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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Grayhawk" data-source="post: 1768062" data-attributes="member: 11288">I don't want super-simple - I want D&D.And for a certain type of game I actually like AoO's, battlemaps and minis. The thing is, that kind of game gets a much more wargamey feel - IMO - than earlier editions. Here combats were more abstract and the vivid descriptions of them made them live in our imagination, instead of on the battlemat.So while I like the concept of AoO's, I dislike how they make me dependant on a battlemat, minis and the counting of squares, as I feel that dependency takes away from the flow of the game, player creativity and the ultimate roleplaying experience.Please remember, there's no *right* way to play this game, there's just the way that's right for you and your group. This thread is not for the discussion about whether you can have a great roleplaying experience when using a battlemat, as I'm sure many of you have just that. But my group have had better experiences with earlier edition's more free-form combat and we could use a hand in figuring out how to go about removing AoO's, so we can play 3x in a way that suits us.So, without AoO's and a battlemat, how do you handle spellcasters and ranged attackers in melee?</blockquote>