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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 9735442" data-attributes="member: 7006">The agency is that players CAN do stupid things and nonsensical things and things that do not arise naturally from the scenario but instead are just made up on a whim IF they want to.&nbsp; They can do all the random crap that they just pull out of their rear-ends if that's what they feel like.&nbsp; No one will stop them from doing that.But players don't usually do that because they want to play smart.&nbsp; They want to play to the highest point of their intelligence.&nbsp; If there is a scenario with an issue in front of them... they will use their logic and reason to figure out the solution to the problem that is most likely to be correct, and then do it.&nbsp; Because why else would you try and solve an issue if you weren't actually going to go through the effort to accomplish it?If making the most obvious choice to solve a problem is a &quot;railroad&quot;, it means basically that ALL LIFE is a so-called railroad.- I'm hungry.&nbsp; I want to have a sandwich.&nbsp; I'm out of bread.&nbsp; I'm going to drive to the store and buy myself some bread.&nbsp; I'm then going to go home with the bread and make myself a sandwich.&nbsp; I will then eat said sandwich.&nbsp; I am now no longer hungry and got me the sandwich I wanted.Simple.&nbsp; Logical.&nbsp; Easy solution to a problem.&nbsp; One part of the scenario leads into another.&nbsp; I had a problem and I solved it the way I wished to in the most effective way I knew how.&nbsp; And if that means I've been &quot;railroaded&quot; in your way of thinking... then so be it.&nbsp; In my opinion then, being &quot;railroaded&quot; is in fact the best way to act, and anyone who isn't &quot;railroaded&quot; is pretty much a schmuck.And quite frankly I don't think most players play D&amp;D to look like a schmuck.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 9735442, member: 7006"] The agency is that players CAN do stupid things and nonsensical things and things that do not arise naturally from the scenario but instead are just made up on a whim IF they want to. They can do all the random crap that they just pull out of their rear-ends if that's what they feel like. No one will stop them from doing that. But players [I]don't[/I] usually do that because they [I]want[/I] to play smart. They [I]want[/I] to play to the highest point of their intelligence. If there is a scenario with an issue in front of them... they will use their logic and reason to figure out the solution to the problem that is most likely to be correct, and then do it. Because why else would you try and solve an issue if you weren't actually going to go through the effort to accomplish it? If making the most obvious choice to solve a problem is a "railroad", it means basically that ALL LIFE is a so-called railroad. - I'm hungry. I want to have a sandwich. I'm out of bread. I'm going to drive to the store and buy myself some bread. I'm then going to go home with the bread and make myself a sandwich. I will then eat said sandwich. I am now no longer hungry and got me the sandwich I wanted. Simple. Logical. Easy solution to a problem. One part of the scenario leads into another. I had a problem and I solved it the way I wished to in the most effective way I knew how. And if that means I've been "railroaded" in your way of thinking... then so be it. In my opinion then, being "railroaded" is in fact the best way to act, and anyone who isn't "railroaded" is pretty much a schmuck. And quite frankly I don't think most players play D&D to look like a schmuck. [/QUOTE]

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