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Honest question: How can you tell? Is it the specific scenario or the overall order of scenarios or is the specific action you are talking about? Sorry, I am just a little confused as to your answer. As always, thanks for responding.

Yes, let's grant it because it is true. Incorrect. In fact, it tells us everything we need to know about railroading - it rarely exists in its strict definition. Why? Because if you sit down to a table, the game is almost always the same, except for those rare outliers I talked about...

That is funny. I really do wish there was a better style of discussion when it came to playing D&D. For example, "I ran Rime of the Frostmaiden, and in the beginning of the adventure my players really took to the chwingas. So I had to create an epic side quest that involved them. Here is what I...

Railroading, agency, blah, blah, blah... It is amazing these conversations continue like they do. Yet, if you sit down at any convention, at any gaming store, or at most households, you see the exact same game being played: DM describes scenario, players react, DM tallies results, and then the...

That is not noir, that is time. Noir is a mood that houses character motivations. Its 30's feel, is just setting. The two are very different. Perhaps noir shouldn't be used at all, which was part of my (and other's) criticism.

Thanks for the clarification. I know you are this forum's resident expert on Eberron, so I will take this information and place it way up front so I remember it. Thanks.

Maybe. I am really just stating an observation I have seen over the years with the setting. Noir being fatalistic, cynical, and full of moral ambiguity applies to so many different aspects of D&D lore; and it has very few game mechanic representations as well.

I really think that is part of the problem some people have with the setting. Noir has no business fitting in with the perceived setting and mood of Eberron. I get it, the lore does have elements of noir. But almost all of the D&D setting do. So to use it as a focus, seems out of place for...

That sounds like what technology should do. Very cool.

I only play in person, so I do not know that feature. But that sounds like a cool feature.

Thanks. I really feel a great line or two, and then building around that, sets a mood-engineered "imagery hook." I know through outside conversations with my players that they remember those just as much as how a monster is described.

I generally start with narrative: I personally just go through notes of hikes I have personally done or read about. Abbey for harsh inspired desert-style travel, Bryson for humorous Appalachian style-travel, Muir for awestruck Cascade style-travel, Theroux for mosquito swamp inspired travel ...

As a player, it's not my jam. I don't mind visiting it in a campaign, but I definitely don't want an entire campaign there. As far as a DM, it is not my aesthetics. I like the history. And can get behind the lore. But the aesthetics are just not my flavor. I am happy they added marks, bringing...

No I didn't. I said the debate is silly. The game allows you to make rule changes. And, in the grand scheme those rarely affect the game. The bolded part is a bit too succinct, but it was late. As I just clarified, we are talking about changing a lot of rules or creating a new system. To...

My statement does not imply those three things. Maybe point two, but one and three, no. My point is simple: Game designers, most of the time, do better than someone making homebrew. The reason is simply - time. They are literally paid to sit forty hours a week to work on the game. Homebrew...

The Pathfinder ones, I probably should (oops, I meant shouldn't) speak so negatively of, as I have and have used over 50. They are great maps, but the folds are irritating. Thank you for the ironing tip, I will definitely try that! Much appreciated.

I get that point. But how many times do you use one map? Once? Twice? Maybe, three times at most? Why not have a map that actually unfolds and lays on the table flat?

I find the this way -> that way debate so silly. The game accepts the fact that you make homebrew rules. But, to suppose that your way works better than the designers is even more silly.

Can anyone explain why people want dense laminated maps, as opposed to the 4e maps which unfolded without "bending upwards" all the time? The 4e original battle maps for their adventures were simply printed maps. The Gale Force did printed maps that rolled. The whole time, other companies did...

It's a shorthand code many-many-many people understand. Heck, I was in a high school counseling office the other day and saw a Muppet's poster that had each character and their alignment underneath. I find it great for new players, as it gives them a way to express their character's motive -...