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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 8698835" data-attributes="member: 23751">Not necessarily.  If the DM knows that nothing is up there because he already knows where the useful information is, he is not forcing the PC down his path and invalidating agency.  The player has full agency to climb the tree and look or not, the DM simply knows the answer to the what the player is seeking in advance and can tell him.  There's no illusionism involved. There's no railroading involved.If on the other hand there was a clue up the tree, but the DM felt that the PCs were going to find it too soon and moved it in response to the declaration to go search, THAT would be railroading.  The DM would be invalidating the choice to search and forcing the story in the direction he wants it to go.That's the big difference.</blockquote>