Facing

[BryonD]

I could be surprised, but I'm going to assume that there's no "facing," and this was Rodney's or his DM's creative license.

I'd like to have facing.
But I strongly suspect you are correct.

For one thing, they said (and no, I can't link it) that the minis already out there would still work. That means square bases and that means no facing.

That said, it may be that there are actions that are built on the idea that one character is "behind" another, at least briefly. Probably not even that. But it could be.

 

[Baby Samurai]

For one thing, they said (and no, I can't link it) that the minis already out there would still work. That means square bases and that means no facing.

Do you mean round bases?

 

[Henry]

I like facing, it makes sense and with minis, it isn't hard to track.

It sure is for me. For one thing, it's all too easy for a mini to get twisted slightly by someone moving stuff on the table, so he's suddenly facing in a direction the player didn't mean him to. I've had to every session adjust figures that got knocked out of squares as it is - to worry about what way they're facing is a real pain. It's one thing I definitely didn't miss from AD&D.

 

[Snapdragyn]

I hate facing with a deep & burning passion. I've played one D&D campaign where we used it for a short time, & it seriously screwed up combat as well as the relative power of various feats (i.e. cleave? oh wait, I can't because the other enemy threatening me is behind me.).

 

[BryonD]

Do you mean round bases?

No. I mean the square game area that the black plastic circles are made to fill.

 

[Baby Samurai]

No. I mean the square game area that the black plastic circles are made to fill.

You can implement facing on a grid.

 

[Warbringer]

I imagine it was just flavor text.

Facing is really a wargaming leftover. As to minis have facing, uh, its the way they're, well facing.

 

[BryonD]

I hate facing with a deep & burning passion. I've played one D&D campaign where we used it for a short time, & it seriously screwed up combat as well as the relative power of various feats (i.e. cleave? oh wait, I can't because the other enemy threatening me is behind me.).

I 100% agree that 3X isn't designed with facing in mind and it would take a lot of re-tooling to make it work. I still like facing, but I don't even consider using it in 3X. (And I its lack of presence in 4E will not be anywhere near to a deal breaker.

But if your hate is based on a 3X experience, then the experiment was rigged.

 

[BryonD]

You can implement facing on a grid.

right. and.... ?



The bases all represent square areas (the physical ease of circles in real plastic being beside the point). This goes hand in hand with no facing.

 

[Baby Samurai]

right. and.... ?

You started it with:

"That means square bases and that means no facing."