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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 8043340" data-attributes="member: 18"><p>1. Virtual battlemat nowadays, used both TotM and battlemat before that. Counting diagonals as 1.5 is an optional rule which we don't use because we haven't yet had issues with "strafe-running" (as it were). I think we'd go with 10-5-10-5 etc. (rather than 7.5) if that became an issue (which I doubt it ever will.</p><p></p><p>2. Currently using exact. I don't think that anything would be lost adopting a system like Age of Sigmar Soulbound and its zones, though.</p><p></p><p>3. Loosely. It's adjudicated on an individual basis but not closely measured or tracked. If someone is intentionally in cover it will be counted as long as the angle is reasonable, but if it's just "accidental" cover we don't always deal with it.</p><p></p><p>4. Not sure this is actually a thing in the rules? As such it may or may not matter depending on the exact situation.</p><p></p><p>5. Moderately. Generally questions are only asked if someone wants to do what seems like an unreasonable amount in six seconds, or to do stuff which would give a significant mechanical advantage.</p><p></p><p>6. Literally never come up in the entire time we've played 5E. People do endeavour to build PCs who can actually cast their spells (i.e. their default setup allows for a free hand, or shield counts as focus because they're a Cleric, or whatever), and thinking back, in virtually all cases, we do have the requisite free hand/focus, but it has never come up.</p><p></p><p>7. Loosely tracked. Most parties have most members with Darkvision, which is what tends to come up. If we're exploring someone will have a lightsource or two, typically (fr'ex, in one party my staff has Continual Flame on the top of it).</p><p></p><p>8. We don't do facing and it's antithetical to 5E's design. People still go "I'm flanking, does that help?" and the DM still goes "No, this is 5E". Hiding in combat has come up a few times, but it's not a routine issue - the Rogues I've seen have largely used other ways to get SA after the first round.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 8043340, member: 18"] 1. Virtual battlemat nowadays, used both TotM and battlemat before that. Counting diagonals as 1.5 is an optional rule which we don't use because we haven't yet had issues with "strafe-running" (as it were). I think we'd go with 10-5-10-5 etc. (rather than 7.5) if that became an issue (which I doubt it ever will. 2. Currently using exact. I don't think that anything would be lost adopting a system like Age of Sigmar Soulbound and its zones, though. 3. Loosely. It's adjudicated on an individual basis but not closely measured or tracked. If someone is intentionally in cover it will be counted as long as the angle is reasonable, but if it's just "accidental" cover we don't always deal with it. 4. Not sure this is actually a thing in the rules? As such it may or may not matter depending on the exact situation. 5. Moderately. Generally questions are only asked if someone wants to do what seems like an unreasonable amount in six seconds, or to do stuff which would give a significant mechanical advantage. 6. Literally never come up in the entire time we've played 5E. People do endeavour to build PCs who can actually cast their spells (i.e. their default setup allows for a free hand, or shield counts as focus because they're a Cleric, or whatever), and thinking back, in virtually all cases, we do have the requisite free hand/focus, but it has never come up. 7. Loosely tracked. Most parties have most members with Darkvision, which is what tends to come up. If we're exploring someone will have a lightsource or two, typically (fr'ex, in one party my staff has Continual Flame on the top of it). 8. We don't do facing and it's antithetical to 5E's design. People still go "I'm flanking, does that help?" and the DM still goes "No, this is 5E". Hiding in combat has come up a few times, but it's not a routine issue - the Rogues I've seen have largely used other ways to get SA after the first round. [/QUOTE]
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