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<blockquote data-quote="The Green Adam" data-source="post: 3523019" data-attributes="member: 50821">To me this is the perfect definition. Railroading may seem subjective to some but in essence it really means only one thing, the adventure will take you from one encounter to the next regardless of your (the PC's) actions (excluding death I suppose).I prefer a completely freewheeling style of play (with some exceptions, such as being given a definitive goal by a patron). My players' PCs exist in my universe and can do whatever they like as long as they are physically and mentally capable of doing it. I don't really design adventures in the traditional sense, though I do create campaign plotlines and general goals. The rest of the time the &quot;adventures&quot; are based on the individual and/or combined goals of the characters. Exceptions do apply of course. In Star Trek, Starfleet officers must go on missions assigned by Starfleet Command and that sort of thing. However, if no such overseeing entity exists or has sway over the party, they are free to come and go and explore the milieu as they please.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Green Adam, post: 3523019, member: 50821"] To me this is the perfect definition. Railroading may seem subjective to some but in essence it really means only one thing, the adventure will take you from one encounter to the next regardless of your (the PC's) actions (excluding death I suppose). I prefer a completely freewheeling style of play (with some exceptions, such as being given a definitive goal by a patron). My players' PCs exist in my universe and can do whatever they like as long as they are physically and mentally capable of doing it. I don't really design adventures in the traditional sense, though I do create campaign plotlines and general goals. The rest of the time the "adventures" are based on the individual and/or combined goals of the characters. Exceptions do apply of course. In Star Trek, Starfleet officers must go on missions assigned by Starfleet Command and that sort of thing. However, if no such overseeing entity exists or has sway over the party, they are free to come and go and explore the milieu as they please. [/QUOTE]

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