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Largely undefined, until the PC actually start visiting other planes. Generally you should expect to be able to visit the afterlife...

While Lord Soth is pretty important to DL, Death Knights predate that setting. /pedantry

There are “Heavenly” and “Earthly” realms. For the earthly realms, they’re more like layers of one place than separate places. For...

Originally I kept things vague to my players, but high level DnD tends to lead to planes-hopping or at least visiting other planes, so...

My favorite was the old "corrupted layers" model I used for a Diablo-inspired game years ago. At the center is the Earth. Surrounding...

All I am saying is - this is the quest. This is the final objective. Yes, DMs set DCs all the time, and they take into account many...

Its not like we haven't had millions of novels and movies predicting that result...I mean how could they have known... /sarcasm

Also, define "proceed". Proceed... to what, exactly? If you have a particular goal towards which you want to proceed, there's going to...

As a player: When I feel that my decisions doesn't matter. Compare with videogames: Linear game where you are NOT railroaded: Mass...

In my opinion those people's opinions can simply be discounted. It's quite literally the game play loop for D&D. 1) The DM describes...

Setting those DCs based on PC actions is organic. All DMs will have to do that if the characters go in a unexpected direction. Thats...

I take exception to the word "whims." A whim suggests that the DM isn't going to bother even thinking the player ideas through to see...

I think you can railroad players into dealing with what you want them to deal with when they’d rather not, though. Because as noted...

Quoted for cosmic truth and justice!

This is why I think it's important to have a definition of railroading that isn't needlessly broad. When "bad thing happens to my...