Last night I was DM'ing a session and I was overwhelmed with creatures hp I had to keep track of. I was wondering how other dm's keep track of them. I normally use a grid and just white, black, clear or red counters. (I use them for MTG) but I found my self more focused on trying to keep track that I missed some of the story I was supposed to give them. Any advice is appreciated.
Many people just aren't equipped to multitask beyond a certain threshold. For some its a high threshold and others the threshold is lower. And DMing I think asks a fairly high threshold of multitasking from the DM.Last night I was DM'ing a session and I was overwhelmed with creatures hp I had to keep track of. I was wondering how other dm's keep track of them. I normally use a grid and just white, black, clear or red counters. (I use them for MTG) but I found my self more focused on trying to keep track that I missed some of the story I was supposed to give them. Any advice is appreciated.
I use 3x5 cards for each player and monster. Player cards have AC and some information including this combat's initiative value.
Monster cards have stats, attacks, AC and HP. Multiples of the same monster I keep HP in separate rows.
This way I can stack all the players and monsters in order by initiative and move through each card as the turn goes.