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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 9856360" data-attributes="member: 177">Also, define &quot;proceed&quot;.&nbsp; Proceed... to what, exactly?If you have a particular goal towards which you want to proceed, there's going to be some entirely logical stuff you're gonna have to do to get to that goal.&nbsp; You probably cannot choose just any arbitrary action, and have that proceed you to your goal.There are folks summoning Tiamat.&nbsp; If they aren't stopped, Tiamat will be present.If then Tiamat is not stopped, a lot of harm will be done.If stopping that harm is your goal, stopping the summoners or defeating Tiamat seem like reasonable approaches.&nbsp; Gathering a roomful of gumdrops... probably less so.That means that players will often be faced with choices like, &quot;I can do the thing, or feel like I have blood on my hands&quot;.&nbsp; It isn't a literal forcing of actions, but it is making some actions the only reasonable course you can think of.Are we to call that &quot;railroading&quot;?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 9856360, member: 177"] Also, define "proceed". Proceed... to what, exactly? If you have a particular goal towards which you want to proceed, there's going to be some entirely logical stuff you're gonna have to do to get to that goal. You probably cannot choose just any arbitrary action, and have that proceed you to your goal. There are folks summoning Tiamat. If they aren't stopped, Tiamat will be present. If then Tiamat is not stopped, a lot of harm will be done. If stopping that harm is your goal, stopping the summoners or defeating Tiamat seem like reasonable approaches. Gathering a roomful of gumdrops... probably less so. That means that players will often be faced with choices like, "I can do the thing, or feel like I have blood on my hands". It isn't a [I]literal[/I] forcing of actions, but it is making some actions the only reasonable course you can think of. Are we to call that "railroading"? [/QUOTE]

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