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<blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 4705449" data-attributes="member: 48965">So your issue seems more with people who run situations and adventures in an unsatisfactory manner (to you) as opposed to what they actually are... I don't get how people running them in a way you don't agree with equals the difference being semantics though.&nbsp;I see it like this ... adventures are a subcategory of situations...&nbsp;A DM who presents &quot;situations&quot; has created an &quot;area&quot; in which various things are present and taking place then let's his player's characters do as they will with what exists.&nbsp; The minute the PC's choose and pursue a particular course of action, I would say they are on an adventure.&nbsp;A DM who comes to the table to run an adventure (you know like a published adventure) has already made the choice for the PC's on what situation(s) they will be exploring, of course they still have choice in how to approach and accomplish it.&nbsp;Both of these can be railroaded, but that has no bearing on the difference between the two.&nbsp; Just like both can be ruined by the PC's if they choose just not to go along with the playstyle... of course I think these situations have more to do with DM and player expectations conflicting than there being no difference in the two.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Imaro, post: 4705449, member: 48965"] So your issue seems more with people who run situations and adventures in an unsatisfactory manner (to you) as opposed to what they actually are... I don't get how people running them in a way you don't agree with equals the difference being semantics though. I see it like this ... adventures are a subcategory of situations... A DM who presents "situations" has created an "area" in which various things are present and taking place then let's his player's characters do as they will with what exists. The minute the PC's choose and pursue a particular course of action, I would say they are on an adventure. A DM who comes to the table to run an adventure (you know like a published adventure) has already made the choice for the PC's on what situation(s) they will be exploring, of course they still have choice in how to approach and accomplish it. Both of these can be railroaded, but that has no bearing on the difference between the two. Just like both can be ruined by the PC's if they choose just not to go along with the playstyle... of course I think these situations have more to do with DM and player expectations conflicting than there being no difference in the two. [/QUOTE]

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