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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fba827" data-source="post: 6588583" data-attributes="member: 807">While I can totally respect that TotM works for some, it is not a good fit for my group.The adam can explain things til he's blue in the face but sometimes someone's theater in their mind is just different than the other players, leading to lots of back and forth "but I thought this .... " " but you said this ...." "I really should have been able to get at least half of them in my spell area...." "I thought I could cover than distance with a single move. This changes everything and I wouldn't have started this tactic last round if that wasn't the case..." Disagreements start and hurt feelings if someone feels something wasn't clear.  So just one person having a different setup in their head leads to difficulty, let alone if everyone has a different setup in their head which is possible since that is the nature of communication and how it is said and how it is interpreted.  The more tense the battle where every misstep makes a big difference, the more some visual representation is needed for my group. But then if you only whip out a sketch every time it's a tense battle then there is less concern or motivation when the sketch isn't drawn out.Furthermore, We have some low attention span people in the group, having minis gives them something to focus on and their mind wanders less to their phone texting or whatever.  There is less "eyes glazing over listening to the DM speak for every description" if there is a visual component.Anyway like I said I totally respect (and perhaps envy in some ways) that it works for some but in practice it does not work well for my group and some visual representation contributes to our experience in a far more positive way.</blockquote>

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