” related to character that may crop up...
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Ppemerton reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Well, no, not exactly. This is you inferring something that's not really what I'm talking about. My decision making for Clara was...
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Ppemerton reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
A PC sat down to negotiate with an NPC in Sigil. The NPC attempted to read the PCs mind and find some specific tidbit of information...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.What game are you talking about here? As in, what game involves dice rolls for your PC to keep/lose their cool in non-dramatic...
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Ppemerton reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Haha.
Yes, really. And largely for the exact reason you site… it’s used as an example because everyone’s familiar with it rather than because...
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Ppemerton reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Because most of the time, I don’t feel the events of play the way my character does. Certainly not to the extent or depth that they do...
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Ppemerton reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Sure. I mean… a lot of the conflict in this discussion seems to come from trying to do this in D&D… which is ill-suited for it and isn’t...
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Ppemerton reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Sure, I'd agree with that. And there's nuance here too; I've definitely known players who will roleplay a hearty personality during the...
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Ppemerton reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I don’t believe that’s exactly correct… though it is possible I’ve missed some posts. Mostly, I think people advocating for any kind...
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Ppemerton reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
My definition would be this. If the final resolution of a character's mental state and decision-making is always made by the player...