As you ve discovered battle mats aren t really made for extended marking.
Dnd mat distance.
If a person walks at 3 miles per hour 8 hours a day then they can walk 24 miles in a single day.
252 but this only matters for distance considerations even under that optional rule.
On a failed saving throw a character suffers one level of exhaustion see conditions.
Mats are typically wiped after every session and most gamers use only non permanent overhead projector markers on them.
Rather than taking up a space of an equal number of squares per side like creatures do a ship s width is always considered to be one square.
The dmg has alternate rules for counting diagonals as alternately 5 and 10 p.
Maps are sometimes one of the coolest parts of dnd.
A dnd map can lay out the continent you re playing in the dungeon you re exploring or even the inn you re staying at.
In order to play out ship to ship combat on a flip mat or battle mat a single square on the map corresponds to 30 feet of distance rather than 5 feet.
For each additional hour of travel beyond 8 hours the characters cover the distance shown in the hour column for their pace and each character must make a constitution saving throw at the end of the hour.
Any longer than that and they re pushing at a pace that would risk a level of exhaustion see below so that should make the math simple figure out the distance in miles and then divide by 24 that s how many days it ll take you.
This map should help you determine distances.
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Beware opportunity attacks though.
Even then some colours like red can leave a faint stain even when promptly wiped up at the end of the session.
Dnd really makes the most out of maps and allows you to put them to good use building some great theater of the mind.
Nothing says adventure like a map.
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Diagonals your pc could still move to a diagonal space.