Thunderous Cacophony said:
If they're keeping the same design as the playtests, it's grid-compatible but not grid-required. Everything is measured in feet again, and it was easy enough to run a theatre-of-the-mind style game or to break out some grid maps if you feel like it.
With that said, they promised advanced tactical rules as an option, but apparently those modules aren't going to be available until the DMG drops in November, which means I won't buy any 5E products until then. The rules for the GM are the most important part of a game, because that's all the stuff that he/she takes care of so the rest of the players can have a good time. Until I know the quality of that, I don't feel like investing in the MM or PHB.
Uh, if they're keeping it the same how is it not grid-required? I couldn't fathom to play 4th without a grid.
I mean with all the pullin', pushing and shifting. And all the LoS spells and basically.. everything ranged needs the grid.
Jeah i guess you could write down the feet you're apart from each other but sofar i'd bet that that method would be way more time/brain power consuming than me creating those grids in .. maybe 5-15min per grid. Got 4 A3-laminated grid sheets and some felt pens.
Meh, whatever. As you said until the GM books hits it's more or less useless. How you're going to create adventures without the GMB + MM? Unless they put a little bit of everything in the PHB which would mean that they either duplicate some stuff or you've to shift between the books all the time. derp.