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This was always the thing for me - no plot. I always tried to tie some of the locales together, this way something would be...

I am confused. That is the definition of an RPG. Players make choices, and then the GM reacts to those choices. The DM's Guide and PHB...

No, a classic sandbox is having all of the areas, NPCs etc. already set. The PCs then can wander freely and encounter them, but they are...

I was responding to the definition I was given. And in that definition, there is no railroad or linear that I have seen. Per your...

I agree with you whole-heartedly. That is how it should work. But in my experience, it never is. Yes, improv is always needed for RPGs...

Do you see how you already set the pretense that not all gnolls are evil. They had a relationship, albeit strained, but it wasn't one of...

Tribality is doing an unboxing of the set.

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I am not saying your experience was this, but whenever I have seen something like that, it was because it was a GM that played improv...

Well, the last two or so pages of posts seems to once again confirm what I alluded to early on... The only difference between a...

But there are plenty of people who are perfectly happy to follow the lead and take the opportunity to play with the mechanics and do the...

You obviously misread what I said. I stated all of those are decision making points by the players. Hence, they can choose to keep the...

I hear and agree, but what that really means is we need to eliminate the term all together. Because if that is the case, I have never...

I like and really appreciate this way of thinking. As someone who played Middle Earth Role Playing waaaay back in the day, and ran a...

Until he eats their brians.