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Old 07-28-2020, 04:13 PM   #1
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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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Old 07-28-2020, 10:15 PM   #2
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I often use a excel spreadsheet while playing to do exactly this
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Old 07-29-2020, 03:34 AM   #3
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I just use some homemade counters to track HP, player states and etc.
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Old 07-29-2020, 11:46 AM   #4
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My brain has been programmed to track these things since 1981 or so.
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Old 08-03-2020, 04:39 PM   #5
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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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Old 09-13-2020, 05:04 PM   #6
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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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Old 09-13-2020, 05:44 PM   #7
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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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Old 09-13-2020, 08:48 PM   #8
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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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It is, but it is very buggy on both platforms and offers no support for tracking shock from damage as a character sheet.
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Old 09-20-2020, 03:36 PM   #9
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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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