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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 4481048" data-attributes="member: 158">Speaking as someone who was speaking out against the 1:1 diagonal thing prior to trying it, it DOES speed up table actions among our group dramatically, as does the simplified spell areas. Our group has actually resorted to homemade templates for cones, circles, etc. in the manner of the Steel Squire templates prior to 4e -- and we still use them for our 3e games. For the 4e games, we've dropped a LOT of the play aids that we picked up over the years because in 4e there's no need for them.As for changing the table realities too much, I have found that it's made very little difference. People talk about the problem of moving further on diagonals, but I realized in most cases that it really doesn't matter on a battlemat. You've moved further diagonally -- what does it matter if your target is directly north or east of you? You'd still need to move horizontally to get back to your destination, anyway. The only time it does matter is when your goal is diagonal to you, and doesn't make more than 1 or 2 squares difference per move.</blockquote>