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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 4056593" data-attributes="member: 22779">By the rules, yes, it is.&nbsp; A mini has a square base.&nbsp; Even in the pictures in the PHB, they have square bases.&nbsp; The rules state that they have square bases.So, yes, round bases would be wrong.And, yeah, I agree with Merric that the only reason for round bases is aesthetic.&nbsp; By rules, it's not kosher.&nbsp; Now, as far as being bitter or whatever, I use round bases and I couldn't give a toss about the accuracy.&nbsp; <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; Close enough is more than good enough for me.&nbsp; A 15 foot wide monster can fit in a 15 foot wide corridor regardless of what that battlemap might say.But, we're not talking about my game or your game.&nbsp; We're talking about what the rules ACTUALLY say.&nbsp; I've talked to Hypersmurf far too many times to think that my personal interpretation of the rules is going to hold any water.&nbsp; RAW states that a huge monster has a base 15 feet to a side.&nbsp; That means a 9x9 base using 5 foot squares.&nbsp; That means you get weirdness all over the place.That's my only point in all of this.&nbsp; That 3.5 1-2-1 rules are not any more particularly accurate or realistic than any other abstraction.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 4056593, member: 22779"] By the rules, yes, it is. A mini has a square base. Even in the pictures in the PHB, they have square bases. The rules state that they have square bases. So, yes, round bases would be wrong. And, yeah, I agree with Merric that the only reason for round bases is aesthetic. By rules, it's not kosher. Now, as far as being bitter or whatever, I use round bases and I couldn't give a toss about the accuracy. :) Close enough is more than good enough for me. A 15 foot wide monster can fit in a 15 foot wide corridor regardless of what that battlemap might say. But, we're not talking about my game or your game. We're talking about what the rules ACTUALLY say. I've talked to Hypersmurf far too many times to think that my personal interpretation of the rules is going to hold any water. RAW states that a huge monster has a base 15 feet to a side. That means a 9x9 base using 5 foot squares. That means you get weirdness all over the place. That's my only point in all of this. That 3.5 1-2-1 rules are not any more particularly accurate or realistic than any other abstraction. [/QUOTE]

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