If player choice is a feature then there's no excuse not to build branching paths into your story, whether in vidya or tabletop. If I ever had a GM like that I'd tell him to his face "why don't we just go watch a movie instead of playing pretend in your fantasy fan fiction?"
Even if your not gonna do branching paths, there's still "rolling with it". If they make progress, don't shut it down just because you're not being imaginative.
If player choice is a feature then there's no excuse not to build branching paths into your story, whether in vidya or tabletop. If I ever had a GM like that I'd tell him to his face "why don't we just go watch a movie instead of playing pretend in your fantasy fan fiction?"
Even if your not gonna do branching paths, there's still "rolling with it". If they make progress, don't shut it down just because you're not being imaginative.