Transparent AoE Markers

**Griogre** · October 4th, 2009, 22:58

After the changes to tokens that mean you don't pick up transparent pieces I thought I would try transparent AoE tokens with a transparent center with a rim. I'm finding them to work well. They are the dark red sqaures in the picture below.

**Blue Haven** · October 4th, 2009, 23:22

Very nice

that map takes me back in time...it seems like Eye of the Beholder 3...the first level when you are traveling in the woods...very cool...

**Leonal** · October 4th, 2009, 23:33

Hmm, that's a good idea.^^ Easier to see what's inside the area than my 50% gray templates (which are also a bit hard to use on dark maps.

**Zeus** · October 5th, 2009, 09:29

I did something similar for my 4E D&D games. I have attached them for anyone who wants quick AoE markers. They do not form a complete set but cover the majority of sizes required at Heroic Tier Level.

**Leonal** · October 5th, 2009, 13:18

Now I got inspired

Here are the templates given in the Pathfinder RPG book. 50px/5ft
Also adding the inkscape file if any one wants different colors, alpha values or to export with other resolutions.

I added a 30ft radius template for clerics and their channel energy. (Since they don't have a template for it, I made it in what I thought was logical when looking at the other templates.)

**Tenian** · October 5th, 2009, 13:20

The problem I've found with using token based AOE tokens is you have to leave tokens unlocked for your players to make use of them.

**Leonal** · October 5th, 2009, 13:32

I don't let my players use them. They point where they want to shoot and then I place the token after. Same goes for NPCs.
One round is only 6 seconds(in Pathfinder & D&D) after all and they will generally not have time to calculate exactly what the effect hits before releasing it.

**Griogre** · October 5th, 2009, 19:10

I almost never lock tokens - only in surprise situations really where I want to "freeze" the party while I load the Combat tracker or read something. I find the AoE tokens most useful for persistent zones that move around.

The red squares in the original post were created difficult ground.

The reason I made only the rim non transparent is because you get into token stacking issues where you have to leave the AoE marker out for persistent effects.

**Leonal** · October 5th, 2009, 23:22

That's a very good point Griogre, I had forgotten about the stacking issue.

I like to freeze tokens so that movement distance is show more or less correctly.

edit: Added templates with just a red outline.

**BruntFCA** · March 4th, 2010, 20:59

These are great!

The only problem I have is that I use "Brunel" style wide guage for my maps. Instead of the 50 by 50 I went for 65, 65. I have a very large high rez monitor, and 50by50 just does not cut it, not to mention the miniatures start to look like space invaders from the 80s.

I simply need to increase the size of each by 1.3. Whats the easiest way to do this? I tried paint, it now fits beautifully but I lose transparency.

I DL ed a free PNG edits (gimp), but it's so complex, I can't seem to get it to scale all! Just looking for a quick way to resize all layers of a PNG quickly really. Cheers.

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