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<blockquote data-quote="Ahnehnois" data-source="post: 6244490" data-attributes="member: 17106">I think using miniature painted figures is not the issue here. The real meaning of this line of inquiry to me is the use of visual aids versus so-called &quot;theater of the mind&quot; play where everyone just imagines the scene and there are no physical objects used to notate positioning. To me, theater of the mind is the default and I rarely deviate from it. It sounds to me like you make some use of grids and other tools to record positioning, so you are an incremental step away from pure theater of the mind gaming. Which is fine, of course. Whatever works for you.The question to me is whether 3e movement rules make the grid a practical necessity, which I don't think they do. 4e has a lot more small-scale position-based effects, and the ranges are written in squares rather than feet, so it's probably more assumed that you have some kind of visual aid, but even then it may or may not be truly necessary.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ahnehnois, post: 6244490, member: 17106"] I think using miniature painted figures is not the issue here. The real meaning of this line of inquiry to me is the use of visual aids versus so-called "theater of the mind" play where everyone just imagines the scene and there are no physical objects used to notate positioning. To me, theater of the mind is the default and I rarely deviate from it. It sounds to me like you make some use of grids and other tools to record positioning, so you are an incremental step away from pure theater of the mind gaming. Which is fine, of course. Whatever works for you. The question to me is whether 3e movement rules make the grid a practical necessity, which I don't think they do. 4e has a lot more small-scale position-based effects, and the ranges are written in squares rather than feet, so it's probably more assumed that you have some kind of visual aid, but even then it may or may not be truly necessary. [/QUOTE]

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