I found an app on my phone that I think I'm going to use to help keep track of spells and effects. It's specifically for initiative and I could set it up to have everyone's names as well as effects that happen. For example:
This would be an example of a standard list. I would click "next" and it would cycle to whomever was next on the list (in this case it would have a yellow highlight at top of the round and then it would move to Mark, etc.)
Travis - 12
Don - 15
Todd - 13
Aaron - 17
Tony - 5
Mark - 22
Top of the Round - 41
I could then add on an effect:
Haste - 13 (assuming Todd cast) 7 rounds
This would then count down each round as it came to the initiative of haste. Nothing crazy required..it's already there.
I don't want to take over Don's role as initiative tracker but this would help keep track of spells that are active and their durations (How long is someone stunned, paralyzed, knocked out, etc.) as well as when we need to make saves for poison. It would make it easier for us to remember things like spiritual weapon, Acid Arrow, etc.
I plan to use it for my spell effects and thought I'd let you know in case you want me to add things to the list as we go.
If the app works lets use it, no reason not to keep track of initiative on it too.
ReplyDelete