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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 7055038" data-attributes="member: 48965">Wait what... so if I as DM want the outcome to be that they get the blood (because this summoning ritual is going to bring a BBEG I really want to use)  and I say yes when asked if there's a container... it's not railroading?  But if I want the outcome to be they don't get the blood and so say no, it is??  Now I really am confused.  I thought the GM creating an outcome, any outcome, to push in a pre-determined way was a railroad... but so long as I say yes when the players ask or try to do something it's not railroading.... is this correct?This doesn't make sense, you as the DM/GM can still be steering action towards a pre-determined outcome even when saying yes.  So if saying yes is not railroading your original definition doesn't seem to hold up so how exactly are you defining a railroad?It's pretty clear now but that wasn't what I was taking away from your responses at first, especially given your definition of a railroad...Are you then claiming that in saying yes a DM can never be shaping outcomes to fit a pre-conceived narrative... and if that is what you are saying I don't understand how that could be the case...</blockquote>