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<blockquote data-quote="Blood Jester" data-source="post: 19151" data-attributes="member: 922">Why not let them count hexes?I hate to upset the 'no-counting' types, but...Some people are just better at judging distances than others.&nbsp; Master archers (or riflemen, etc.) in real life can judge things like cross-winds with amazing accuracy, and if they could not visually estimate distances with a great degree of accuracy, they would never hit anything that was not on a set target range, as they would not be able to adjust their shot for gravity (arrows do not travel in straight lines).I would not claim to be on their level, and yet, when I played Volleyball for years, I often impressed my teammates (and upset my opponents) by running backwards/sideways with my eyes in looking up at the ball, only to stop suddenly and let the ball fall at my feet because I instinctively knew I had just passed the court line.&nbsp; (This was often done within inches.)So, unless you allow the players the chance to act out the scene at full scale, why should not a player count hexes to represent his expert archers knack for realizing he needs to step up slightly to place his shot just so?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blood Jester, post: 19151, member: 922"] [b]Why not let them count hexes?[/b] I hate to upset the 'no-counting' types, but... Some people are just better at judging distances than others. Master archers (or riflemen, etc.) in real life can judge things like cross-winds with amazing accuracy, and if they could not visually estimate distances with a great degree of accuracy, they would never hit anything that was not on a set target range, as they would not be able to adjust their shot for gravity (arrows do not travel in straight lines). I would not claim to be on their level, and yet, when I played Volleyball for years, I often impressed my teammates (and upset my opponents) by running backwards/sideways with my eyes in looking up at the ball, only to stop suddenly and let the ball fall at my feet because I instinctively knew I had just passed the court line. (This was often done within [i]inches[/i].) So, unless you allow the players the chance to act out the scene at full scale, why should not a player count hexes to represent his expert archers knack for realizing he needs to step up slightly to place his shot [i]just so[/i]? [/QUOTE]

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