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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Calico_Jack73" data-source="post: 1381087" data-attributes="member: 14403">I read it and I do feel sorry for you.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />I gotta agree with you about making it not look like being railroading but some DMs don't think so good on their feet so all they can do is railroad when things go astray.  DMing comes with practice and everyone has to start somewhere.  Thinking back on my old Basic D&D games when I was in 3rd grade it was pretty much a railroad session the whole time.  I've fortunately had almost 23 years to refine my own style but people who are just coming into the game don't have that experience and are often expected to run a seamless game which is kind of unfair.</blockquote>