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<blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 6051181" data-attributes="member: 6669384">I guess I thought I was contributing by :a) Offering an alternative idea to printed templates.b) Explaining *why* nobody seemed to need your templates.If I did want overlay type templates (as opposed to wrap-around types) I'd probably want translucent images printed on clear plastic.While there's a lot to be said for hard plastic, wrt to ease of handling in play, I'd also see some value in soft plastic, ala Colorforms quality stuff.&nbsp; The hard stuff is easy to hold over an area to see who's included.&nbsp; Images make it a graphic plus for the game, while the clear foundation lets you see through it for positioning.&nbsp; It's also easy to crease, crack, chip or otherwise render useless in normal handling.The soft stuff is harder to hold over an area, but just as easy to lay under, for persistent effects like Entangle, Silence or Black Tentacles.&nbsp; And being flexible means it's easier to keep intact while not in use.The wire frames are good to hold or lay down, and you don't have to move figures to do it.&nbsp; They do get bent in storage, but aren't hard to straighten.What they lack, though, is even the hint of a graphic capacity.&nbsp; Your idea tops mine there, hands down.Now making larger templates (ones wit a dimension larger than will fit in a notebook) is a challenge, no matter what the media.&nbsp; Multi-segmented ones are neither easy to hold nor easy to lay down, and if they don't fit in a protective folder of some kind they're going to die young.You might try designing them to fold into quarters for storage, while staying rigid enough while opened to allow overlay type handling.Now I don't know what kind of templates you might need for D&amp;DNext (i.e. 5th Ed).&nbsp; 4th made them kind of strange, since they measure diagonals the same as laterals.&nbsp; That makes cones and bursts into squares (hence the ongoing joke/gripe about Firecube as a spell).&nbsp; If D&amp;DNext ends up with that same ignorance of the Pythagorean Theorem, templates will be somewhere between strange and unnecessary.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Greenfield, post: 6051181, member: 6669384"] I guess I thought I was contributing by : a) Offering an alternative idea to printed templates. b) Explaining *why* nobody seemed to need your templates. If I did want overlay type templates (as opposed to wrap-around types) I'd probably want translucent images printed on clear plastic. While there's a lot to be said for hard plastic, wrt to ease of handling in play, I'd also see some value in soft plastic, ala Colorforms quality stuff. The hard stuff is easy to hold over an area to see who's included. Images make it a graphic plus for the game, while the clear foundation lets you see through it for positioning. It's also easy to crease, crack, chip or otherwise render useless in normal handling. The soft stuff is harder to hold over an area, but just as easy to lay under, for persistent effects like [I]Entangle[/I], [I]Silence[/I] or [I]Black Tentacles[/I]. And being flexible means it's easier to keep intact while not in use. The wire frames are good to hold or lay down, and you don't have to move figures to do it. They do get bent in storage, but aren't hard to straighten. What they lack, though, is even the hint of a graphic capacity. Your idea tops mine there, hands down. Now making larger templates (ones wit a dimension larger than will fit in a notebook) is a challenge, no matter what the media. Multi-segmented ones are neither easy to hold nor easy to lay down, and if they don't fit in a protective folder of some kind they're going to die young. You might try designing them to fold into quarters for storage, while staying rigid enough while opened to allow overlay type handling. Now I don't know what kind of templates you might need for D&DNext (i.e. 5th Ed). 4th made them kind of strange, since they measure diagonals the same as laterals. That makes cones and bursts into squares (hence the ongoing joke/gripe about [I]Firecube[/I] as a spell). If D&DNext ends up with that same ignorance of the Pythagorean Theorem, templates will be somewhere between strange and unnecessary. [/QUOTE]

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