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<blockquote data-quote="Altalazar" data-source="post: 16837" data-attributes="member: 939">Does anyone use monster index cards?&nbsp; Does anyone find it as annoying as I do to have to flip through different pages in a book to get monster stats for those generic monsters not described in modules?I have started to make a set of 3x5 cards, handwritten, with monster stats for my own use.&nbsp; I was wondering if there are any sets already out there or planned.&nbsp; At the very least, someone could print up 3x5 stickers on their computer then mount them to index cards and use those.Does anyone have any better system to keep stat block info handy?&nbsp; I've heard of not only using index cards, but using them in initiative order (I use index cards for initiative - one for each player).&nbsp; I like that idea, except the only problem is that you again need to flip through cards, possibly losing the initiative order or who is up, to look up monter stats.&nbsp; Sure, you mostly only need those stats during that monster's turn, but you also need the stats for AC and saves, etc.&nbsp; that can be needed when it is not their turn to go.I try to come up with as many ways as I can to make keeping track of things while DMing easy, so I can focus instead on the atmosphere and characters and not so much the bookkeeping.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Altalazar, post: 16837, member: 939"] Does anyone use monster index cards? Does anyone find it as annoying as I do to have to flip through different pages in a book to get monster stats for those generic monsters not described in modules? I have started to make a set of 3x5 cards, handwritten, with monster stats for my own use. I was wondering if there are any sets already out there or planned. At the very least, someone could print up 3x5 stickers on their computer then mount them to index cards and use those. Does anyone have any better system to keep stat block info handy? I've heard of not only using index cards, but using them in initiative order (I use index cards for initiative - one for each player). I like that idea, except the only problem is that you again need to flip through cards, possibly losing the initiative order or who is up, to look up monter stats. Sure, you mostly only need those stats during that monster's turn, but you also need the stats for AC and saves, etc. that can be needed when it is not their turn to go. I try to come up with as many ways as I can to make keeping track of things while DMing easy, so I can focus instead on the atmosphere and characters and not so much the bookkeeping. [/QUOTE]

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