Sandboxing in the Nentir Vale (was: Emergent Features in KotS)

[LostSoul]

Pretty late reply:

Things progressed, and I ran it with the same principled decisions that I had been, but the players didn't seem to like it.

I had that feeling for a few sessions before this; I tried to deal with it, but in the end I decided that it wasn't in my best interest to carry on with the game.

I am hoping to start over in the same setting with a new group of players, along with a number of house rules that will deliver the kind of gameplay I want.

As to what I want, here is a blog post about that: anyway: Lazy Play vs IIEE with Teeth

I have some ideas on how to solve that, but I need to playtest them first.

 

[Snoweel]

So this is what happened, part one:

After killing the goblins, four elves lay dead, including their leader Greenleaf.

NO, NOT GREENLEAF!