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<blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 5414424" data-attributes="member: 52734">With the recent threads on Sandboxing/Railroading, I was thinking about making up a &quot;test&quot; - like the ones &quot;what kind of player are you&quot;, but instead designed to evaluate what &quot;percentage&quot; of a Sandboxer vs. Railroader you are.Unfortunately, I don't think I'm best qualified to come up with say, about 20-25 questions to get a mix, so I'm turning to the community here for some help with questions and answers.&nbsp; I'd prefer questions that have&nbsp; three main options.&nbsp; The question itself and answers should NOT be loaded towards making one &quot;correct&quot; - Instead, one answer strongly leans towards Sandbox style, one answer about 50%/50% and one answer that strongly leans towards a Railroad style.&nbsp; Like the question, the answers should not, of themselves, be derogatory of one style over the other, but simply present options that a DM (or Player) might actually take.Example:In the current game, the DM has placed hints with certain NPCs of a powerful evil in a nearby mountain dungeon that threatens the local populace.&nbsp; However, after discussion, the players decide to undertake a different mission in the local woods.&nbsp; As DM, your response would be:A) Require the players to undertake the mountain dungeon mission by manipulating events until they concede to go to the mountain. (Railroad)B) Switch the dungeon to exist in the forest and make it part of the forest mission or have the forest mission relate/lead to the planned dungeon (50%)C)&nbsp; Make preparations for/wing the menace in the forest and leave the mountain dungeon for another time, if the players come back to it (Sandbox)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stormonu, post: 5414424, member: 52734"] With the recent threads on Sandboxing/Railroading, I was thinking about making up a "test" - like the ones "what kind of player are you", but instead designed to evaluate what "percentage" of a Sandboxer vs. Railroader you are. Unfortunately, I don't think I'm best qualified to come up with say, about 20-25 questions to get a mix, so I'm turning to the community here for some help with questions and answers. I'd prefer questions that have three main options. The question itself and answers should NOT be loaded towards making one "correct" - Instead, one answer strongly leans towards Sandbox style, one answer about 50%/50% and one answer that strongly leans towards a Railroad style. Like the question, the answers should not, of themselves, be derogatory of one style over the other, but simply present options that a DM (or Player) might actually take. Example: In the current game, the DM has placed hints with certain NPCs of a powerful evil in a nearby mountain dungeon that threatens the local populace. However, after discussion, the players decide to undertake a different mission in the local woods. As DM, your response would be: A) Require the players to undertake the mountain dungeon mission by manipulating events until they concede to go to the mountain. (Railroad) B) Switch the dungeon to exist in the forest and make it part of the forest mission or have the forest mission relate/lead to the planned dungeon (50%) C) Make preparations for/wing the menace in the forest and leave the mountain dungeon for another time, if the players come back to it (Sandbox) [/QUOTE]

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