Simplifying Distance

[Doug McCrae]

However, if I weren't interested in tactics, I wouldn't bother with D&D.

I agree. 3e's tactical combat is its greatest strength and one of the things that brought me back to D&D after a long hiatus.

 

[apoptosis]

I like this, bit it's really hard, in practice. I've tried to come up with a system to handle it elegantly. You have to track the distance between every pair of characters/monsters on the battlefield. Easy to do when there's 3 of you, but when you get past 6, forget about it.

It is used in Burning Wheel and works fine. It just means you approach combat differently. We havent used such measurements since we stopped playing Champions.