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<blockquote data-quote="Rhenny" data-source="post: 6861687" data-attributes="member: 18333">Actually, during the playtest, I ran the Caves of Chaos with my group as a sandbox.&nbsp; They decided everything and they actually freed an orc from one of the prisons, escorted him back to his clan.&nbsp; Then, they found out that the two orc clans used to be one and the prisoner's chief had just lost a sacred totem that would have given him power over both clans.&nbsp; Of course the other clan secretly stole the totem and their chief was pushing to take over both clans.&nbsp; The party of adventurers decided to help the first orc chief find the totem so they had a plan to have the first orc chief call a potlatch with all of the orcs.&nbsp; Then, while they were all celebrating, the party snuck into the other clan's caves and explored to find the missing totem.&nbsp;&nbsp; None of this was staged or scripted and we had a blast.&nbsp;&nbsp; Right now, in my Princes of the Apocalypse campaign, that's becoming pretty much a sand box too.&nbsp;&nbsp; The party is only 4th level and they are inside the Air Cult temple.&nbsp; They are bluffing their way through it.&nbsp; Pretty soon they'll probably meet Windharrow and then Aerisi.&nbsp; They won't have a chance to kill her or him, and if they escape to the lower levels, I wonder if the party will give chase?&nbsp;&nbsp; If they do, they'll be in way over their heads unless I get them to level up a few levels.&nbsp; The excitement for me is that I don't really know what they are going to do nor if they will actually survive.&nbsp; That's what's great about sand box.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rhenny, post: 6861687, member: 18333"] Actually, during the playtest, I ran the Caves of Chaos with my group as a sandbox. They decided everything and they actually freed an orc from one of the prisons, escorted him back to his clan. Then, they found out that the two orc clans used to be one and the prisoner's chief had just lost a sacred totem that would have given him power over both clans. Of course the other clan secretly stole the totem and their chief was pushing to take over both clans. The party of adventurers decided to help the first orc chief find the totem so they had a plan to have the first orc chief call a potlatch with all of the orcs. Then, while they were all celebrating, the party snuck into the other clan's caves and explored to find the missing totem. None of this was staged or scripted and we had a blast. Right now, in my Princes of the Apocalypse campaign, that's becoming pretty much a sand box too. The party is only 4th level and they are inside the Air Cult temple. They are bluffing their way through it. Pretty soon they'll probably meet Windharrow and then Aerisi. They won't have a chance to kill her or him, and if they escape to the lower levels, I wonder if the party will give chase? If they do, they'll be in way over their heads unless I get them to level up a few levels. The excitement for me is that I don't really know what they are going to do nor if they will actually survive. That's what's great about sand box. [/QUOTE]

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