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UngainlyTitan replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.I would prefer some other terms for no. 1 though. I think "linear" is appropriate if there is only one path. I suppose path dependant or... -
UngainlyTitan replied to the thread D&D General WotC: 'Of Course We're Going To Do' Baldur's Gate 4.Just thinking about D&DBeyond from the player or DM perspective, if the current campaign notes and players notes where replaced with a...
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UngainlyTitan replied to the thread D&D General WotC: 'Of Course We're Going To Do' Baldur's Gate 4.Very probably but I am usually reticent to place the entire responsibility on one set of shoulders without more evidence. Usually...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Misanthrope Prime's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Releases Exodus TTRPG with
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So I can just take the NPCs and run them in my 5e game? I'm always hungry for more aliens and robots for my science fantasy game. -
UngainlyTitan reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
I would generalize further and say that any campaign that starts with the GM having an endpoint in mind (barring a TPK) is a railroad...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Lakesidefantasy's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
I told my Players that this is an adventure path called The Curse of the Crimson Throne. It is an adventure path, which means there is a...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to zarionofarabel's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
Well, my personal take is probably odd, but as far as I can tell by what is described as what actually happens at the table, is that a...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
IF I'm using a Schrodinger's Map then objectively I'm still railroading you even if you don't know it, don't catch me, and enjoyed the...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to aco175's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
I'm not sure if you missed my meaning of the earlier text before the part of DM and players need to meet halfway. The DM should not...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
I think that is a grotesquely simplified version of not only RPG history but the dynamics of play. My reading of the very first RPG...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Jacob Lewis's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
The difficulty with pinning down “railroading” is that the word isn’t just about technique—it’s about power dynamics inherited from the...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with
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If sandboxing is the opposite of railroading then it should be called off-roading. (Clicks post reply and abandons thread forever) -
UngainlyTitan replied to the thread D&D General WotC: 'Of Course We're Going To Do' Baldur's Gate 4.I did not know they had started before the Beyond acquisition, pretty short sighted in my opinion. A case of "not invented here". If...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread D&D General WotC: 'Of Course We're Going To Do' Baldur's Gate 4 with Like.
Work on Sigil started before the Beyond acquisition, and head of WotC's digital was actually opposed to the Beyond acquisition (this...
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UngainlyTitan replied to the thread D&D General WotC: 'Of Course We're Going To Do' Baldur's Gate 4.I personally believe that Sigil was an attempt at empire building by someone(s) and an attempt to replace Beyond. Mostly due to the fact...