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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 6589081" data-attributes="member: 42582">4e simulates facing by using blasts: many gaze attacks or cone attacks, for instance, are blasts ie affect only one side of the attacker - which simulates the fact that the attacker is facing in that direction.(Btw, I don't think you disagree with me on this - the point is just one of clarification for those not familiar with 4e.)What if the new target was within reach of you without having to leave the reach of your first target? This could easily happen in a close melee.In other words, this!In my 4e game I've run combats in which the "grid" is just a list of names and distances/separations on a sheet of paper.But I'm not sure that counts as "theatre of the mind". Maybe it does?When I used to run Rolemaster and AD&D, we didn't use grids or tokens - if a visual representation was needed I would draw one up, and we mark movement using arrows if necessary. The difference with 4e is that there are so many abilities that make a big deal of modest amounts of movement (shifts, forced movement, etc) - this is quite different from Rolemaster or AD&D, and using a grid and tokens helps make sure these rules are implemented consistently.</blockquote>