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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 5143387" data-attributes="member: 52734">I agree, I would have used the Iron Hero system, but the tracking tokens turned me off.At the same time, both wizards and psions have a similar system, and they do have to track resources all the time.  However, their points/resources are set before combat begins and it isn't added to; you simply count down your resource as it is used, which generally makes it easier to follow/track.I made a system for my fighters called an "adrenaline surge" that basically gave them points for special effects - somewhat along the lines of the Tome of Battle maneuvers.  Again, this was something that the character had a set amount and it simply went down as maneuvers were expended during the course of the adventure (my test player had about 3-4 points for his fighter character, total).  My test player really enjoyed it, and it didn't seem to slow things down noticeably - in fact, it tended to speed combat up as the fighter really tore through enemies.</blockquote>