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Or, you know, every crusader. The notion that sword and shield as a combo somehow originated as a D&Dism is simply laughable.

Also, and this might better be a subject for a second thread, I don't think "prep fiat" is any more valid than "play fiat."

While I don't wholeheartedly disagree, I think this sort of appeals to the authority of the books and/or rules in a way that is unsatisfactory. It suggests that the players should always have perfect information and always have the right tool. That just isn't true. Now in this case I started...

Interesting, I had not thought about GM fiat as a form of railroading.

As I have said since the OP, I definitely railroaded the party INTO the scenario. But i also don't think it remains a railroad after that, and I certainly do not agree with (or even understand) the idea that me not having a required solution is somehow also railroading.

I was replying to @TheSword who suggested stopping the player from using plane shift to just immediately leave the faewild was stopping a "creative solution" to the trapped problem. That isn't a creative solution, it was a standard solution that was not possible.

Sure, but I was referring to casting plane shift in order to, you know, shift planes.

Aside: is casting a standard spell for its intended purpose a "creative solution"?

How small can a railroad be? Is a linear dungeon design a railroad?

I don't think "a situation" can be "a railroad" since the latter requires some sort of movement on the rails. I don't think "You are trapped in the faewild" is a railroad. I don't even think "And the only way out is to convince the Faeild Gatekeeper to let you out" makes it a railroad. It...

I think it is a failure of imagination to want a TTRPG experience to be exactly like some other medium. TTRPGs are their own thing, and while not every genre or playstyle makes things like gear important, I am of the opinion that trying to plan attacks against space-Nazi opponents kind of...

Do you just not like superhero comics, or is there something specific about Marvel and DC books?

I mean, "We want to go to Sigil," vs "This campaign is set in ancient Ireland." There is a line. "The GM says No," can't be the definition of "railroading". That is just silly.

To what degree? Where do "campaign constraints" turn into "railroad"?

And seems like a no-brainer.

Ah. yeah. That makes sense now.

I wonder if they did a second edition if they would abandon the 3 game format. I did not follow it closely but it seemed like the last couple years there were more and more supplements not specific to any one line.

General Update: Since I gave them their forks back to leave the feywild any time they want, they have decided to stay and doo the adventure I prepared anyway.

For the record, i just reloaded Skyrim. I actually have not played a vanilla run since the Anniversary Edition dropped, so it should entertain me for a while anyway.

No license deal lasts forever. Also, if the money is right I don't see why they would not sub out the TTRPG. That is to say, if someone is willing to pay more than they would make from selling reprints. Which i can't imagine would be difficult.