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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ariosto" data-source="post: 5148389" data-attributes="member: 80487">Even in the RPGA scenarios, which are extremely linear in their overall structure, there is some expectation of players "having a clue" enough not to be totally perverse.Something bad is going on, the villagers say, and the source seems to be over yonder in the fairy woods/ abandoned temple/ creepy sea-caves / wherever. Or there's something some patron wants and will reward them as fetch it. Or some other such lead.That's where the only adventure at hand is to be found, and yet I have never seen players miss the clues. I have not seen them decide to pass it up entirely. I have not seen them sitting around doing nothing for four hours.If people have more than one way to turn, if indeed whichever way they turn these core assumptions of the D&D world (courtesy of the 4e DMG, p. 150) apply ...The World Is A Fantastic PlaceThe World Is AncientThe World Is MysteriousMonsters Are EverywhereAdventurers Are Exceptional... then people have to work harder to avoid adventure. The only really heavy-handed railroading I have seen in RPGA was when players were "supposed to" go through a combat or a skill challenge but wanted to respond to a particular sub-situation in another way.Even in those cases, it was (I am pretty sure) not an RPGA requirement. It was a matter of the DMs' unwillingness to improvise. I would chalk up those occasions alongside DMs who would not allow people even to try things, rather than applying the "page 42" guidelines.</blockquote>

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