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<blockquote data-quote="jimmifett" data-source="post: 6998354" data-attributes="member: 55006">I disagree entirely, having DM'd this for years. I can doodle on a piece of paper an area in 30s. I point from one spot to another and say short, point to a hall and say end to end is medium, unless it's really long, then it's a long hall. Anything beyond that is out of scope of combat unless a sniper is setting up. After that, most players can guestimate their own ranges, and if I feel they are outside the fudge region, correct the difficulty accordingly.As an example, A single conference room end to end is usually short range. Two of them side by side on thier longest sides is likely medium range. Outside that, long range. From the further tank of a land/air speeder fueling station to the convenience store, short to edge of medium. Across the street, definitely medium, down the block, long. Room inside the Falcon, likely engaged. One end of the falcon to the middle, short. From one end of the falcon to the other, medium. One end of a hangar holding 2 such yt-1300s to the other, long range.It becomes easy enough to diagram in the dirt with a couple rocks.PC: &quot;I'm hiding behind the shipment crates along the wall and I fire at the ramp&quot;Me: &quot;Front or back of the ship?&quot;PC: &quot;Front&quot;Me: &quot;Medium Range&quot;PC: &quot;I stand up from the dinner table and fire at Darth Vader standing in the doorway&quot;Me: &quot;Short Range, and Vader eats your blaster bolt for breakfast and spits out the grizzle&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jimmifett, post: 6998354, member: 55006"] I disagree entirely, having DM'd this for years. I can doodle on a piece of paper an area in 30s. I point from one spot to another and say short, point to a hall and say end to end is medium, unless it's really long, then it's a long hall. Anything beyond that is out of scope of combat unless a sniper is setting up. After that, most players can guestimate their own ranges, and if I feel they are outside the fudge region, correct the difficulty accordingly. As an example, A single conference room end to end is usually short range. Two of them side by side on thier longest sides is likely medium range. Outside that, long range. From the further tank of a land/air speeder fueling station to the convenience store, short to edge of medium. Across the street, definitely medium, down the block, long. Room inside the Falcon, likely engaged. One end of the falcon to the middle, short. From one end of the falcon to the other, medium. One end of a hangar holding 2 such yt-1300s to the other, long range. It becomes easy enough to diagram in the dirt with a couple rocks. PC: "I'm hiding behind the shipment crates along the wall and I fire at the ramp" Me: "Front or back of the ship?" PC: "Front" Me: "Medium Range" PC: "I stand up from the dinner table and fire at Darth Vader standing in the doorway" Me: "Short Range, and Vader eats your blaster bolt for breakfast and spits out the grizzle" [/QUOTE]

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