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<blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 8218385" data-attributes="member: 53980">I voted Party, but I actually prefer a mixed approach.The world itself is a sandbox. Different areas have different wandering monster tables, and going into an area that is too dangerous can be deadly (although I always heavily telegraph the danger of an area, so much so that my players are somewhat hesitant to go there even after they are sufficiently leveled).However, I do a handout every week that lists job opportunities, potential adventure sites, and rumors. The adventures on that sheet are designed to be at or close to their level, irrespective of where in the world they occur. For example, I recently had a low-level kobold den that the PCs had ventured to many levels ago which was taken over by mind flayers (an adventure appropriate to their level).Hence why I chose Party. While in theory they could wander around and play it sandbox style, in application they always choose adventures (which are around their level). They might encounter some trivial random encounters while traveling to the adventure site, but the site itself is always around their level, even though they have the option to find a site that isn't level appropriate (if they wanted to).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fanaelialae, post: 8218385, member: 53980"] I voted Party, but I actually prefer a mixed approach. The world itself is a sandbox. Different areas have different wandering monster tables, and going into an area that is too dangerous can be deadly (although I always heavily telegraph the danger of an area, so much so that my players are somewhat hesitant to go there even after they are sufficiently leveled). However, I do a handout every week that lists job opportunities, potential adventure sites, and rumors. The adventures on that sheet are designed to be at or close to their level, irrespective of where in the world they occur. For example, I recently had a low-level kobold den that the PCs had ventured to many levels ago which was taken over by mind flayers (an adventure appropriate to their level). Hence why I chose Party. While in theory they could wander around and play it sandbox style, in application they always choose adventures (which are around their level). They might encounter some trivial random encounters while traveling to the adventure site, but the site itself is always around their level, even though they have the option to find a site that isn't level appropriate (if they wanted to). [/QUOTE]

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