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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 5974691" data-attributes="member: 37579">I liked 4e's method until I tried it, and had bonuses change on a round-by-round basis. As a player I could never keep track of ally buffs, especially ones that only applied to certain creatures. And I had to constantly remind players (and the DM) what my effects were.So much more of a hassle than short duration spells and tracking roubds ever were.As such, one round buffs should be rarer yet more significant. Debuffs work well on a countdown. Save ends works, but sometimes it should last a set time. The countdown adds drama and is often easy to track. Effects that last for the encounter are handy, but I enjoy effects that can last for multiple fights. Buffs where you can just write down the bonus and forget. From a verisimilitude perspective I dislike encounter buffs. If you have two short back-to-back fights why does the buff expire but if you have one super-long mega fight it keeps going? Tracking duration in minutes solves that.</blockquote>