07-28-2020, 04:13 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Pacheco, California
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GM combat sequence tool
I'm thinking of an app, spreadsheet or webpage that would hold Name, ST, hits, fatigue, adjDX, armor (front and back), and notes (Fencer: -1 to be hit by melee from the front, +2 DX for thrown weapons, etc.) for a dozen or so figures at a time.
This would then cycle each turn highlighting who is to act next and record stun and knockdown effects as these happen. Does anybody have something like this?
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07-28-2020, 10:15 PM | #2 |
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Durham, NC
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Re: GM combat sequence tool
I often use a excel spreadsheet while playing to do exactly this
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07-29-2020, 03:34 AM | #3 |
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: New Jersey
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Re: GM combat sequence tool
I just use some homemade counters to track HP, player states and etc.
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07-29-2020, 11:46 AM | #4 |
Join Date: May 2015
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Re: GM combat sequence tool
My brain has been programmed to track these things since 1981 or so.
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08-03-2020, 04:39 PM | #5 |
Join Date: Apr 2020
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Re: GM combat sequence tool
I find a scrap piece of paper or index card matched up with a writing implement works best. Capture the base DX of those involved, know the common modifiers, adjust real-time as needed. Simple, fast, effective.
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09-13-2020, 05:04 PM | #6 |
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Glendale, Calif. near L.A.
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Re: GM combat sequence tool
You can keep track of one character's ST and fatigue with the "TFT Helper" app available for iPhone. I don't know if there is a version of it for Android.
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09-13-2020, 05:44 PM | #7 |
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: North Texas
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Re: GM combat sequence tool
I just repurposed my Pathfinder combat pad. I list adjDX values down the left side and then move the magnetic character labels as appropriate.
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09-20-2020, 03:36 PM | #9 |
Join Date: Jul 2018
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Re: GM combat sequence tool
We do a "DX countoff" out loud for action phase, and players are expected to know what modifiers apply to their own characters.
"16, anyone at DX 16 and up? Nope? 15... going once, going twice... 14..." Everything else is usually tracked via tally marks on a sheet of scratch paper. |
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