Do you use miniatures or counters to resolve combat?
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Mercule
Adventurer
When I DM, everyone is dice or whatever. If someone had a mini for their character, I'd think it was cool.
The other DM has a few minis that have been left at his house, so we all try to pick one that looks vaguely like our characters. So far, the mini I use for my Sorcerer has represented two Sorcerers, two Monks, a Psion, and something else I can't think of at the moment. And the same mini (not the Sorcerer one) was used for both a halfling Rogue, and my 6'4" human Acrobat.
Monsters, even unque ones, never get minis. They're whatever dice happen to be handy, usually numbered 1-whatever. A few weeks ago, I even used a coaster to represent a hydra.
The other DM has a few minis that have been left at his house, so we all try to pick one that looks vaguely like our characters. So far, the mini I use for my Sorcerer has represented two Sorcerers, two Monks, a Psion, and something else I can't think of at the moment. And the same mini (not the Sorcerer one) was used for both a halfling Rogue, and my 6'4" human Acrobat.
Monsters, even unque ones, never get minis. They're whatever dice happen to be handy, usually numbered 1-whatever. A few weeks ago, I even used a coaster to represent a hydra.
Kershek
Sci-Fi Newshound
Our order of preference:
Pewter minis (mostly unpainted)
Harbinger minis
Cardboard Heroes (using binder clips for bases)
Dragon Scale & Claudio's counters
Glass beads
We use this order of preference for BBEGs as well. By the time we get to the glass beads (which is rare), they're usually things like one hit die kobolds or something.
By far, our most populous bad guy is the orc. We have approximately the following: 2 pewters, 20 Harbingers, 30 cardboard heroes, and 30 counters. They are used as our cannon fodder when we have large battles, whether or not the real enemy is orc.
Pewter minis (mostly unpainted)
Harbinger minis
Cardboard Heroes (using binder clips for bases)
Dragon Scale & Claudio's counters
Glass beads
We use this order of preference for BBEGs as well. By the time we get to the glass beads (which is rare), they're usually things like one hit die kobolds or something.
By far, our most populous bad guy is the orc. We have approximately the following: 2 pewters, 20 Harbingers, 30 cardboard heroes, and 30 counters. They are used as our cannon fodder when we have large battles, whether or not the real enemy is orc.
Psion
Adventurer
frankthedm said:
Pffft.
I lived that situation. Last time I visited my gaming buddies in my home town, I played such a character and we used no minis. All it takes in analyzing what is going on and the willingness to ask a few questions.
"He charges me with a longsword you say? I whack 'em!"
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jdavis
First Post
Oh no I won't fall into this trap again, I'll never tell, I refuse to get drawn in to this again...........
(if the fight gets really complicated we use a pencil and some scratch paper, but most of the time we use nothing. I've tried mini's and a battlemap and it was a mess, so no counters or minis, sometimes we even initial the rough map to show where we are standing when combat starts but most of the time we use nothing, no squares or hexes no counted out movements, no nothing.)
Ducks head and runs for shelter.
(if the fight gets really complicated we use a pencil and some scratch paper, but most of the time we use nothing. I've tried mini's and a battlemap and it was a mess, so no counters or minis, sometimes we even initial the rough map to show where we are standing when combat starts but most of the time we use nothing, no squares or hexes no counted out movements, no nothing.)
Ducks head and runs for shelter.
Kershek
Sci-Fi Newshound
Your DM must make a lot of arbitrary decisions on the use of AoOs, flanking, cleave, sneak attacks, whirlwind attacks, cover, concealment, spell area coverage, etc. etc. I can imagine the misinterpretations by players for the above actions when they "see" the battlefield differently.jdavis said:
