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<blockquote data-quote="JackSmithIV" data-source="post: 4668875" data-attributes="member: 74901">Power card help immensely! We photocopy from the book, paste onto 3x5 index cards that leave room for notes. Then my players hand me any powers they expend, and I hand them back out when applicable (encounters after a short rest, dailies after extended). There are a hundred ways to do it, but no matter what, they are completely invaluable.When you have power cards in your hand, a few things happen. The first is you become more accustomed to and familiar with your powers. They're not just what's in the book to be retrained or referenced any time... they're hard copies in your hand. You can flip through them, get to know them, and literally feel it when you relinquish them or receive a new one. It gets you comfortable with your powers as your set of options, and as you learn to play your cards (no pun intended), you become much more dynamic. You get used to gauging things like, &quot;What are my options,&quot; and &quot;What have I got left to work with.&quot;Power cards are awesome. I go 2 or 3 sessions without opening the PHB for reference.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JackSmithIV, post: 4668875, member: 74901"] Power card help [B]immensely![/B] We photocopy from the book, paste onto 3x5 index cards that leave room for notes. Then my players hand me any powers they expend, and I hand them back out when applicable (encounters after a short rest, dailies after extended). There are a hundred ways to do it, but no matter what, they are completely invaluable. When you have power cards in your hand, a few things happen. The first is you become more accustomed to and familiar with your powers. They're not just what's in the book to be retrained or referenced any time... they're hard copies in your hand. You can flip through them, get to know them, and literally [I]feel[/I] it when you relinquish them or receive a new one. It gets you comfortable with your powers as your set of options, and as you learn to play your cards (no pun intended), you become much more dynamic. You get used to gauging things like, "What are my options," and "What have I got left to work with." Power cards are awesome. I go 2 or 3 sessions without opening the PHB for reference. [/QUOTE]

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