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Oh, my bad. Sorry for not reading more closely. And wow, that is even more cause to see it as odd. I get it, many campaigns fail to end...

That is odd. I've seen both, but most of the ones I've seen start at level 1. Just goes to show how we all have different experiences.

I agree. One of my favorite campaigns was one we were TPKed. Our new characters were set 50 years into the future - and man, was it...

Right. I have an example that shows why the DM simply having a specific end goal in mind isn't a railroad. Decades ago a buddy and I...

I am going to argue against this because two hours in movie time in twenty hours in story-telling time. Think, book to movie. Hundreds...

He DMd for the group once. Strangely we never asked him to do so again.

Oh wow! That is rough and a bummer. Sorry to hear that. Hopefully, your gaming group now is more fun! And yes, it is interesting how...

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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