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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 3037050" data-attributes="member: 99">I do it all the time and I was just talking to our current GM doing a bit more of it sometimes.  If done wrong then it's pure "railroading" and can ruin the game.  If done right I think of it more as "story guidance" and I think it can really tie things together and make the game move forward rather than bogging down.I particularly do this in one-shot games where you just don't have time to shilly-shally around.  In that environment I take the stance that you're better off with the group being a little pushed but moving forward instead of paralyzed by endless debate or indecision.In an ongoing campaign, I use it less but sometimes I think it could still help, especially in certain circumstances.  As an example, at the end of our last game session, we had a replacement PC to introduce.  My character was talking to this Dwarven Runelord guy whom I knew was the gateway NPC to the new PC.  But the GM was waiting for me to mention a certain bit of information about how the remains of a legendary hero we found were part of their clan.  Only problem was that this was the session the day after I got back from GenCon and I was fried.  I totally failed to make the connection that their clan name was the same.  So we had this protracted conversation where he kept waiting for me to say the right thing and I kept hanging around waiting for the replacement PC to be introduced to the party.  It induced some frustration.If the GM had just said, "So you talk to the Dwarven Runelord about encountering Balkrag the Slayer in the depths of Karak Azgal and his eyes widen in recognition of the name.  'Let me get my nephew!  He will want to hear about this!'..."  Then yes, he'd have railroaded me but the game would have been funner and moved forward more smoothly.So I think the technique has its place and too often maligned as universally bad.</blockquote>

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