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The OP has clearly indicated that he meant the actual Vale, as originally depicted in the 4e DMG. Not the expanded setting as shown on...

I don't think the choice between milestone or counted xp is related to that. It's more about 5E just being to fast. I don't think...

I would not. Sandbox implies a high amount of PC agency in choosing where to go and what to do, and I feel this requires a certain...

And vice versa. You could have a campaign where the overall goal is set as well as certain milestones (even if they're only known to the...

I've only skimmed the thread now, but every time I see it pop up I imagine someone desperately crying "WHY WON'T IT STAY DEAD?!?!"

I think the necessary part isn't fisticuffs per se, but action scenes. After all, there are plenty of supers whose powers don't lend...

Alright, here's a bunch of maps placing Nentir Vale in the Realms, that I've collected over the years.

Yes, because you often have the opposite: linear play without the freedom to roam. Complete sandbox: DM: "Ok everyone, here's the map...

I think the main point of distinction between adventure and campaign is that campaigns have distinct parts. For example, if you turned...

metric, im not a barbarian

As with everything else, it's a sliding scale. On one hand you have a fully open world where PCs can go anywhere and do anything, with...

Yes, it's in Unapproachable East. But I mostly picked it because the geography mostly matches and it's fairly lightly covered in...

"Enshittification" is a term coined, I believe, by Cory Doctorow, and basically means taking a popular and well-functioning thing...

"Sandbox" is generally applied on a "strategic" level. Players can go wherever they want and explore what's there, without an overall...

A well-designed sandbox would present multiple avenues of exploration so the PCs aren't locked into one particular thing (e.g. "Do you...