Map Terrain Markers!

*grin*

I previously missed the tip/technique where you could do this.

Painting those symbols onto the tiles is extremely awesome!

I'm tweaking my maps now.

Thanks Dan!

 

Not trying to rain on your parade Dan, but here are some more with different colors: Difficult Terrain. These I use to signify differences in elevation: Eleveation Markers(they are the arrows with numbers at the bottom).

 

I grabbed those too! I really like the ability to paint small markers on tiles.

 

I'm still very new to d20Pro and I'm having a bit of trouble understanding how to accomplish all I'd like. I'm not sure this is the right place to ask about it, and I'll keep searching after this post, but what I'd like to make happen is to be able to use markers or tiles or something to add difficult terrain to maps. The effect of this would be that if a character moves through this type of terrain, their movement indicator would be updated appropriately. Is this currently supported? Or do these markers simply make it easier for us to do the tracking of movement manually?

Sorry if this newb question has been asked and answered many times already, I will continue my search - this was just the first thread I stumbled on that seemed to touch on the subject. Thanks for any help you can provide!

 

What you are asking is not supported. You can mark difficult terrain, but the software does not track it. Honestly, I just use templates for that, and the players just need to make their movement as appropriate. That sort of function is really easy to real time deal with, and this software simplifies so many other difficult to deal with mechanics, I do not feel that it is a detraction from the software's capabilities.

 

Thanks for the reply, I appreciate it. I'm mostly glad I'm not missing out on using a feature, as you say tracking distance is something I imagine we've all done since the beginning.

I think it's a typical reaction to see the movement tracker in the first place (which is totally cool all on its own) and to make the leap to the additional math of terrain types. But you're right, it's not a detraction to not have it - it'd simply be a bit more icing on the cake.