What it feels like to play in a railroaded game

if you know, then you know.

[thedocblock]

"As you go to say no, you say yes"
Ah yes, the floor here is made of ceiling

[Natgeo-xfxb]

Jacob: *settles in the bath and starts to relax*

The King, rising out of the water: "Another settlement needs our help. Here, I'll mark it on your map".

[RecruitofApollo]

“As you go to say no, you say yes.” Ah, Fallout 4, we meet again.

[Arrakiz]

Honestly, if my GM opened up with: "so out of the bathtub rises the king" I'd be fully and completely onboard. That's a good king yo.

[InvoRL]

"The King rises out of the water."

"Roll initiative."

[technobeagle]

When he said, “the king rises out of the water, ” I felt that.

[gosha]

Characters: We go home to sleep.
DM: Alright. As you sit on your bedsheets, preparing to rest, they suddenly shift as the King *emerges from under your bed's covers*

[mittensei]

"Wise King of the Bathwater, what is your wish?"
"Do my quest."

[L.A.M.B_B]

I can't stop laughing at the image of a king rising out of the water talking to the adventurers with a straight face scaring the crap out of the party.

[TheFrostedfirefly]

I feel like a genuine campaign could be made from a party of adventurers just trying to live a chill life but are constantly interrupted by the King who's trying to make them accept absurd quests they'd never realistically want to accept.

[rebeccalynne]

"As you go to say no, you say 'yes' instead."

Pokemon professors when they ask you to fill out the Pokedex.

[alexanderthegreat]

“The paper was laminated”

Jesus Christ that killed me

[linkjokerfanboy]

"I attack the king"
"Okay, the king falls dead"
"Oh than-"
"His chest bulges and tares, the sound of muscle and bone breaking, as a smaller version of the king rises from the dead body"

[Seoul_Soldier]

When the king rose out of the water I imagined him in a T-pose.

[contaejus]

"the king rises out of the water" i pictured some immaculate 10 pack dude with a crown and a burgerking beard just rising up arms stretched back, head tilted back, slow motion, long hair. hilarious

[CritCrab]

Keep your fun out of my D&D, Jacob.

[tobythompson]

“As you go to say no, you say yes, ” and “The paper is laminated, ” and “The route is a railroad, ” are all godly phrases that I live by now

[CyberKirby]

Honestly, if the king rose out of the water without the whole setup of the castle earlier, that'd just be hilarious. Give us some good insight into the king.

[mcmosfet]

"And holds his arms out, in awe of the fact that you have come"

I like how even the NPC king is thrown off by the forced linear path.

[coyote]

Railroading DM's = "I don't want to play a game I want to tell a story."
Plot De-railing Players = "I don't want to play a game I want to tell MY story."