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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AlViking" data-source="post: 9647598" data-attributes="member: 6906980">Did you stop the character from attempting to persuade the NPC?  If a character can never succeed (or fail depending on what is being attempted) unless it follows the predetermined path the GM has chosen then it's a railroad.  A character can state that they climb a rainbow if they want but it's not going to work unless magic is involved.  There's no guarantee of a chance of success to any action a person in real life takes, I don't see why it would be any different in a game.  Once again it looks like you're just adding things to the definition of what is required to play a sandbox because of your preference for a specific type of game.</blockquote>