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<blockquote data-quote="Balesir" data-source="post: 6270631" data-attributes="member: 27160">I have two techniques (used with 4E and 13A); they amount to essentially the same thing - &quot;the same way I track hit points&quot;.The first is to have an &quot;encounter form&quot;. Top section has a list of monster types with any notes about what the players should be told about them (e.g. &quot;disguised as peasants&quot;) and their initiative rolls, a list of PCs with space for their initiative rolls and a space for notes (lighting, special terrain features, etc.). The botton section is a list with one monster (or set of mooks) per row and columns for monster name/id, for miniature used (if any), for limited powers used (check boxes), for conditions imposed (with a code for how it ends) and a long track for hit points (with the starting total and the staggered value in parentheses at the left had end). Any loot can be noted at the bottom of the form.The second is to have a card for each monster (or, again, each &quot;set&quot; of mooks). This can give the full statblock, be used (with PC cards for the PCs) to form a stack in initiative order in the GM's hand (so you just shuffle each to the bottom as they take a turn), and have space for conditions, minis used, hit points lost and so on. Marking off used powers etc. on the statblock is easy, but it's a pain finding a creature whose turn it is not to apply damage and conditions (without losing its place in the initiative order).In the end, the best is a blend of both. Track conditions, mini (if any) and hit points on the form, track initiative and power use using the card.Or write your own nifty App (and let us have it, too!) <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Balesir, post: 6270631, member: 27160"] I have two techniques (used with 4E and 13A); they amount to essentially the same thing - "the same way I track hit points". The first is to have an "encounter form". Top section has a list of monster types with any notes about what the players should be told about them (e.g. "disguised as peasants") and their initiative rolls, a list of PCs with space for their initiative rolls and a space for notes (lighting, special terrain features, etc.). The botton section is a list with one monster (or set of mooks) per row and columns for monster name/id, for miniature used (if any), for limited powers used (check boxes), for conditions imposed (with a code for how it ends) and a long track for hit points (with the starting total and the staggered value in parentheses at the left had end). Any loot can be noted at the bottom of the form. The second is to have a card for each monster (or, again, each "set" of mooks). This can give the full statblock, be used (with PC cards for the PCs) to form a stack in initiative order in the GM's hand (so you just shuffle each to the bottom as they take a turn), and have space for conditions, minis used, hit points lost and so on. Marking off used powers etc. on the statblock is easy, but it's a pain finding a creature whose turn it is not to apply damage and conditions (without losing its place in the initiative order). In the end, the best is a blend of both. Track conditions, mini (if any) and hit points on the form, track initiative and power use using the card. Or write your own nifty App (and let us have it, too!) ;) [/QUOTE]

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