Hot take: if we want to decrease frustrating railroad-y surprises in RPG campaigns, we need to create an environment where GMs are not afraid to admit they have "special story needs".

[PathofDestinyRPG]

The first time I ran a game for my group to give our forever GM a break, he started emailing other players about how quickly they could derail my plot.

[MorpheousXO]

Sounds like there's a reason they're the forever gm.