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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 8923552" data-attributes="member: 82106"><p>I've always disagreed entirely with this position. For example, suppose that your MHRP character is confronted with a choice, by a villain, to either surrender or have his fiance murdered. Is that out of bounds railroading? Is it such if no fiance was ever mentioned by the player and thus 'love for significant other' wasn't put on the table by the player? What if it was? What if it was even a key part of the PCs backstory explaining how they became a super? </p><p></p><p>See, I don't think if you give me this element of your character story that it is at all out of bounds for me to say "OK, well, Dr Badd captured Karen and forced you to surrender to him in order to free her. You're now chained to a gurney in his laboratory!" Sure, its a pretty strong setup, but clearly there's going to be action and drama here, you aren't just going to be dissected, roll up a new guy you sucker! No, you're going to escape, or learn something, or whatever. You, the player, opened up this door when you created your character, and from an overall mechanical standpoint, this starting point is NOT DISADVANTAGEOUS, the 'doom pool' is no different from if you were safe in your lair. Its not a 'railroad' at all, its just a starting off point for the action that gets things moving.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 8923552, member: 82106"] I've always disagreed entirely with this position. For example, suppose that your MHRP character is confronted with a choice, by a villain, to either surrender or have his fiance murdered. Is that out of bounds railroading? Is it such if no fiance was ever mentioned by the player and thus 'love for significant other' wasn't put on the table by the player? What if it was? What if it was even a key part of the PCs backstory explaining how they became a super? See, I don't think if you give me this element of your character story that it is at all out of bounds for me to say "OK, well, Dr Badd captured Karen and forced you to surrender to him in order to free her. You're now chained to a gurney in his laboratory!" Sure, its a pretty strong setup, but clearly there's going to be action and drama here, you aren't just going to be dissected, roll up a new guy you sucker! No, you're going to escape, or learn something, or whatever. You, the player, opened up this door when you created your character, and from an overall mechanical standpoint, this starting point is NOT DISADVANTAGEOUS, the 'doom pool' is no different from if you were safe in your lair. Its not a 'railroad' at all, its just a starting off point for the action that gets things moving. [/QUOTE]
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