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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 202830" data-attributes="member: 158">I know the perfect way to simulate the chaos of war, but most of the role-playing purists are going to hang me:Take away the grid. Move it back to the sand-table where it came from.Game on a flat, open surface - any table will do - and use terrain features as needed. If nothing else, terrain can be simulated with a graphic program, a color printer, and some printer paper. Then, break out the flexible sewing or tailoring ruler, or a long string with one-inch gradations on it, and let it fly!Now for the evil part. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> Don't let players measure distances before hand; even better, have then line up their POV with their miniature on the table BEFORE pointing their finger right where they plan to place the fireball.Then, get out the flex-ruler, and find out where the **** really fell. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I guarantee, you will have players much more carefully planning where they lob those area of effect spells in the midst of close combat. You will also have ZERO questions about whether something is within a PC's line of sight or not. If the string or ruler crosses the obstacle in question, then the PC has no line of sight to her goal. If it avoids it, then she does.SImple enough?</blockquote>

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