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Message: <blockquote data-quote="teitan" data-source="post: 6134855" data-attributes="member: 3457"><p>I have problems with how people use the term "rail road" because if you look at a linear dungeon, some call it a rail road. It's a misapplication of the term. Sometimes a dungeon scenario does call for linear exploration. Example going straight back into a crypt. Not all dungeons have to be sand boxy. Rail road always said to me,and how it was originally intended as a term, that the DM forces players into a story in spite of the characters actions, such as how the DL series wouldn't let some characters die and then they were killed as a plot element even if they really dominated the bad guy in the battle. The white wolf modules were often very rail roady because events would happen that took control out of the players hands. it meant these things have to happen and in this order and you force the players on that path by all means necessary. The avatars trilogy of adventures are also an example, story trumped characters.</p></blockquote><p></p>