Recent content by Scott Christian

I would just ask that you frame that a little differently. It is malice 90% of the time, on sites you visit. Remember, you, me, and everyone here gets our own little personal world thanks to machine behind our keyboard. ;)

Those examples are very much a DM issue. There is a point in time when exposition occurs to minimize aimless RP, and then there is a time to expand it. It's just like a writer narrating 20 miles of a travel scene but then expanding the scene at the campfire. The same is done for skill checks...

Why would all inns that have a quest start have to be in the exact same context as LotR? There are hundreds of different variations - which is of course the road of fantasy and fiction; variations on the same road travelled.

I don't think it requires acting, but it does require playing in character; acting as your character or describing your character and their participation in the event.

Full disclosure: I have not read the posts after mine. I have been very busy. But the point of my post was not to attack the poster. His points afterwards I considered valid for his playstyle. The point was to say: That type of railroading rarely exists. And when it does - it is an outlier.

No one is doing this. I mean, maybe there is some 13-year-old new DM who is, or some cantankerous old DM who has never played another way is, but no experienced DM running a campaign right now is doing this. It is a made-up argument. Just look at all the evidence: tens of thousands of hours of...

Ha! Death by Enya sounds like a very slooooooooowwwwww way to go. And I hear you. I am unsure who actually believes that happens all the time, but I guess someone will always play Devil's Advocate. That is one of the reasons why I think the entire debate is silly. You will always get someone...

What is this? Can you please give an example? Thanks.

I am going to take a little different approach than some of the others, as I think it might work for you. Use your obsessive planning, but only for the next session. Try to learn how to use that planning to help "steer the ship." This way, your vision of the campaign continues (and you enjoy...

Honest question: How can you tell? Is it the specific scenario or the overall order of scenarios or is the specific action you are talking about? Sorry, I am just a little confused as to your answer. As always, thanks for responding.

Yes, let's grant it because it is true. Incorrect. In fact, it tells us everything we need to know about railroading - it rarely exists in its strict definition. Why? Because if you sit down to a table, the game is almost always the same, except for those rare outliers I talked about...

That is funny. I really do wish there was a better style of discussion when it came to playing D&D. For example, "I ran Rime of the Frostmaiden, and in the beginning of the adventure my players really took to the chwingas. So I had to create an epic side quest that involved them. Here is what I...

Railroading, agency, blah, blah, blah... It is amazing these conversations continue like they do. Yet, if you sit down at any convention, at any gaming store, or at most households, you see the exact same game being played: DM describes scenario, players react, DM tallies results, and then the...

That is not noir, that is time. Noir is a mood that houses character motivations. Its 30's feel, is just setting. The two are very different. Perhaps noir shouldn't be used at all, which was part of my (and other's) criticism.

Thanks for the clarification. I know you are this forum's resident expert on Eberron, so I will take this information and place it way up front so I remember it. Thanks.