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This is a mater of semantics, one says "plot line" the other says "railroad"... If you were to give a player a cursed item, have it possess him and then grab his character sheet, thats just plain mean! If you are presenting options, ad-libbing encounters and pointing the players in the...

I agree, and I think any DM would agree with your statement. I think we're splitting hairs here though. Weather you call it railroading or plot line, a rose by any other name still smells as sweet as a rose. And all DM's are just that, "Dungeon Masters". As soon as a player says, "I'm choosing"...

Maybe I'm missing something, but doesn't the title of "Dungeon MASTER" entitle you with control? (or should I say "railroading".) If a DM doesn't have control, who does? If you let the players or a player have the control then they are not a player, they're the DM. Any DM worth his salt has a...

I'm looking for new original campaign hooks. I was wondering if anybody here would be willing to share ideas. I'll show you mine if you show me yours! (Besides, my players have done this one already.) Everthing goes BLACK With this campaign setting I have the players pick from any class and...

I Started in 1981... I was broke in the Army and looking for something to do with no money. I found a group playing in the rec-center and it was all down hill for me from there... (Guess I'm a member of the ol' fogies club.)

I tend to look at it as a game and everybody is there to have fun (I am niether a rules monger or a killer DM). Thats what it's about, right? Now if the player is suicidal or is role playing his death for good reason (NOT a prob).

Some call me RIP… I have been playing D&D since 1981. I remember when there was no such thing as a character sheet, let alone a character generator… I wish I had the cash I spent, on the numerous books I own, sitting in front of me. (I may be able to retire!) I tend to follow the rules from...