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<blockquote data-quote="kylekornkven" data-source="post: 122204" data-attributes="member: 3606">Alternative to Combat SheetsI first came upon the combat sheet idea in the DMG where they had the combat matrix.&nbsp; I decided that that was too slow, so I made a combat planner.&nbsp; It was fairly popular about a year ago, but the big problem with it was that it was only available online.&nbsp; Basically, what it did was automatically sort initative for all of the monsters and the players, show the hp, ac, saves, name, to hit bonus and damage bonus on one line for each creature.&nbsp; It allowed for reordering initative at any point, allowed the next person in the combat round to be highlighted, and kept track of hit points for monsters, taking them out of the round when they dropped below 0 points.&nbsp; Included in the app was all of the monsters from the monster manual, so a dm could select which characters were playing, then decide they are going to fight orcs, so he would select orcs from the monster list.&nbsp; Say in this case he would want 10 orcs.&nbsp; the program would roll hit points and initative for all of the orcs.&nbsp; This was extremely helpful if you had many many creatures in the combat.It all sounds confusing explained like this, but it really wasn't.&nbsp; Hopefully soon you all will be able to experience this program, as a friend and I are writing an offline version of it.&nbsp; When that is done, I guarantee it will speed up combat, especially large scale combat!Kyle</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kylekornkven, post: 122204, member: 3606"] [b]Alternative to Combat Sheets[/b] I first came upon the combat sheet idea in the DMG where they had the combat matrix. I decided that that was too slow, so I made a combat planner. It was fairly popular about a year ago, but the big problem with it was that it was only available online. Basically, what it did was automatically sort initative for all of the monsters and the players, show the hp, ac, saves, name, to hit bonus and damage bonus on one line for each creature. It allowed for reordering initative at any point, allowed the next person in the combat round to be highlighted, and kept track of hit points for monsters, taking them out of the round when they dropped below 0 points. Included in the app was all of the monsters from the monster manual, so a dm could select which characters were playing, then decide they are going to fight orcs, so he would select orcs from the monster list. Say in this case he would want 10 orcs. the program would roll hit points and initative for all of the orcs. This was extremely helpful if you had many many creatures in the combat. It all sounds confusing explained like this, but it really wasn't. Hopefully soon you all will be able to experience this program, as a friend and I are writing an offline version of it. When that is done, I guarantee it will speed up combat, especially large scale combat! Kyle [/QUOTE]

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