Hi all. Made these a while ago when I noticed GMs I was running with using pencil and paper for initiative slots. I'm kind of a compulsive designer so I used some of the images I've gathered from the internet and made some attractive tokens for a few situaitons.
You can find the in PDF form over on my Deviantart account. Cut them out and arrange them when you need them. I've mounted mine on chipboard for extra awesome, and I did so for my friends' set as well!
Hope you find them useful!
They look very cool!
I'm not sure I understand the intended usage for them though. Could you elaborate on how you'd use them?
You place them from top to bottom in initiative order.
So say out of two players in an adversary,
Player one: three successes, advantage
Player two: no successes, one advantage
Adversary: two successes
The slots would be arrayed Player, Adversary, Player, and then you go from top to bottom for each round of combat, then return to the top.
And there are different categories for different things. If there's something in the environment hurting the players (like traps, triggered on initiative) the Environment has a slot.
Cooldown and Stunned are there for things like weapons cooling down from vehicles, or like being entangled for a few turns or knocked in the head for disorientation.
I thought it was kind of obvious what they did, maybe my group(s) have been playing differently from the norm?
It might not be obvious to all, but the intent seems to be you print out the page then cut them apart so you have them to rearrange into initiative sequences as needed.
Yes, I just didn't immediately grok that you'd cut them out and arrange them physically in order.
Personally I have been using Stan's Combat Tracker in a sheet protector, so I can write on it with a marker and erase it after the encounter.
Oh was that it?
Yeah they have to be cut apart after being printed.
I just figured something to physically re-arrange spared GMs the need to write them down. It was easier for me and my best friend at least, running our sessions.
Nice work. I might give these a spin after my tax-check comes in. I'm planning on replacing our current white-board with a magnetic one. These would be cool mounted on magnetic strips for use on said white-board.
Oh was that it?
Yeah they have to be cut apart after being printed.
I just figured something to physically re-arrange spared GMs the need to write them down. It was easier for me and my best friend at least, running our sessions.
They are indeed immensely useful. I don't know if I could run a combat without them anymore.