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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jigsawsaint" data-source="post: 5107454" data-attributes="member: 68969">Thanks for the compliment - but even more for the feedback.  Comments follow.This isn't quite as easy as you'd think - nor is it a problem just for wizards.  Multi-use cleric powers like Healing Word aren't well-handled, psionic power points are absent, and so on.  Basically, anything that breaks the mold.In some cases, it's clear in the dnd4e file what should be happening.  In others, not so much.  We have a "power customization" feature that addresses all these issues pretty highly prioritized on the roadmap:    <a href="http://code.google.com/p/iplay4e/issues/list?can=2&q=&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Source+Owner+Summary+Description&sort=&x=priority&y=type&cells=tiles&mode=grid" target="_blank">Issues - iplay4e - Project Hosting on Google Code</a>(Look for issue 90, a High priority Enhancement)The "Roll All" button is a recently added feature, and it's about the best we can do for the moment.  Despite appearances, we don't actually have all of the information about each power; we are able to display compendium data, but are not able to read it.  We're stuck with what is in the dnd4e file, which doesn't let us differentiate between single-target and multiple-target powers.  The Roll All button provides what we believe is a sufficient number of rolls to cover 95% of power use scenarios - and it's awfully easy to ignore the rolls you don't need.As we move forward into the web-based tabletop space, we'll of course roll the appropriate number of times based on the number of targets selected.  We're just not there yet.Well put.  While the answer to this will expand over time, it is currently: "Use iPlay4e to have a character sheet that you can never lose, that you can access from any device connected to the web, and that automatically includes the most recent compendium data."There are other answers (iplay4e is awesome for play-by-post, is a great way to share characters with your group, etc...) but that's the core of it.You're absolutely right about that.  We're moving towards a networked combat manager, but we're not there yet.  It's non-trivial to do so in a way that won't entirely swamp the server with requests.  It's like a carful a kids all saying "did it change yet?" "did it change yet?" every couple seconds... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

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