Playing on a Grid
Rules for using a square grid with miniatures or tokensSRD Content
If you play using a square grid and miniatures or other tokens, follow these rules.
Squares
Each square represents 5 feet.
Speed
Rather than moving foot by foot, move square by square on the grid, using your Speed in 5-foot segments. You can translate your Speed into squares by dividing it by 5. For example, a Speed of 30 feet translates into 6 squares. If you use a grid often, consider writing your Speed in squares on your character sheet.
Entering a Square
To enter a square, you must have enough movement left to pay for entering. It costs 1 square of movement to enter an unoccupied square that's adjacent to your space (orthogonally or diagonally adjacent). A square of Difficult Terrain costs 2 squares to enter. Other effects might make a square cost even more.
Corners
Diagonal movement can't cross the corner of a wall, a large tree, or another terrain feature that fills its space.
Ranges
To determine the range on a grid between two things—whether creatures or objects—count squares from a square adjacent to one of them and stop counting in the space of the other one. Count by the shortest route.