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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lehrbuch" data-source="post: 6843234" data-attributes="member: 6811402">I do the following: <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Get the player to write a cheat sheet of the relevant information for all their spells. Getting the player to do this is much more valuable than the DM doing it for them, or acquiring pre-prepared spell cards.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Have a limited time for players to decide what their character is doing in a combat round and enforce it. When it comes to their initiative turn I give players just 10 seconds to decide their action. If they can't decide the PC automatically takes "Ready: until end of round" and then the player gets another 10 seconds at the end of the turn. If the player can't decide then, the PC loses her action. It may seem draconian, but it really concentrates the mind of the players on what they want to do, and knowing their options (and pre-planning before combat actually begins, in cases where the PCs choose the fight), and thinking during other players turns.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Outside of combat rounds, in "standing around looking puzzled / talking" encounters, it's generally not such a problem if the players dither about what they might do.</li> </ul></blockquote>