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<blockquote data-quote="Obryn" data-source="post: 4544866" data-attributes="member: 11821">I think the 3.33' squares might work, too. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; But really, it's whatever you find most convenient for your game.&nbsp; For AD&amp;D, as I remember it, it's helpful to think outside the confines of the grid; think more in terms of what an actual person using such-and-such a weapon would need to do rather than determining an arbitrary space.I'm going to be using an abstract combat system where you're basically in a melee or out of it (and there can be more than one melee).&nbsp; If I use minis, they won't be wedded to the grid.I have a feeling that picking melee enemies was a very common house rule.&nbsp; I also have a feeling that many AD&amp;D players never even noticed the actual rule, making it a de facto house rule. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; Personally, I am going to allow &quot;picked&quot; enemies at a penalty, unless targeting is simple (like an ogre among kobolds or a spellcasting wizard) or I decide otherwise.I'd suggest keeping missile targeting random, though, FWIW.&nbsp; Or maybe allow picked targets at a penalty.&nbsp; Your call, though!-O</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Obryn, post: 4544866, member: 11821"] I think the 3.33' squares might work, too. :) But really, it's whatever you find most convenient for your game. For AD&D, as I remember it, it's helpful to think outside the confines of the grid; think more in terms of what an actual person using such-and-such a weapon would need to do rather than determining an arbitrary space. I'm going to be using an abstract combat system where you're basically in a melee or out of it (and there can be more than one melee). If I use minis, they won't be wedded to the grid. I have a feeling that picking melee enemies was a very common house rule. I also have a feeling that many AD&D players never even noticed the actual rule, making it a de facto house rule. :) Personally, I am going to allow "picked" enemies at a penalty, unless targeting is simple (like an ogre among kobolds or a spellcasting wizard) or I decide otherwise. I'd suggest keeping missile targeting random, though, FWIW. Or maybe allow picked targets at a penalty. Your call, though! -O [/QUOTE]

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