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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scott Christian" data-source="post: 9855148" data-attributes="member: 6901101">Who decides reasonable here Max? You mean all DMs are reasonable. Ok. That actually goes along with my experience, but I know it doesn't match yours. So the DM that says, "Well, I was just waiting for you to do something reasonable, like ring the fairy bell five times, eat the kale salad, and enter the walnut tossing competition to break the Winter Court's hold" is reasonable?You see, that is where every definition and every argument falls apart. I have had this discussion before. Some say having five ways out of the Feywild, and ten other side areas to explore is still a railroad - because it doesn't allow player agency. Others say curating a single session beforehand is railroading - even if they know the players are going to spot X. Some, like you, are a little more middle, saying it is when the DM says there is one solution, yet only if that solution is written down are they railroading. And then others like me say railroading isn't really a thing unless the DM never listens to the players. (Which I have yet to find one that was actually looking for a group to play with.)All of it is so vague and interpretive. Do you think Janelle Monáe or Thom York is a better interpretive dancer? That is about how abstract this discussion is.</blockquote>