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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 5182418" data-attributes="member: 2011">So, your rational is that since you don't care about it, other players and DMs shouldn't either.Our players are a bit more tactical than that.Every creature on the board should be aware of the bloodied condition of all other creatures.The players do so in order to have PCs assist PCs that are bloodied, or attack NPCs that are bloodied.The DM does so in order to have NPCs assist NPCs that are bloodied, or concentrate attacks on PCs that are bloodied.One of the suppositions of 4E design is that the game system should be more fluid and tactical than earlier versions. It's hard to do that if the players and DM cannot quickly determine state information.Very strange. Every player in my group wants to know which foes the Strikers are focusing on in order to maximize focused fire. Sure, they could pay close attention, but with the number of slides and pushes and shifts (and the ten minutes from a players turn to his next turn) and such, combat is often chaotic. It's much easier to look at a miniature with a purple ring on it for the Hunter's Quarry than it is to remember which one it is.And that's quite possible.It's one of the reasons I come here to discuss things. If someone were to come up with a good way to visually keep track of this stuff, I'm all for it. For example, I was thinking of adding strips of duct tape to half of our plastic colored rings to indicate conditions that expire with a save vs. ones that expire at the end of a turn. Anything to make it easier for the DM and players.Just a rough estimate from a DD&I search.Not as one gets into Paragon and Epic levels and the PCs start acquiring more and more options, especially area effect options.</blockquote>

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