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<blockquote data-quote="UngainlyTitan" data-source="post: 5043490" data-attributes="member: 28487">I think the options in the poll are a bit to limited. I run mostly linear but there are elements of sandbox in it. In that so far the players have gone through Keep on the Shadowfell and Thunderspire Labyrinth with an interlude and in the case of Thunderspire not for any of the plot hooks in the modules. In fact because of a character background and the interlude they went to Thunderspire to find info on the&nbsp;&nbsp; Pyramid of Shadows. They have not explored every room in either complex so far and as a result of player background things in the Pyramid will be different that written. I will not be changing the statblock but i will be reskinning some of the factions and the faction leader motivations. So I don't think that a good campaign can be either one but that does not preclude their utility as descriptors. The thing is as DM I have run both. I could never seem me doing a sandbox game in 3.5 but i did it in basic and WHFRP and I could see myself doing it again in 4e. In fact when I finally get a decent boradband provider (one where I can run maptools on) I could see myslelf doing an online episodic campaign that would be more sandbox than linear though I will be ripping much of the encounters and episodes from published material.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="UngainlyTitan, post: 5043490, member: 28487"] I think the options in the poll are a bit to limited. I run mostly linear but there are elements of sandbox in it. In that so far the players have gone through Keep on the Shadowfell and Thunderspire Labyrinth with an interlude and in the case of Thunderspire not for any of the plot hooks in the modules. In fact because of a character background and the interlude they went to Thunderspire to find info on the Pyramid of Shadows. They have not explored every room in either complex so far and as a result of player background things in the Pyramid will be different that written. I will not be changing the statblock but i will be reskinning some of the factions and the faction leader motivations. So I don't think that a good campaign can be either one but that does not preclude their utility as descriptors. The thing is as DM I have run both. I could never seem me doing a sandbox game in 3.5 but i did it in basic and WHFRP and I could see myself doing it again in 4e. In fact when I finally get a decent boradband provider (one where I can run maptools on) I could see myslelf doing an online episodic campaign that would be more sandbox than linear though I will be ripping much of the encounters and episodes from published material. [/QUOTE]

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