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<blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 5842260" data-attributes="member: 3400">Rather than cast it in such stark tones, there are times I think when this is appropriate. If a player says he wants his PC to leave the group and engage in his own adventuring, I think it's entirely fair for a GM to say that such actions are beyond the scope of the campaign as it's being run and that he doesn't have time for a one-on-one game. When it's a player driven situation like that, I don't think it's really a railroad.By comparison, when it's a case of a PC reacting in a realistic fashion to a DM-driven situation in a way that would take the PC out of the game, then I'm going to look at it as a railroad, possibly a heavy-handed one.I'm not sure those two cases are really distinct if I were to use your summation above. In both cases, the PC is going &quot;off script&quot; (or rather, I'd say off expectations/prediction) and is being effectively &quot;killed&quot; (rather, removed from PC play). But I think they are quite distinct in handweightedness and in railroadishness.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="billd91, post: 5842260, member: 3400"] Rather than cast it in such stark tones, there are times I think when this is appropriate. If a player says he wants his PC to leave the group and engage in his own adventuring, I think it's entirely fair for a GM to say that such actions are beyond the scope of the campaign as it's being run and that he doesn't have time for a one-on-one game. When it's a player driven situation like that, I don't think it's really a railroad. By comparison, when it's a case of a PC reacting in a realistic fashion to a DM-driven situation in a way that would take the PC out of the game, then I'm going to look at it as a railroad, possibly a heavy-handed one. I'm not sure those two cases are really distinct if I were to use your summation above. In both cases, the PC is going "off script" (or rather, I'd say off expectations/prediction) and is being effectively "killed" (rather, removed from PC play). But I think they are quite distinct in handweightedness and in railroadishness. [/QUOTE]

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