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zarionofarabel reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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I think by using really open setting as the contrast with railroad, you are building in an assumption that at least some RPGers - eg me... -
Learning new rules is big thing i don't like. When i was in HS or Uni, learning new medium to high crunch game was fun. Now it's chore i...
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zarionofarabel reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread Things you don’t like about DMing with
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zarionofarabel replied to the thread Things you don’t like about DMing.For a very short time in the mid 90s when my players insisted that I run games using pre written plotlines. I go off on too many...
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zarionofarabel replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Oh, yeah, totally, sorry. I love Pendragon, it's my favorite game! The Personality Traits are what make it such a great game. I have met...
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zarionofarabel reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
It does have virtues and flaws, however, which can still force players to play their characters in ways they wouldn't, which was my...
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zarionofarabel replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Pendragon doesn't have mental attributes.
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zarionofarabel reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I, personally, choose how to narratively justify my characters’ stats in 5e. But no else at the table has any standing to decide...
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zarionofarabel replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Good for them?!?! If the players want to try to force other players into taking action then that's something they need to do themselves...
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zarionofarabel replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.It's the players who decide what, if anything, their PCs are going to do. If the players want to spend the whole session discussing what...
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zarionofarabel reacted to Hriston's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
It's railroading because somebody not playing my character (the GM in this case) is controlling my character's choices in a way that...
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zarionofarabel reacted to Kromanjon's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I would like to spout the old adage of, "if it's time you enjoy wasting, it's not wasted time". Let the players waste all the time they...
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zarionofarabel reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
My general view is that if the GM is establishing the stakes, establishing the situation, establishing the theme and establishing the...
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zarionofarabel reacted to GrimCo's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
At the end of the day, it's about player buy in. You can be very restrictive and not be accused of railroading if you are open and...
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zarionofarabel replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.If nothing else, reading this thread has opened my eyes to just how completely restricted a GM can make player choices and not be...
