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As a player, I can go with either, but I prefer a path to a sandbox. The DM, not the players, should be running the adventure, IMO. As a DM, I greatly prefer a path, because if you run a sandbox, the preparation is so much more work. With a path, the DM decides what happens next. It's the DM's job t...

In the D20 system, the Critical hit/automatic success on a "20" or an automatic miss/fail on a "1" is meant for the d20 only, not any other bonus dice. This rule only applies to attacks and saving throws, not ability checks. If you include the bonus dice, you can never have a &qu...

Ideally, you should submit your work to Free League. Then, if they like it, they can publish it and you get paid. Or they may say we don't want to publish it, but its okay for you to offer it for free (or maybe even grant you license to publish for profit). Or they may even say nope, we can't allow ...

House rule for my table: Once they are out of the journey phase and into the adventuring phase, the rule of no long rests no longer applies. They may camp a distance away from the ruins and take a long rest, and enter the ruins the next day. Its common practice to stop short and rest before a battle.

My reasoning is that the Guide is under no jeopardy whatsoever. Even if the Guide rolls poorly and the journey takes longer, the Guide will never be the brunt of a bad result. Only the Hunter, Look-out and Scout may get harmed, while the Guide is completely immune. Seems unfair to me.

Even with an "Easy" combat scenario, if you don't fudge the dice (I don't), even a fairly weak enemy can take a level 1 player-hero from FULL HP to ZERO with a single hit. It happened to a 5 player company I was taking through their initial trial of LOTR 5e recently. We were about 5 hours...

I think I'll probably include Guides, but make it a weighted roll.
Something like:
1) Guide
2-3) Explorer
4-5) Hunter
6) Look-out

Seems to me explorers and hunters are more likely to get into a fix or spot something inspiring. Guides and look-outs are less active.

I don't have the physical book on me at this time, but in the PDF, the stat blocks are totally different.

The Fellowship could only use a magical success on the first day, or possibly the second day too, if they have a Wonderous Artefact rather than a Marvelous Item. The uses per long rest do not recharge during a Journey because of the rule indicating that there is only the benefit of short rests on Jo...

No, it would still succeed. But some checks have levels of success. For example: On a Journey, the Guide makes a pathfinding check. If the pathfinding check succeeds, the event takes place at a distance of 3 hexes. If the check succeeds by 5 or more, the event occurs 4 hexes away. So if the Guide ha...