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[Feature]: Hide Map Coordinates from Players.
Feature Request
Sometimes I want to put players in situations and on maps that should be hard for them to easily navigate. Having access to a map's coordinates can undermine this effect. In many cases, always having access to a map's coordinates is simply providing information that their characters should not have.
The Solution you'd like
I would like to have a per-map setting that would hide the map coordinates on player clients.
If we can't do it per-map, then I would like a campaign preference or server setting to hide the map coordinates on clients.
Alternatives that you've considered.
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Additional Context
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Is there any reason why PC’s should know coordinates at all? I am only asking because I never knew why PC’s needed to know that information.
I never use them, never have at all, but on the surface, why would a PC need to know that information? It gives the PC’s directional information, which wouldn’t be a good thing if you want that information to be a secret.
Is there any reason why PC’s should know coordinates at all? I am only asking because I never knew why PC’s needed to know that information.
I never use them, never have at all, but on the surface, why would a PC need to know that information? It gives the PC’s directional information, which wouldn’t be a good thing if you want that information to be a secret.
I could see some characters having access to such information--like some kind of tracker, or a character specialized in direction finding, or a character with a device (or spell) that provides such info, etc. And some tactical games might be cool with everyone having coordinate access... but, in general, I think having it visible by default is a net negative because most characters (in most RPG's at least) should not have access to it.