#railroading

[pawthorn]

Okay, so Railroading in D&D is a specific term that means that the DM is moving the story forward in a way that ignores

the players’ interests and plans

the characters’ goals

verisimilitude

the dice

some combination of the above

Providing clear plothooks is not railroading.

Narrating transitional moments is not railroading.

NPCs sharing information and taking actions that support their interests is not railroading.

Having a general plot outline is not railroading.

Please let words have meanings.

[nauticaltrain]

National Railroad Museum, 2025

[kindlingofsorts]

brennan “rewriting the whole season” after the crew averted the release of jazzy tazzy was a fun way of saying he sat down, rubbed his evil little hands together and said this eldritch combat will happen because i SAY so, goddammit

[republic-of-vivian-art]

I intended to just draw a quick sketch of Old Man Splinter, but then I started thinking about how the world is beautiful; and how humans are a part of the world; and anything humans create gets thrust into the world; Thus even artificial things are beautiful for the fact they were created, in exactly the same way that natural things are beautiful for the fact that they already exist.

[eltristan]

2026 is the Semiquincentennial 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (est. 1776) ...250 years!

Of course, just like for the 1976 Bicentennial, there're Semiquincentennial LOCOMOTIVES! So, locomotives with number 1776 and 250 are going to be popular and patriotic, rocking some version of an #America-250 livery paint job 🇺🇸

...it makes for some good pictures too!

Obligatory long-hood-forward EMD GP9 #1776 on the ESPN (East Penn) railroad.

Nevada Northern EMD SD9 #250 in the Ely Shops. I like what 🇺🇸 they did on the blanking plate where the Pyle/Gyralight package used to be on this ex-SP unit.

[eltristanexplicitcontent]

"SANTA FE TRIBUTE: 50 YEARS OF RAILROADING" Full Movie

[anthgange1994]

American USRA type 2-6-0 Steam engine.

If you haven't guessed, I really like steam rail.