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I think we are agreeing. I think you would be happy with a reasonably statted mob that reasonably arose from the fiction and reasonably made some player choices costly. What you object to is the railroading devil on the author’s shoulders whispering “Scene A…then Scene B…

If it had been a low level adventure, where normal town rioters would be a deadly threat, and going to the other house a no-brainer… … would it be a “railroad”? I think not. Its not the constraint of player choice thats the problem. Its the constraint of choice clashing against game world...

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But less complicated than importing something into the USA, exporting it to Canada, and importing it into Canada. Tbf rocket science is easy. Its rocket engineering that is difficult.

Surely an enterprising Canadian or three will find a way to import products directly rather than via the US. Its not rocket science.

“Challenge Mode Off” is “barking orders”?

You cant jerk proof a game. The nonjerky reason for cutting the bad guy’s speech short is that sometimes these speeches come with a ****-you last curse or spell Etc So its better to say “challenge mode on/off” than expect the players to guess.

The main reason in detailing levels 10+ is creating super-nemesis NPCs I can see the fun in occasionally taking the double digit level party off the shelf to save or shape the world . But grinding thru superdragons and megaliches to get from 11 to 20? Hell no.

The way to stop players disintegrating the expositing dying villian is to tell them “exposition incoming, do not interrupt”. You can use words or wear a special hat.

Rarely or Really?

“The Forge is wrong . Heres why …” [proceeds to actually agree with The Forge]

Lost Citadel is a decent starter dungeon. But im imaging a mini setting with a large dungeon, a town, and some smaller sites and villages and lots of interconnectivity.

But that cuts both ways. Would you have the scheming factions attack because the dice say so? I think the root might be that nobodys written a sophisticated showcase adventure for Shadowdark yet.

to clarify reason a) is why there was a de minimis reason b) is why its abolished

Meh, give it a rest, shadowdark will survive without them. Its the deluge of 3rd party slop you should be concerned about.

what do they know of D&D they that only D&D know?

There is no halfway between “prepped adventure” and “nonexistent adventure”

its not the station entrance that makes a railroad, its the rails.

I am absolutely convinced that it is always better for the GM to say “OI ! The next adventure is “Perils in Pengewich” You are ****ing going to Pengewich” Than pull ingame shennanigans to force the party there.

Two thoughts 1. The problem isnt being put on the train. The problem is not being allowed off the train. 2. Railroads may not be fun because either failure isnt fun or failure inst allowed , so theres no real challenge. What i mean is, desperately fleeing a sandbox near tpk is kinda fun...