Crossposted: Combat without a Battlemap... [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Romulus LoneWolf

04-03-04, 08:07 AM
Ok, here's the sitch: my group and I play online, over chat programs and the such. I do have a yahoo group where I post combat maps for the group to use, but that solution is rather cumbersome and unelegant, and often leads to some confusion...

What I need is a set of rules or guidelines for running combat without battlemaps or miniatures, but that still uses it's environment creatively.. I can dig out the old cover rules from my 3.0 DM's guide, but that's about it.

Anyone got any suggestions?
Seeker95

04-03-04, 11:28 AM
That's exactly what we did for the first 22 years of my D&D playing life. It is only in the last three that I started using the maps.

Just describe relative locations, and recognize that your AoO play is going to be less frequent.