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<blockquote data-quote="Ulrick" data-source="post: 272202" data-attributes="member: 775">I don't believe I am a &quot;plot-nazi&quot; usually if the PCs don't want to go a certain way, I don't force them.&nbsp; I've actually stopped focusing on creating adventures.&nbsp; I create sites to explore, and NPCs.&nbsp; I have certain plots the PCs can go on, but I don't pressure them.There are times, however, when the players go off in some random direction that I haven't prepared for.&nbsp; Unless its too ludicrous, I gently alter things so that events can proceed as normal.&nbsp; If I can't, I just ask for a 15 min. break to think things over.&nbsp; I'm good at &quot;winging it.&quot;Yet I've had DMs that delebrately railroad the plot.&nbsp; That stinks.Once the group I was in was tracking this bad guy down that trafficked evil magic items.&nbsp; We combed the city looking for leads.&nbsp; This took quite a bit of time.&nbsp; Finally, we met this guy who would give us information for 50pp.&nbsp; At 1st level we didn't have that kind of money--even if we sold a bunch of our stuff.So we started looking for ways to raise the money.&nbsp; But everything we tried to do we came up with nothing.&nbsp; Finally, I asked the DM, what should we do?&nbsp; And he said, whatever you want.As a group we talked amongst ourselves and eventually said,&quot;We don't want to follow this lead anymore.&nbsp; We want to do something else.&quot;The game really deteriorated after that.Ulrick</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ulrick, post: 272202, member: 775"] I don't believe I am a "plot-nazi" usually if the PCs don't want to go a certain way, I don't force them. I've actually stopped focusing on creating adventures. I create sites to explore, and NPCs. I have certain plots the PCs can go on, but I don't pressure them. There are times, however, when the players go off in some random direction that I haven't prepared for. Unless its too ludicrous, I gently alter things so that events can proceed as normal. If I can't, I just ask for a 15 min. break to think things over. I'm good at "winging it." Yet I've had DMs that delebrately railroad the plot. That stinks. Once the group I was in was tracking this bad guy down that trafficked evil magic items. We combed the city looking for leads. This took quite a bit of time. Finally, we met this guy who would give us information for 50pp. At 1st level we didn't have that kind of money--even if we sold a bunch of our stuff. So we started looking for ways to raise the money. But everything we tried to do we came up with nothing. Finally, I asked the DM, what should we do? And he said, whatever you want. As a group we talked amongst ourselves and eventually said, "We don't want to follow this lead anymore. We want to do something else." The game really deteriorated after that. Ulrick [/QUOTE]

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