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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Roadkill101" data-source="post: 4051733" data-attributes="member: 30952">I use the 1, 1, 1, 1 method for my campaigns, only because it's simple and easy to use when tracking distance of movement.  I prefer the more realistic 1, 2, 1, 2, but don't like bogging my game down more than necessary.  I normally play movement and facing kinda fast and loose to begin with, just so everyone at the table has a good rough idea of who, what and where.I only use squares for indoor movement, hexes get used for outdoor movement.  I'll admit that hexes are better for facing purposes over squares, if i wanna worry that much about it.I don't use the standard 5x5 square.  My squares represent 1 meter, just big enough to account for a person and their gear (hexes are 5 meters across from side to side).  I'm a bit old school when looking at maps and think of 1 square equals ten feet (unless otherwise noted), I get 9 squares per one square when interpreting a map this way (or 3 per side).  It's also easy to convert that meter into a yard, either way it makes drawing out a more realistically dimensioned sized space much easier (it's a helluva lot easier breaking up that 1" grid into thirds than fifths).  The only drawback to this scale is the need for multiple mats to adequately represent large rooms/chambers/area's all at once.For circular area spell effects, I've modified a compass to fit various marking implements, and actually draw the area of effect out to see who or what get's hit as necessary.  I think I may snag Zinovia's scaled template idea, don't know why I didn't think of this before.</blockquote>

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