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<blockquote data-quote="Elfshire" data-source="post: 6301010" data-attributes="member: 77291">I'm guessing it's table space you're limited on, rather than the size of your battle mat. Printing off a 1-inch grid and getting some kind of plastic sheet to lay over top and draw on really isn't too much of a monetary issue, I think? Especially since it's then reusable. If the table/room size is your issue, I'm not sure there's much you can do.Not sure I have many good suggestions for you. I suppose if you get smaller minis or get a little creative with the rules you could scale down the maps so each square is 10 feet instead of 5, but that could get pretty cluttered relatively quickly. Yet another idea would be to just straight-up only draw the most important section of the map. I don't know about you, but my group has two high-mobility characters capable of moving 9 squares in a single action without penalty, and they almost never use it. I draw a HUGE map for them to play around in, and they often bottleneck down to a single quadrant anyway.I gotta say, drawing DnD maps has become much more fun and easy since I bought a battlemat the size of a pingpong table and three 20x26 acrylic sheets which I can draw on and leave sit for months without worrying about staining. Now I just draw all the maps weeks in advance. (I know, not helpful, but if you're planning on being a 4e DM for a long time, trust me, this will save you so many headaches).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Elfshire, post: 6301010, member: 77291"] I'm guessing it's table space you're limited on, rather than the size of your battle mat. Printing off a 1-inch grid and getting some kind of plastic sheet to lay over top and draw on really isn't too much of a monetary issue, I think? Especially since it's then reusable. If the table/room size is your issue, I'm not sure there's much you can do. Not sure I have many good suggestions for you. I suppose if you get smaller minis or get a little creative with the rules you could scale down the maps so each square is 10 feet instead of 5, but that could get pretty cluttered relatively quickly. Yet another idea would be to just straight-up only draw the most important section of the map. I don't know about you, but my group has two high-mobility characters capable of moving 9 squares in a single action without penalty, and they almost never use it. I draw a HUGE map for them to play around in, and they often bottleneck down to a single quadrant anyway. I gotta say, drawing DnD maps has become much more fun and easy since I bought a battlemat the size of a pingpong table and three 20x26 acrylic sheets which I can draw on and leave sit for months without worrying about staining. Now I just draw all the maps weeks in advance. (I know, not helpful, but if you're planning on being a 4e DM for a long time, trust me, this will save you so many headaches). [/QUOTE]

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