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<blockquote data-quote="aco175" data-source="post: 7416972" data-attributes="member: 27385">I was watching the movie 3:10 to Yuma last night and one part is that a group of bad guys are heading back to town to free their leader from being placed on a train to prison.&nbsp; The good group transporting the bad leader sees them in the distance and must decide to take the secret pass through Indian country and beat them to town or let the bad group get to town first&nbsp; and go around.&nbsp; Of course they take the secret pass and have run-ins with indians and natural obstacles.&nbsp; I find that railroading is only a problem when you force them to take one path or another.&nbsp; The secret pass to beat the other party is obvious, but not forced upon them.&nbsp; Even forcing something in disguise of letting them choose is not railroading to me.&nbsp; I might plan to have an encounter with a monster that I think would be fun for the party.&nbsp; If they take the secret pass or follow the other party they will hit the encounter.&nbsp; I can only plan for so many scenarios and make so many encounters.&nbsp; The only railroading I stay away from is the ones that start with &quot;You guys are all captured...&quot;&nbsp; Unless there was a TPK and I wanted to continue then capturing is ok to move the story.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aco175, post: 7416972, member: 27385"] I was watching the movie [B]3:10 to Yuma [/B]last night and one part is that a group of bad guys are heading back to town to free their leader from being placed on a train to prison. The good group transporting the bad leader sees them in the distance and must decide to take the secret pass through Indian country and beat them to town or let the bad group get to town first and go around. Of course they take the secret pass and have run-ins with indians and natural obstacles. I find that railroading is only a problem when you force them to take one path or another. The secret pass to beat the other party is obvious, but not forced upon them. Even forcing something in disguise of letting them choose is not railroading to me. I might plan to have an encounter with a monster that I think would be fun for the party. If they take the secret pass or follow the other party they will hit the encounter. I can only plan for so many scenarios and make so many encounters. The only railroading I stay away from is the ones that start with "You guys are all captured..." Unless there was a TPK and I wanted to continue then capturing is ok to move the story. [/QUOTE]

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