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People often forget what an important cultural phenomenon Dexter was...

ATTRIBUTES PHYSICAL SOCIAL MENTAL Constitution Charisma Intelligence Dexterity Composure Resolve Strength Manipulation Wits...

We've shared our love for THAT adventure path before on here but my table has finally arrived at the 4th Council meeting (10-year multi-AP campaign), so excited, and this has forced me to find a solution for and improve on the use/purpose of the Council Scorecard and its effects for the final...

I like this technique (thanks!). It is extremely useful for me currently as the PCs having failed a skill challenge with a gold dragon to soften its disposition towards them, now find themselves in a combat against it to see if they are worthy for the favour they're asking. The challenge being...

@Upper_Krust congratulations man on this project. I'm very much looking forward to your first two products specifically! I promised my table I'd run our game all the way to level 20 (at least once in my life), they're currently level 15 and we are having a blast. With a product like this I could...

@pemerton how does one utilise momentum? Can/does it assist against a Clock?

Fanbois away, I love that idea that full detailed monster stat blocks are not needed and it can easily be worked out on the intended difficulty of the encounter / level of the monster. Also, the idea of taking damage when you fail to hit (and the monster doesn't attack via die roll) reminds me...

Rogue, Thief, Urchin 1ST Bardic Inspiration (d6), Expertise, Thief's Cant 2ND Cunning Action, Ear for Deceit, Eye for Detail 3RD Fast Hands 4TH Ability Score Improvement 5TH Bardic Inspiration (d8), Uncanny Dodge 6TH Expertise 7TH Evasion 8TH Ability Score Improvement 9TH Supreme Sneak 10TH...

I agree with @Hussar in that system matters a lot. I run a massive 5e sandbox currently 15th level, there has seen quite a bit of prep work involved (I'm happy to do it, it is part of my fun), but there are also sessions where my prepwork is only 1-2 hours of reading, surfing (for ideas) and...

Maybe some of this will give you inspiration. The more potent charm spell was custom made using a combination of Truename, designed specifically for the victim's race and her particular background/preferences. The magical tomes in the party's possession will speak to generic enchantments but...

My Homebrew Incorporeal Immunity to mundane (non-magical) damage. Resistance to magical weapons (Spells are pure magic, whereas weapons still have some tie to the natural world and thus suffer resistance) Skeletons Resistance to piercing Hardness 5 (only for piercing attacks) Vampires...

I actually find that fun and not at all difficult. I find listing them (the expected changes) and making notes helps. I've got 4 Clocks running concurrently (4 APs, listed 3 here) along with their respective Adventure League Material. Here are some of the items that I keep track of which may...

Seems like there is much darkness surrounding this.

I have sadly never played Traveller, but if there is any RPG name that embodies Sandbox play it feels like it should be Traveller. :ROFLMAO:

This is what I have found works for my table's sandbox campaign...after many many years of fumbling The Setting Select a setting (imagined or established) and have a map of it The setting could be undergoing change (have 1 or more AP's/modules occurring concurrently) Introduce a Clock...

As a player I could enjoy a linear adventure, if I knew what I was getting into from the start. I would struggle though with a linear campaign.

Morrus is running player-driven sandbox threads

That is a good example for dungeons. For the campaign at large, Sandbox is enter chambers A and not do enter chambers B-D while you find another dungeon with chambers E-J or ignore both dungeons and go to town K and take a portal to plane ZY. The latter is far more player-driven, but not...

Soft combats are for colour, exposition, pushing story forward and maybe even character development, GM/players can-back-and-forth narrate how it plays out - one need not roll, unless you see an opportunity for player-flex/healthy competition between players (fun at the table). Otherwise no...

I think some great points have been made @Hussar states that linear play exists within sandbox play, and that perhaps sandbox play is not the true opposite of linear play. @Lanefan counters that the above may be true for adventures within a sandbox, but not necessarily true for a sandbox...