I FOUND IT!!! Took forever, but I found a great way we can keep track of our maps!
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/20061121t
download it! (won't be able to use the online version for our purposes as i'll explain...)
Takes a little getting used to... for example you cant place more than 1 copy of a tile on a map until you've changed the settings. (Settings > Set/Extension Counts > Cnt)
This program was designed for making maps without player characters on 'em, so in order to have player characters, we'll have to change some of the tile graphics. (hence the need for the downloaded version.) For example, I may wind up changing the "circle of mushrooms" graphic to represent my character.
once you've moved your character, you click on export current and post the data string for the rest of us to import!
(it's a very long string. will likely have to make a separate thread to post 'em in so the rp thread is readable.) :p
i suppose with some tweaking i could get tables to emulate a map if for some reason we can't use the tiles mapper...
for giggles, here's what others put up with without this handy dandy tool:
here's an example of how a group of experienced players run 3.5 on rpol:
link to a message in another game
here's another example of how to run DnD (this time 4.0) on rpol:
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This message was last edited by the GM at 03:27, Sun 21 Sept 2008.