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Message: <blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 8238236" data-attributes="member: 3400">Most APs wouldn't necessarily have a hard rail - it's just relatively clear that heading outside of the bounds of the AP expected flow means no AP content is involved and in play. For example, if I'm running Masks of Nyarlathotep for my players, (let's assume initial publication) I've got 5 global locations with significant content for the campaign (New York, London, Cairo, Nairobi, Shanghai). If the PCs decide to go on an expedition to Norway, they could do so, but they won't be making any progress toward the campaign's resolution (and may, in fact, be making things harder for themselves by eating up their time). They might do a little shopping in Oslo or relax along a fjord, they may even try to hunt an elusive gnoph-keh, but things are still going on in the other locations free of PC influence. We'll see what happens when they hop back on a ship and return to the AP's content.It's also entirely possible that the players may choose to go completely outside of the AP and never get back to it. If I'm running Paizo's Curse of the Crimson Throne and the characters decide to leave Korvosa to head to Galt for some reason, (the gods only know why) maybe they want to try to end the cycle of beheadings and add some political stability, they're pretty much changing the terms of the game as established at the beginning at our Session 0. They're free to do so, but at that point, as the DM side of the campaign agreement, I may choose to not participate if it's no longer content I'm interested in running. They've basically exercised their choice to end the agreed-upon campaign in favor of something else. I hope they have some thoughts on who's going to run it in case I'm not on board.</blockquote>

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