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<blockquote data-quote="tx7321" data-source="post: 3246218" data-attributes="member: 43146">Hussar, Every dungeon has one path basically, (with one final big treasure at the end that must be found if you want to advance); dungeons, after all, are nothing more then a set of rooms and halls leading to a final showdown, and yes, many side paths are dangerous and trapped and are best avoided (as in your tomb of horrors example, which is more devilishly dangerous than most).&nbsp; But, thats not what people mean when they talk module railroading.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp; I'm not saying railroading is a bad thing, alot of people like that sort of designed module, hell they sell like hot cakes,&nbsp; they're just not for me.&nbsp; I prefer a greater since of freedom as a player.&nbsp; Your other exmples of being stuck on an island or &quot;other world&quot; and needing to find some key to get out is not the same as railroading either, and, if you think about it, is not much different then going into a dungeon and having the main door lock shut, or the entrance hall collapse .&nbsp; Of course you'll have to find another way out.&nbsp; Read these modules they are still very skeletal.&nbsp; The PCs and DM make the story as they go, there is no heavy &quot;guiding&quot; or story (other then a very basic plot line (as in White Plume: recover a 3 magical weapons).&nbsp;&nbsp; Compare that to later dungeons.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tx7321, post: 3246218, member: 43146"] Hussar, Every dungeon has one path basically, (with one final big treasure at the end that must be found if you want to advance); dungeons, after all, are nothing more then a set of rooms and halls leading to a final showdown, and yes, many side paths are dangerous and trapped and are best avoided (as in your tomb of horrors example, which is more devilishly dangerous than most). But, thats not what people mean when they talk module railroading. ;) I'm not saying railroading is a bad thing, alot of people like that sort of designed module, hell they sell like hot cakes, they're just not for me. I prefer a greater since of freedom as a player. Your other exmples of being stuck on an island or "other world" and needing to find some key to get out is not the same as railroading either, and, if you think about it, is not much different then going into a dungeon and having the main door lock shut, or the entrance hall collapse . Of course you'll have to find another way out. Read these modules they are still very skeletal. The PCs and DM make the story as they go, there is no heavy "guiding" or story (other then a very basic plot line (as in White Plume: recover a 3 magical weapons). Compare that to later dungeons. [/QUOTE]

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