these I made a gridmap on the whiteboard which could be changed during the course of a battle to reflect changes in the in-game environment. Additionally, structures and dungeons could be represented to scale. Different objects and features on the map can be represented via the use of a variety of marker colors.
To represent the PCs and the NPCs (including monsters) I bought some card stock paper, also available at Walmart, and use Microsoft Paint to cut and paste portraits onto small circles about the size of a dime. True, it takes quite a while to cut them out, but when you have a 2.5x3.5 foot gridmap with 3/4 inch squares on it, you can fit ALOT of action on the board, easily.
Below is the first sheet I made for monsters and NPCs. Note that the circles that the portraits are on have little crats sticking out from them to denote the direction the creature is facing. This particular sheet was designed to use with the module "The Sunless Citadel", which I highly reccomend for beginner players and DMs alike. |
