Editing Railroading (section)

==Side notes==

One of the ways to spot a railroading GM is to pay attention to the way they handle [[adventure hook]]s. If there is only one proper reaction to the hook, and nothing else will work, you're on probably on rails as tight as a Disneyland dark ride.

There exists a practice known as "Schrodinger's Railroad" or the "Quantum Ogre"<ref>For a hypothetical ogre who is guarding two mountain passes a mile apart simultaneously</ref>, where multiple options are given, but which one is picked doesn't actually matter. Say, the BBEG is hiding in one of five locations: A cave, a ruined temple, a ruined castle, a recently abandoned fortress, and another cave. Well, no matter which you chose, you're going to meet an odd NPC at the first location, some of the BBEG's minions at the second, nothing at the third, and the BBEG at the fourth.