I believe that’s officially a variant rule. The system itself works fine without a grid. It can be done completely in the theater of the mind.
The grid is just commonly used because it simplifies movement and positioning greatly.
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Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 1 year ago5e rules explicitly refer to spaces on a grid and had to be changed in several ways to work in a gridless setting.
BiNonBi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Zahille7@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Right? I only played like a campaign and a half of 5e, but I specifically remember the 5’ spaced grids.