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Sleeping City of the Old Ones; a 4E sandbox. Opinions please!
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<blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 4639954" data-attributes="member: 710"><p>I think one of the important things of a sandbox is that there are different things to do and different things happening - if the players don't follow a hook, whatever was hooked happens witout their influence or interference.</p><p></p><p>It probably needs some kind of factions - what is going on in the city? Who is fighting whom?</p><p></p><p>This provides also a venue to make certain aspects more "scalalble". So, in one area, there are a lot of tough monsters. if the PCs were of the right level, they'd just go there and take them all down. But they are lower level, so they are searching for allies that help them in fights and of ways to attract some of these monsters (but not all) and lure them into ambushes. Or find a way to create friction between them. </p><p></p><p>You will probably want some political machachinations the PCs can affect, especially if they have to take down foes they can't beat in a straightforward fight. Of course, others will also try to use the PCs to their benefit and the PCs need to avoid being tricked into a war whose cause they don't share.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mustrum_Ridcully, post: 4639954, member: 710"] I think one of the important things of a sandbox is that there are different things to do and different things happening - if the players don't follow a hook, whatever was hooked happens witout their influence or interference. It probably needs some kind of factions - what is going on in the city? Who is fighting whom? This provides also a venue to make certain aspects more "scalalble". So, in one area, there are a lot of tough monsters. if the PCs were of the right level, they'd just go there and take them all down. But they are lower level, so they are searching for allies that help them in fights and of ways to attract some of these monsters (but not all) and lure them into ambushes. Or find a way to create friction between them. You will probably want some political machachinations the PCs can affect, especially if they have to take down foes they can't beat in a straightforward fight. Of course, others will also try to use the PCs to their benefit and the PCs need to avoid being tricked into a war whose cause they don't share. [/QUOTE]
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