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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 5835425" data-attributes="member: 177">Maybe in the intervening pages, someone else said this, but we should look at the perceptions, here.You, the GM, figured he'd beat the charges.He, the player, has no such surety.&nbsp; From what you've said, he sees, &quot;flee, or stand against a charge alone&quot;.&nbsp; The character is a former merc - has he got a high charisma, or a lot put into social skills?&nbsp; No?&nbsp; Then he probably *doesn't* think he can beat the charges.&nbsp; Investigation isn't his forte.&nbsp; Talking isn't his forte.&nbsp; He's well outside his zone of competence.&nbsp; Without support, he's not in a position to do these things with any expectation of success.So, he probably sees his choices as: run (and as you've said, lose the character) or allow capture (and probably lose his case and thus the character).&nbsp; When all options look like they lead to the same end, that looks like a railroad to the player, even if the GM didn't intend them to be such.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 5835425, member: 177"] Maybe in the intervening pages, someone else said this, but we should look at the perceptions, here. You, the GM, figured he'd beat the charges. He, the player, has no such surety. From what you've said, he sees, "flee, or stand against a charge alone". The character is a former merc - has he got a high charisma, or a lot put into social skills? No? Then he probably *doesn't* think he can beat the charges. Investigation isn't his forte. Talking isn't his forte. He's well outside his zone of competence. Without support, he's not in a position to do these things with any expectation of success. So, he probably sees his choices as: run (and as you've said, lose the character) or allow capture (and probably lose his case and thus the character). When all options look like they lead to the same end, that looks like a railroad to the player, even if the GM didn't intend them to be such. [/QUOTE]

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