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Message: <blockquote data-quote="reveal" data-source="post: 1429428" data-attributes="member: 1236">I've found mini's to be essential in my campaigns up to a point.When we use them:1) When there are a lot of combatants - It's easier to keep track of where everyone is and what they are doing.2) When we're in a situation that is hard to describe - "You're in a 40 by 30 foot room" is easy to describe and easy to imagine it's looks. "You're in a cavern that is 40 by 30 feet and has stalactites (or is it Mites?) in a few locations and each stalactite has 3 spiders behind it" is a lot harder to describe perfectly. 3) Because my vision of how things look is usually different than others - As a simple example, I may say "The spider is behind the stalactite." The player thinks the spider is on the left side and I think he's on the right. I don't want to have to remember to be that specific in my descriptions when it is SO much easier to take 30 seconds to draw out a quick map and slap down mini's/cut out monster tokens. I've had many players say "I'm having a hard time picturing this. Can we draw it out?"When we do not use them:1) If there are few combatants - If the party splits up and, let's say, 2 members run up against 2 enemies, I'm not going to draw it out unless it's vitaly important that I do or if the players ask that I do.2) If it's not important - If it's not important tactically or just in general that I draw it out, I don't.</blockquote>