Thread: Order Tab, Marching Order...
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February 16th, 2018, 11:11 #1
Order Tab, Marching Order...
Hi all,
Could you tell me what is the purpose to the order tab in the party sheet ?
How could we use it ? Is it possible to "drag and drop" what this tab contains in a battle maps ?
Thanks,
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February 16th, 2018, 11:51 #2
Its so that the party can determine their marching order at that time so when the GM determines that the trap hits the 3rd person or the assault begins on the left hand side that the players have declared their positions already... and the arguments should be... null and void.
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February 16th, 2018, 15:19 #3
There is no automation for it. You can't drag anything to have FG place the PCs on a map in the shown marching order unfortunately.
I never claimed to be sane. Besides, it's more fun this way.
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February 16th, 2018, 18:20 #4
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The idea is that you're supposed to drag from the left column of the order sheet which contains the party members on the party sheet onto the Marching and Formation area. I just tried that in my test Pathfinder campaign, and it appears to be working.
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February 17th, 2018, 05:16 #5
But can you drag anything from the party sheet to a battlemap to place the tokens in the same orientation?
I never claimed to be sane. Besides, it's more fun this way.
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February 17th, 2018, 08:35 #6
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No, it has always been just a simple representation. No linkage to anything else.
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February 17th, 2018, 13:51 #7
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I've always found the "marching order" tab in the party sheet to be more useful for "theater of the mind" style play - if you're using a battle map, the order is on the map already.
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February 17th, 2018, 14:02 #8
It's nice to know where the squishies are when you're setting up a new map or a one off encounter though!
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February 17th, 2018, 15:06 #9
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If it's a wide open battle map (outdoor encounter usually) and there is no clear setup area, I drop the tokens and tell the players to arrange themselves after I give the description of what they see. Then I setup the enemies based on their setup.
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February 17th, 2018, 20:06 #10
I use the marching order as a default. So that when I spring an ambush or trap on the party I don't just give them a map and let them set themselves up how they want knowing they are going into combat.
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