Suggestion for bases with DFRPG

[lachimba]

If SJ Games does a reprint of the bases here is a suggestion:

Sequentially number each base.

That way I can write a 1 and track everything that happens to that otherwise (almost) identical monster off board.

eg four corpse golems numbered 1 - 4 vs having to remember which is which.

[ericbsmith]

Not a bad idea. For the black bases you can get a Paint Pen from Walmart for about $2 which would allow you to write on them. I liked the silver one, and used it to color in the arrows. For the color bases you can write on them with a black Sharpie.

[tbone]

Originally Posted by lachimba

If SJ Games does a reprint of the bases here is a suggestion:

Sequentially number each base.

That way I can write a 1 and track everything that happens to that otherwise (almost) identical monster off board.

eg four corpse golems numbered 1 - 4 vs having to remember which is which.

Is that practical to manufacture, though? SJG would not only have to produce bases numbered 1 through X, but would have to make sure that each little bag of, say, 12 bases properly contained the numbers 1 through 12.

(Maybe a simple thing in the modern factory. I don't know.)

[Dalin]

Originally Posted by ericbsmith

Not a bad idea. For the black bases you can get a Paint Pen from Walmart for about $2 which would allow you to write on them. I liked the silver one, and used it to color in the arrows. For the color bases you can write on them with a black Sharpie.

I am going shopping today to do this very thing. Great idea.

Also, does anyone know if there is a way to purchase more bases? I did a cursory search of Warehouse 23 and I couldn't find any. Many combats will require more than a dozen, especially when the PCs and their entourage are using a bunch.

[ericbsmith]

Originally Posted by Dalin

I am going shopping today to do this very thing. Great idea.

Look in the craft section for the Paint Pen.

Originally Posted by Dalin

Also, does anyone know if there is a way to purchase more bases? I did a cursory search of Warehouse 23 and I couldn't find any. Many combats will require more than a dozen, especially when the PCs and their entourage are using a bunch.

Phil Reed answered this in another thread.

Originally Posted by philreed

There will be packs of bases available on Warehouse 23 -- http://www.warehouse23.com/ -- in the next month or two. We overran the sets of black and rainbow bases to offer for sale.

[ericbsmith]

Originally Posted by tbone

Is that practical to manufacture, though? SJG would not only have to produce bases numbered 1 through X, but would have to make sure that each little bag of, say, 12 bases properly contained the numbers 1 through 12.

I would imagine that this is not significantly more difficult than making 6 different colors of bases and making sure that each set contains two of each color.

[rknop]

I've just cut out little small squares of sticker (e.g. from labels or something) and put them on bases, and written numbers in pen. Not quite as elegant as paint pens, but it works, and it used things I had on hand.

[Pseudonym]

How about... bases that let two SM+0 characters engage in C-range combat?

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by Pseudonym

How about... bases that let two SM+0 characters engage in C-range combat?

Even minis intended for hugely popular games like PFRPG don't take into account that grappling puts characters in the same space.

[Pseudonym]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

Even minis intended for hugely popular games like PFRPG don't take into account that grappling puts characters in the same space.

Well... instead of being inconvenient because the other guy gets away with it, how about not? The thread was called, "Suggestion for bases with DFRPG," after all.