Minis, Tokens, or Both?
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Gilladian
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I made a whole bunch of numbered and variously colored tokens out of polymer clay a few years ago. It really makes keeping track of the monsters much nicer than trying to use chits of paper or other un-numbered items (including minis).
I do have a whole assortment of spiders, bugs, alligators, some wild animals, dinosaurs, dragons, etc... in plastic, and a FEW real DnD monster minis - they are more fun to see, but actually harder to use because they're not clearly numbered. The players are so used to the numbers that they routinely tell me which monster is which number and then refer to it that way in combat. It makes things much faster for me.
I do have a whole assortment of spiders, bugs, alligators, some wild animals, dinosaurs, dragons, etc... in plastic, and a FEW real DnD monster minis - they are more fun to see, but actually harder to use because they're not clearly numbered. The players are so used to the numbers that they routinely tell me which monster is which number and then refer to it that way in combat. It makes things much faster for me.
awesomeocalypse
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We use index cards cut up into 1"x1" squares and marked with pictures of our characters' faces we printed off, and for enemies we use the same index card squares (except for creatures of non-medium size), but with color coded stickers and numbers, so our dm can keep track of which monster is which in any given fight.
It works perfectly, and costs next to nothing, which for a bunch of broke new york twenty-somethings, is pretty sweet.
It works perfectly, and costs next to nothing, which for a bunch of broke new york twenty-somethings, is pretty sweet.
Maybe the PCs will stay Minis, I am not sure yet
weem
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We mix it up for sure, but generally we have minis for the players and tokens for mobs/other - with some variations from time to time
