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->I read some [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons D&D]] and other roleplaying game discussion groups on Website/{{reddit}}, and it's astonishing how often I see questions like:
-->My players did this clever, creative thing to get out of a tricky situation and avoid danger. How do I stop them doing that and get them to just fight the boss monster like I wanted?
->The answer to these sorts of questions is: ''[[DefiedTrope Stop squashing your players' creativity and fun!]]''
->Players come up with clever solutions to tricky problems [[CaptainObvious because they're being clever and enjoying the fact that this makes them feel clever]]. That's how they want to play the game. Don't tell them they're playing wrong. Sure, sometimes a "creative" solution [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome realistically won't and shouldn't work]], but if it has a chance of working, [[CrazyEnoughToWork let them have that chance]].
->Even if it derails your adventure plans. In fact, [[TakeThat your adventure shouldn't really have those sorts of rails in the first place]]. Throw your players into tricky situations and ''see what they do'' to get out of them. Don't have a preconceived idea that they should do X to get out of it. Because odds are they're going to try Y and Z and Alpha through Omega first before even thinking of X. And at least one of Y or Z or Alpha ''should work''.
-->'''TheRant''', ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2382.html Episode 2382]]
-->My players did this clever, creative thing to get out of a tricky situation and avoid danger. How do I stop them doing that and get them to just fight the boss monster like I wanted?
->The answer to these sorts of questions is: ''[[DefiedTrope Stop squashing your players' creativity and fun!]]''
->Players come up with clever solutions to tricky problems [[CaptainObvious because they're being clever and enjoying the fact that this makes them feel clever]]. That's how they want to play the game. Don't tell them they're playing wrong. Sure, sometimes a "creative" solution [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome realistically won't and shouldn't work]], but if it has a chance of working, [[CrazyEnoughToWork let them have that chance]].
->Even if it derails your adventure plans. In fact, [[TakeThat your adventure shouldn't really have those sorts of rails in the first place]]. Throw your players into tricky situations and ''see what they do'' to get out of them. Don't have a preconceived idea that they should do X to get out of it. Because odds are they're going to try Y and Z and Alpha through Omega first before even thinking of X. And at least one of Y or Z or Alpha ''should work''.
-->'''TheRant''', ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2382.html Episode 2382]]
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->I'm sorry, was I assuming too much? Of course, you have a choice. [[RefusalOfTheCall You can refuse Victoria's offer]], go home, watch some television with Flaming Torture still ringing in your ears, and get an early night.
->Interested? I thought not.
->You see, sometimes you're on rails. There's no junction. You run on smoothly. You can go off the rails, of course, but there must be something really wrong with you if that's your choice. And, despite what you're learning about yourself, there's nothing wrong with you. Your default setting is ordinary, typical, usual. Which is not to say that there are spaces in your life labyrinth that aren't [[DarkestHour deeply shadowed]] or [[EarnYourHappyEnding brightly lit]].
->Come on. [[ButThouMust Get into Victoria's Mini van]]. What happens next is interesting. Believe me.
-->--''Literature/LifesLottery''
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->''As you go to say no, [[ButThouMust you say yes instead]].''
-->-- '''The GameMaster''', ''[[https://youtu.be/XhFxsaSh0kQ?t=71 What it feels like to play in a railroaded game]]''
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-->--'''The Narrator''', ''VideoGame/TheStanleyParable'', when attempting to go OffTheRails when accessing the Wife ending
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