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<blockquote data-quote="Wootz" data-source="post: 4628575" data-attributes="member: 80093"><p>Wow. Reading a lot of the examples posted here, it's sad to know that most of them pale in comparison to mine. Especially considering the DM told me that our group will be able to do anything we want after level 1, just doing a few quests to get the people who aren't entirely familiar with the game used to it. Which would be reasonable, IF IT WEREN'T A HUGE LIE. I was told as the group leader (being the elven ranger than I am, of course -_- ) that I would betray the group by being seduced by a hag into doing it.</p><p> </p><p> WHAT.</p><p> THE.</p><p> -blam!-. </p><p>When I made this character, I wanted him to be extremely loyal to those he really cared about, but I guess I can just throw all that junk out the window. I'm not even quite sure how the game is supposed to operate if I'm not a part of the party, but a monster the players are supposed to kill, since he <em>assured</em> me that I won't be killable, so I guess I have to kill them or something. I'm sure my friends will love me after that. Anyways, this whole rant is about a railroad trying to force me into doing something I really don't want to do, and worse, making the group suffer through it. Taking Dausuul's example and bringing it up a notch, we were supposed to go into a cave to retrieve some drug dealer's shipment (yes, we're working for a drug dealer, even though we're against the idea, but if we don't we'll be killed, as always) so we enter the cave (without much choice) and notice it's a volcano. Well, we're unconfortable in here, and his men probably got killed by magma beasts anyways. TTGTFO. As we head to the exit, a rockslide appears in front of the entrance (yes, appears) and we has no excape. Dandy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wootz, post: 4628575, member: 80093"] Wow. Reading a lot of the examples posted here, it's sad to know that most of them pale in comparison to mine. Especially considering the DM told me that our group will be able to do anything we want after level 1, just doing a few quests to get the people who aren't entirely familiar with the game used to it. Which would be reasonable, IF IT WEREN'T A HUGE LIE. I was told as the group leader (being the elven ranger than I am, of course -_- ) that I would betray the group by being seduced by a hag into doing it. WHAT. THE. -blam!-. When I made this character, I wanted him to be extremely loyal to those he really cared about, but I guess I can just throw all that junk out the window. I'm not even quite sure how the game is supposed to operate if I'm not a part of the party, but a monster the players are supposed to kill, since he [i]assured[/i] me that I won't be killable, so I guess I have to kill them or something. I'm sure my friends will love me after that. Anyways, this whole rant is about a railroad trying to force me into doing something I really don't want to do, and worse, making the group suffer through it. Taking Dausuul's example and bringing it up a notch, we were supposed to go into a cave to retrieve some drug dealer's shipment (yes, we're working for a drug dealer, even though we're against the idea, but if we don't we'll be killed, as always) so we enter the cave (without much choice) and notice it's a volcano. Well, we're unconfortable in here, and his men probably got killed by magma beasts anyways. TTGTFO. As we head to the exit, a rockslide appears in front of the entrance (yes, appears) and we has no excape. Dandy. [/QUOTE]
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