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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8343900" data-attributes="member: 29398">Pretty much, yes, in many cases.  And sometimes it can't be known even then, in cases where the campaign ends before getting to the point where the significance of said choice would appear.Not quite never.  Sometimes it's obvious even in the moment; and can be judged then and there.  Sometimes it doesn't become apparent until later, if ever.What's more important, perhaps, is DM intent in the moment: does the DM know it's an intentional railroad even if the players don't; and is the DM doing so in good faith intending to provide a better game or in bad faith intending to screw over the players.  The former is excusable, the latter is not.This comes back to [USER=22779]@Hussar[/USER]'s very neat summary from way upthread, that railroading in the perjorative sense goes hand in hand with bad-faith DMing.</blockquote>