RE: Move through

[Steve Ames <steve@ns1.cioe.com>]

> [Daniel Lawrence]  Then you will excuse mine.... after about the two 
> millionth time having combat slowed to a crawl cause everyone has to 
> know distances from each combatant to each other combatant.... if i 
> hear that particular question it always sets me off. 

Its a pretty important question. Instead of asking the question the
mage instead describes what he wants to do and you say 4d6 -vs- your
targeting skill.

> I am very specific about saying how long 10 feet is on the board... 

Sure. But the board is not used everytime. Other GMs aren't as 
specific and even then I've guessed wrong a few times.

> and if you have been 
> in combat that many times... then you should be damn good at figuring 
> out how far you are. 

It really can't be left up to the player. We, as moderators, are the
only exact image the player has of the world they are playing in. We
describe the world to them. If we do a good job most players will have
a relative idea of their placement in regards to everyone else. Certainly
the whiteboard helps. Occasionally an action will be performed where
rough placement isn't good enough and more detail needs to be thrown in.

> And lastly I would wonder why you would play in 
> a game run by so called 'dickhead'?  Its no fun for us dickheads either.....

I think Orion was being a bit facetious. He wasn't calling any specific
person a dickhead. He was expressing his frustration.

						-Steve