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zarionofarabel reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with
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That's just simply untrue. As the DM, I'm responding to the player's vision, not my own. I have no vision for how things should turn... -
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The non-D&D FRPG I mentioned, with the GM's Elves, was Burning Wheel. Well, I could say that Luke Crane already did that . . . But...
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zarionofarabel replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.Okay. Well, I've always thought that was just the way one was supposed to GM 😊. Like, the whole point of being a GM was to foster...
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zarionofarabel replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.Only in that, as a player, I always thought that I was happy to jump on said railroad. As an old geezer, I had always heard the...
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zarionofarabel reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
This is something I’ve done since the 2e days, at least. I had the players provide with their character concepts and then we discussed...
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zarionofarabel replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.Well, the way I run my sandbox games it's unavoidable to be influenced by the players as they are expected to be the primary drivers of...
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zarionofarabel replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.So then all games, no matter how sandbox or linear, are in fact just cleverly disguised railroads?
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zarionofarabel replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.Eh, I'm not sure I understand, I think you might have gotten a little too philosophical for this old dog. I guess if you mean I should...
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zarionofarabel replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.But wouldn't that then mean that anything or everything the GM does, without prior express player consent, in essence, be railroading...
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zarionofarabel reacted to Jeffzilla's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Problem with Space Navies, Part 2 with Like.
This is exactly right. The Expanse RPG is one of my favorite tabletop systems, with all of its Newtonian physics and somewhat...
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zarionofarabel reacted to Vael's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Problem with Space Navies, Part 2 with
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Completely and utterly realistic, based off historical space navies ... -
zarionofarabel reacted to Old Fezziwig's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Haha.
I want to be charitable, but -- I've played with some players where this appeared to be their primary goal in play.
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zarionofarabel reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with
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I think this is an extremely optimistic view of an at least significant part of the RPG playing populace. There are large parts that... -
zarionofarabel replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.I think to call this situation a "railroad" would definitely be a stretch. Simply put, the players are not being forced into taking...
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zarionofarabel reacted to Deset Gled's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
Option C could be that the DM plans what happens if the path isn't followed. The king calls for aid. The princess has been kidnapped by...