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<blockquote data-quote="Nagol" data-source="post: 5400791" data-attributes="member: 23935">A way to handle that situation without a railroad is to build it into the explicit table contract for the game.&nbsp; In other words, rather than say &quot;Let's play D&amp;D&quot; you say &quot;Let's play a game where the PCs stop a great demonic invasion.&quot;&nbsp; That way the DM and player expectations are aligned and PC direction is more predictable.I've had groups decide the current situation wasn't to their taste and a grand exploration was in order.&nbsp; My current group walked 1,000 miles from their home base to look for a rumoured lost city because it caught their fancy more than the political/military intrigue happening around them.&nbsp; They've never gone back.I've had groups decide to avoid rather than confront.&nbsp; A oft-talked about group in my gaming circle were instrumental in starting a doom and fled the continent rather than deal with it.&nbsp; The doom wasn't their fault, but they released something that started it.&nbsp; Stopping it wasn't too hard, but they told a few people and then left to a safe distance.&nbsp; The people they told didn't really believe them or thought they were handling it until...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nagol, post: 5400791, member: 23935"] A way to handle that situation without a railroad is to build it into the explicit table contract for the game. In other words, rather than say "Let's play D&D" you say "Let's play a game where the PCs stop a great demonic invasion." That way the DM and player expectations are aligned and PC direction is more predictable. I've had groups decide the current situation wasn't to their taste and a grand exploration was in order. My current group walked 1,000 miles from their home base to look for a rumoured lost city because it caught their fancy more than the political/military intrigue happening around them. They've never gone back. I've had groups decide to avoid rather than confront. A oft-talked about group in my gaming circle were instrumental in starting a doom and fled the continent rather than deal with it. The doom wasn't their fault, but they released something that started it. Stopping it wasn't too hard, but they told a few people and then left to a safe distance. The people they told didn't really believe them or thought they were handling it until... [/QUOTE]

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