I have just started using them and so far, DDB maps have been great - they save you the trouble of printing and are a very worthwhile addition to my games. All of the currently added features work well and are easy to use. That aside, here's what I'd like to see from DDB Maps:
- The ability to change a monster's sizing, on the go. I've had trouble getting creatures to the correct size on maps with the rather minimal size category scaling. For example, creatures might be listed as in the broader size category huge, but there is quite a large difference between the sizing of for example, a hill giant and a storm giant. However, they would both be exactly the same size on Maps.
-A duplicate key on monster listings. When renaming swarm monsters, it's quite a pain to individually rename every one.
-Radii for spells and other effects would be a cool feature - if you could select a spell or input details manually of say, a 40ft sphere centred on the caster, and visualise it on screen, it would be very handy.
To pre-empt the mods: The Maps team does not read the forums. Short feedback points, like you've raised here, should be entered in the Feedback button on the Maps VTT itself.
I have just started using them and so far, DDB maps have been great - they save you the trouble of printing and are a very worthwhile addition to my games. All of the currently added features work well and are easy to use. That aside, here's what I'd like to see from DDB Maps:
- The ability to change a monster's sizing, on the go. I've had trouble getting creatures to the correct size on maps with the rather minimal size category scaling. For example, creatures might be listed as in the broader size category huge, but there is quite a large difference between the sizing of for example, a hill giant and a storm giant. However, they would both be exactly the same size on Maps.
-A duplicate key on monster listings. When renaming swarm monsters, it's quite a pain to individually rename every one.
-Radii for spells and other effects would be a cool feature - if you could select a spell or input details manually of say, a 40ft sphere centred on the caster, and visualise it on screen, it would be very handy.
Your last request already exists with the overlays feature.
Also your first request would be nice, but per the rules - All "Huge" monsters occupy the same 3x3 gird on a map. This is set in the player's handbook. So it would be nice to resize them our selves, but per the Rules, a Hill Giant and a Storm Giant while one might be 12 feet tall, and the other 20 feet tall, the both still only occupy 9 squares in combat.
- The ability to change a monster's sizing, on the go. I've had trouble getting creatures to the correct size on maps with the rather minimal size category scaling. For example, creatures might be listed as in the broader size category huge, but there is quite a large difference between the sizing of for example, a hill giant and a storm giant. However, they would both be exactly the same size on Maps.
A creature belongs to a size category, which determines the width of the square space the creature occupies on a map, as shown on the Creature Size and Space table
That's not to say the feature wouldn't be useful for stuff like Enlarge/Reduce, but I would expect even that feature to only allow going up and down size categories
I have just started using them and so far, DDB maps have been great - they save you the trouble of printing and are a very worthwhile addition to my games. All of the currently added features work well and are easy to use. That aside, here's what I'd like to see from DDB Maps:
- The ability to change a monster's sizing, on the go. I've had trouble getting creatures to the correct size on maps with the rather minimal size category scaling. For example, creatures might be listed as in the broader size category huge, but there is quite a large difference between the sizing of for example, a hill giant and a storm giant. However, they would both be exactly the same size on Maps.
-A duplicate key on monster listings. When renaming swarm monsters, it's quite a pain to individually rename every one.
-Radii for spells and other effects would be a cool feature - if you could select a spell or input details manually of say, a 40ft sphere centred on the caster, and visualise it on screen, it would be very handy.
…and then I swing him into a hedge.
To pre-empt the mods: The Maps team does not read the forums. Short feedback points, like you've raised here, should be entered in the Feedback button on the Maps VTT itself.
Your last request already exists with the overlays feature.
Also your first request would be nice, but per the rules - All "Huge" monsters occupy the same 3x3 gird on a map. This is set in the player's handbook. So it would be nice to resize them our selves, but per the Rules, a Hill Giant and a Storm Giant while one might be 12 feet tall, and the other 20 feet tall, the both still only occupy 9 squares in combat.
Creature Size and Space
Per the rules that Maps is built on, there isn't. Both a hill giant and storm giant are huge and per the rules:
The rules make it very explicit:
That's not to say the feature wouldn't be useful for stuff like Enlarge/Reduce, but I would expect even that feature to only allow going up and down size categories
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