I was lucky not to have railroaders like that. If someone tried to go "off script" I'd spank them back on track. See, my leverage was literally no one else in our social milieu could be bothered to DM - they wanted to show off their edgy, brooding, outcast characters xD
It wasn't even about railroading. He was trying to subvert the inciting incident.
Literally the DM says "each of you has woken up with a strange ability or unexpected strength and you feel this urge, this compulsion to converge on St petersburg."
"Well I'm not going to go and you can't make me."
It's like refusing to go to the tavern where everybody is supposed to meet for the first time because my character doesn't drink or something.
DM: This is going to be a mystery and heist taking place on an interstellar Cruise ship. ... GRINNING TOOL: Well I'm going to stay at home because my character hates cruise ships and vacationing.
There was no railroad in the campaign, he was literally trying to fort the framing device and demanding that we keep cutting away to his character puttering around the house or whatever.
You and me both. Like I said I had no idea why he kept getting invited back. He was a nice enough guy but he just grinned the entire time he was trying to submarine the game. I wasn't the person in charge of the group so it wasn't like I had the ability to veto his presence.
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u/Vyzantinist 6d ago
I was lucky not to have railroaders like that. If someone tried to go "off script" I'd spank them back on track. See, my leverage was literally no one else in our social milieu could be bothered to DM - they wanted to show off their edgy, brooding, outcast characters xD