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<blockquote data-quote="buzz" data-source="post: 3678297" data-attributes="member: 6777">Depends.If you're talking about the original 3.0 module series that started with Sunless Citadel, then no. While there were some threads that went through all of the modules (e.g., the dragon Ashardalon), they were basically individual scenarios. The &quot;path&quot; part just came form the fact that each successive module started at the PC level at which the last one left off.If you're talking about stuff like Paizo's Age of Worms or the new WotC Expedition series, it depends. My group played the Ravenloft expedition, and other than the over-arching goal of defeating Strahd, the players can go all over the place. AoW seems more strongly plotted, though our group has only been through the first two parts, iirc.I dunno. The only obvious published railroads I've encountered in the last few years have been the 1st edition AD&amp;D and GW modules I've played for nostalgia's sake. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I think most published adventures can't help but assume that the players will be pursuing the basic goal lain out in the product. D&amp;D is prep-heavy enough that trying to account for every possibility would just be unfeasible.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="buzz, post: 3678297, member: 6777"] Depends. If you're talking about the original 3.0 module series that started with [I]Sunless Citadel[/I], then no. While there were some threads that went through all of the modules (e.g., the dragon Ashardalon), they were basically individual scenarios. The "path" part just came form the fact that each successive module started at the PC level at which the last one left off. If you're talking about stuff like Paizo's [i]Age of Worms[/i] or the new WotC [i]Expedition[/i] series, it depends. My group played the [i]Ravenloft[/i] expedition, and other than the over-arching goal of defeating Strahd, the players can go all over the place. AoW seems more strongly plotted, though our group has only been through the first two parts, iirc. I dunno. The only obvious published railroads I've encountered in the last few years have been the 1st edition AD&D and GW modules I've played for nostalgia's sake. :) I think most published adventures can't help but assume that the players will be pursuing the basic goal lain out in the product. D&D is prep-heavy enough that trying to account for every possibility would just be unfeasible. [/QUOTE]

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