Comments on: Analog Initiative Tracker for Heroic Tier

By: Sam Greenberg

Sam Greenberg — Sun, 02 May 2010 02:19:58 +0000

I’m not a big fan. It leaves the focus on “Top of the round”, and preserving the initiative throughout the fight. In reality, all you care about is the order of combat. Instead of making a big chart preserving data you don’t care about, how’s about using that space to track status effects?

By: Friday Fireside Chat: It takes skill | Level 30 Yinzer

Friday Fireside Chat: It takes skill | Level 30 Yinzer — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:25:23 +0000

[...] know we’re a big fan of DIY DnD, so this post by NewbieDM on a cool way to track initiative caught our [...]

By: New Initiative System « Continuing Clockwise

New Initiative System « Continuing Clockwise — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:09:35 +0000

[...] Initiative System Jump to Comments I only have a quick post for today. I was inspired by the NewbieDM to rework my initiative tracking. As you can see, I have the barest bones of Player Character [...]

By: modernkutuzov

modernkutuzov — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:37:03 +0000

I think I’m going to try a version of this, except on an Excel spreadsheet. So simple, so brilliant!

By: Geek Ken

Geek Ken — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:25:35 +0000

As much as I am leaning towards doing everything on my laptop, I’m always on the prowl for low tech solutions. Never know when you are stuck with a spilled soda on a computer, or a dead battery with no charger. Nice suggestion, newbiedm.

By: Gandy

Gandy — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:12:47 +0000

Hey, that is a good idea. Same concept but I’ll bet a cribbage style peg board would be really cool, too.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:23:34 +0000

Just start the initiative count on higher-level versions as 1+1/2 the party’s level, because that’s the minimum that anyone can possibly roll. (so like at level 11, start the count at 6 instead of 1, level 21 starts at 11, etc) It won’t completely eliminate needing a larger line as some people get more initiative feats, higher dex, etc, but it will help.

By: xerosided

xerosided — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:43:45 +0000

As usual, great idea!

By: Gamecrafters' Guild » Blog Archive » Roll for Initiative!

Gamecrafters' Guild » Blog Archive » Roll for Initiative! — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 17:36:25 +0000

[...] Newbie DM has a really nice post up about an analog initiative tracker that I like. It’s good for heroic tier games, but would require some modification for paragon [...]

By: newbiedm

newbiedm — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 17:10:56 +0000

You confuse me Asmor, but I’ll go ahead and take it as a compliment and not think too much about it.