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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheClone" data-source="post: 5584856" data-attributes="member: 90399">I personally prefer a simple and feature limited approach. I'd use such an app as the GM for our online Skype-based game, where everyone has his character locally as PDF or printed out and rolls are made within MapTool or as a GM for games at the table. So in any case, the players have their stuff in front of themselves and for them I just need to put their character at the right place in the initiative order, maybe not even noting down their initiative value. They'll never roll within the app.For npcs, I'd maybe bother to add their initiative bonus and have them automatically roll a d20 when I say "start combat", but I wouldn't mind just putting them on the right spot in the initiative order.So, I would not use stat blocks, nor would I (most probably) use HP tracking. It's too simple just noting those values down on my printed stat card. Opening the keyboard on my mobile and putting that in is much slower. I'd also most likely not use hte conditions tracker although that's more of a nice feature. Because I'd prefer to have my players see what conditions each monster has, because it is of tactical importance and should be easily visible to their characters.Though I wouldn't use many features I'd highly appreciate having an ini-tracker on my mobile. Writing down ini and keeping it on top of my paper pile is always a bit of a pain in the ass.Your screenshots do look quite nice. If there would be a simple drag and drop option to rearrange the different creatures and those "advanced" feature don't get in the way, I'd definitely give it a try.As for being software developer myself and having a knack for Usability stuff, I can't help but propose this: You have your list of creatures, just as on your screenshots in a sorted list. If you now click & hold one of them, if becomes floating and the list changes to a "initiative ladder", which means you have a numbered scale on the left side and can drop your creature at it's initiative value. The value above which it floats should be highlighted and since I think the screen space will be too less for exact dropping, the scale should scroll up or down when dragging the creature to top or bottom. The other creatures should be displayed at their current position. By that you should be able to easily and quickly(!) drop each creature at their initiative value. Should be much faster than typing their initiative value. When dropping the creature the scale vanishes and the creatures are again displayed in their relative order without any gaps, regardless of how big the difference in their initiative values is, because once the order is fixed, the actual values don't matter anymore. Unless you're playing AD&D or something and values change later. But only than you again need the values.Sorry for interfering with your "design space", but I hope you may be able to take an idea or two from it. By the way, is there already a beta on the market?</blockquote>

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