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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Majoru Oakheart" data-source="post: 6244957" data-attributes="member: 5143">[MAP][/MAP]I'm going to completely agree here.  Both could be played equally difficult in "theater of the mind" mode.  I do believe that both were SO difficult to do in theater of the mind mode that it wasn't worth it.  However, if you are capable of running one in theater of the mind, the other should be nearly as easy.3.5e's rules about positioning were just easier to ignore.  All you had to do is hand waive and say "Yeah, you don't provoke any opportunity attacks" or "we aren't using opportunity attacks in this game" and half your problems went away.  There were still a number of other feats that needed positioning information but if no one took these, almost everything could be resolved without minis or a grid of some sort.  Most abilities only needed to know if you were in melee, short, medium, or long range from an enemy.  Which is fairly easy to track in your head.4e often needs to know whether an enemy is 3 squares or 4 squares or 5 squares away from you and whether the enemy is between you and another enemy or obstacle...and how far away that enemy is from that obstacle(so whether a push 3 will throw them in or whether you need a push 4).When played precisely according to the rules both equally required minis, however.  Opportunity attacks in 3.5e were a big deal when played according to the rules.  Just figuring out if you provoked one and planning the entire movement for your round to avoid them took nearly half the time spent planning each round.</blockquote>

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