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Yikes. That's brutal.

I would think @Faolyn would disagree here. After all, you are saying exactly what I just said and I was apparently wrong.

Then why does every single person in this thread disagree with you? Not one person agrees with the idea that a sandbox setting adjusts to the levels of the PC's. That's the one defining trait of actually being a sandbox. Why are you arguing with me about this? You should be arguing with...

Snipping for brevity. So your Blackmarsh area - the PC's presumably start in Castle Blackmarsh. That's the obvious starting point. Oh, look the closest adventure location - the bogs at 0814 - are filled with minor plant monsters. Then we have 0616, Ruchill Burn - an abandoned dungeon that...

Oh good grief. The one fundamental point that has been repeated in this thread over and over and over again is that sandbox campaigns are created independent of the PC's. That the whole "living world" thing is completely separate from the characters. Now, suddenly, sandboxes can be rewritten...

Of course I am. That's what level means. Your world absolutely is scaled to party. 100%. You are designing your world where you have areas that are "inherently dangerous" and areas (presumably) which are inherently less dangerous. That's 100% because of the level system. I am frankly...

But, as @Lanefan pointed out to you, rewriting areas based on the character level is verbotten in sandbox play. That's one of the most fundamental aspects of a sandbox as it's being described - that the world exists completely independently of the PC's. Altering areas just because the PC's...

So, the characters are cognizant of their actual character levels, HP, etc. They know that these things are real in the world? And, of course, the world adjusts itself to the characters exactly as you outline. Your "Dearthwood" is a higher level area, so, it's far away from the low level...

But, doesn't this violate the whole "The world is independent of the PC's" criteria of a sandbox? After all, the world must not change in response to what the PC's are, only in response to what they do. If you are changing encounters based on the party level, you aren't running a sandbox...

But doesn't the level system work against you here? You can have all the locations and whatnot that you want, but, there are practical limits on what a 1st level party can do. Which means that your sandbox locations have to be to some degree, constrained by that fact. You can't put 1st level...

It's rather funny that people talk about being able to "presume" things in the game world. My current Out of the Abyss game is pretty sandboxy. They have just arrived in Gracklstugh - a duegar city - in the Underdark. Can I buy a bow or a crossbow in the Blade Bazaar in Gracklstugh? How...

Welcome to time travel. Are you new? But, in any case, claims that the Doctor somehow forced Belinda to be a mother have been nicely shot down by others who are far better at this sort of thing than me. --------- I enjoyed that. I REALLY hope we get some more time with this Doctor because I...

.... finishes reading the thread. Yeah, that's about what I expected. Reminds me a lot of Solo. People carping about how it was a terrible movie that should never have been made, but, me and my girls watched it in the theater and we all really enjoyed it. Why did we enjoy it? Because all...

I'm very much in the same boat here. Waited until it was on Disney+ to see it. Watched it last night. I really don't see what all the noise is about. It was a fun movie. Decent story. Decent characters. Fun fight scenes. What's not to like? Is it my favorite movie of all time? Well...

That is some seriously deep cuts into Doctor Who lore though. I have no idea who "Omega" is. That kind of came totally out of left field. Some very nice Terry Pratchett references with the Sourcerer - the 7th son of a 7th son of a 7th son. Wizard squared. But, yeah, to be honest, I could...

This is fair.

/edit - whoops, my bad.

Niche set? Good grief, the basic definition of story is setting+plot+character. That's what a STORY is. This isn't niche. This is third grade elementary school stuff. Your definition of story is not one that anyone outside of sandboxers actually use. And the knots that people tie...