Nail
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An average of 1 minute per PC per round would be close, I'll bet.Wonder how long you do take for each round of your PC?
In the game were we use laptops (and MapTools), it's longer.
An average of 1 minute per PC per round would be close, I'll bet.Wonder how long you do take for each round of your PC?
Does anyone here roll all (or most) relevant rolls for the NPCs before the game? I mean things like initiative, attacks and damage, saves, etc. I've done that for a long while for my 3.5e game since 3e is way too slow at high levels (we're at 16th lvl now) and that saves a ton of time. I'm thinking of doing exactly the same thing for my 4e game and I expect it to save a lot of time there too. So I'm curious if anyone else does or has done it in 4e and how it worked out for you.
Does anyone here roll all (or most) relevant rolls for the NPCs before the game? I mean things like initiative, attacks and damage, saves, etc. I've done that for a long while for my 3.5e game since 3e is way too slow at high levels (we're at 16th lvl now) and that saves a ton of time. I'm thinking of doing exactly the same thing for my 4e game and I expect it to save a lot of time there too. So I'm curious if anyone else does or has done it in 4e and how it worked out for you.
An average of 1 minute per PC per round would be close, I'll bet.
In the game were we use laptops (and MapTools), it's longer.
You need to spend part of a session educating your users on the use of macros.
Once macros are up and running, MapTool makes things tick right along.
MapTool btw. Is Awesome.
My own personal favorite, from a DM perspective.
Coat some quarters in nail polish (of different colors). (I have a daughter, so thus, easy access to said nail polish)
Use them for conditions. Slide them under minis (or sit thim inside the legs of larger ones) to denote condition statuses.
If you later want to use the quarters, just soak them overnight in nail polish remover.
EDIT:
Missed that we had flown to a page two and the poster above me has basically the same idea. Didn't mean to steal any thunder.
c) If a player is not sure what to do, just hit something. You don't need to be Garry Kasparov on every single turn.
-- 77IM
I've been using some washers and also some wooden disks. The wooden disks are thick enough to write (in a small hand) the name of the power or effect on them.
If a player is not sure what to do, just hit something. You don't need to be Garry Kasparov on every single turn.