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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 5296474" data-attributes="member: 463">My current 4e Vault of Larin Karr campaign is about 80% sandbox, depending on how strict you are with definition - I throw in some Dungeon Delves and such as single-session adventures, but they don't all get used, or are used in a different order than I envisaged.  I've not seen any big problem with the RAW.  I use Paizo terrain battlemats to create interesting ad hoc wilderness encounters.The main difference from running 1e is that it pays much more to only have a small number of random/semi-random encounters prepped, say 1-3, rather than an extensive random encounter table with dozens.  Sometimes I roll a few times on the random tables ahead of play, then prep those encounters in 4e format. I find the skill challenge rules fairly useless and very rarely use them.  Few events/obstacles are worth that amount of time and effort, especially since a big* 4e combat can suck up so much time already.*Session before last involved a fight with 6 PCs and 1 allied NPC all of levels 3-5 vs 12 Orc Raiders, 2 Orc Berserkers, an Orc Shaman of Gruumsh, and a level 6 elite Ogre.  That took a good long time.</blockquote>