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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 9292324" data-attributes="member: 177">Really?  So battle tactics in combat don't matter in D&D?If you accept that moving a mini on a battlemat is merely using a physical token to "describe" what you are doing, then we are talking about similar things.  Taking care to speak well is not all that different than taking care to figure out the path through a battle that minimizes opportunity attacks, or grants you advantage for flanking.  Knowing when to include a snide insult in your speech is not deeply different from knowing a troll is vulnerable to fire...Since the dawn of the game, a player who understood and played the physical combat rules would get an advantage over those who do not.  This is not materially different.(it seems a couple of us have managed to make largely the same point in quick succession)</blockquote>