Something I really think would be helpful is if Lair Actions auto-populated on their own line on the tracker, almost like a notification that you could expand or read on hover/click. To customize that, you could manually change their initiative count, drag them down the order, and/or delete them.

I think stuff like this makes running Epic encounters more manageable.

Great work so far!!

 I have taken a look and I can not see the Combat Tracker under anything. Please advise

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Just wanted to point out, for #3) is not a RAW, although your DM may want to adjudicate ties broken by DEX bonus (house rule), in fact the RAW states:

If a tie occurs, the DM decides the order among tied DM-controlled creatures, and the players decide the order among their tied characters. The DM can decide the order if the tie is between a monster and a player character. Optionally, the DM can have the tied characters and monsters each roll a d20 to determine the order, highest roll going first.

https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/basic-rules/combat#Initiative

 

Fair enough! Though I would still not expect ties to be interleaved like they are, it seems my request should instead be directed at having the ability to adjudicate ties manually (or based on common/user-defined rules).

I think we're in agreement here, this ALPHA version doesn't really support everything yet...

But to support the breaking of ties, the devs will need to give us a way to manually re-organize the initiative order (based on user decisions).

Whether that be the players decide who among them goes first, or the DM decides the order, or optionally they've done a roll-off!

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 I have taken a look and I can not see the Combat Tracker under anything. Please advise

 Go to the Encounter Builder (under tools).  If you have built any encounters, you should see a "Run" button to the right of the other encounter info in the list view of your encounters.  If you have "opened" a specific encounter, the button is at the very bottom (you will likely have to scroll down to find it).  This presumes you have a subscription, as the alpha is currently subscribers only.

I have "D&D Beyond Master Annually" and I have looked and it is not showing up. I have even logged out and back in and still does not show. any ideas?

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Looking great so far. This is going to be something I can't DM without in the future. 

I would like to see buttons like (+10 +5 +1, -1, -5, -10) next to the monster HP for quick adjustments. For some reason it is easier for me to know that 17 points of damage is clicking a +10, +5, +1 +1 instead of doing subtraction. Yes, the subtraction is simple, but when I'm keeping up with combat pace the faster I can go the better the experience for my players. 

 For me, having to translate a 17 to a 10, 5, 1, 1 is just more math, especially since to make sure that I have not pressed too many times, I would have to do the original subtraction that you try to avoid with the buttons anyway.

I think it would be easier to just have a field were I can put in -17 and click apply same if I healed a NPC +17 and click apply no math needed.

I would like to see a fly out window on the right side of the screen when you click on a player/creature (just like when you click a spell and a description slides out).  In this slide-out you can keep track of conditions etc for that object.   Also each condition can have an icon that would appear under the name really so I dont have to keep pulling up the side menu.

Maybe a quick note for that one object as well that isn't covered in the conditions.  Also have something like a check box for special things like "has advantage on next roll" 

I used the combat tracker for the first time last night at our table.  I see so much potential here...but overall, thank you!.

I realize a lot of functionality is coming down the line in the future, so I'm going to limit this right now to what I noticed:

-When you hit "next" a monster that is reduced to 0 hit points should perhaps be skipped

When I "add" a monster into the combat tracker of my own making, it would be great if the encounter would save it.  Or, better yet, if I could add the homegrown monster in the encounter builder to begin with...am I just missing where that's possible?

I'm wondering if there's a way, with the current build, to add PCs mid-encounter? As it is, I don't see any way to do it apart from Manual Entry, unless you want to start the encounter over from the top.

Would be nice to be able to choose how to differentiate between same monsters. I've monsters figures with 1,2,3 etc not a,b,c etc. and on the fly can't remember which number letter of the alphabet H is, for example. 

I like what I'm seeing so far. Looking forward to being able to input my players character info into the player character A,B,C sections. But for testing out this works fine. Can't wait to see what improvements you add.

Loving the encounter builder so far! One thing that came up today while testing this out with my group was that it would be really useful to have an option to place non-monster items in the initiative order. The specific use case I'm thinking of is lair actions. If there were a way to put a lair actions reminder at 20 in the initiative tracker, that would be amazing!

But the character have to be joined to that campaign. Seems strange that you cant just pick characters from your own list of characters?

I wonder if they will add something like loot tables for when players go to look at the bodies and stuff after the encounter.

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But the character have to be joined to that campaign. Seems strange that you cant just pick characters from your own list of characters?

 In a usual scenario, the DM creates the encounters and the players own the characters, so listing the DM's characters would be more strange. However if your characters are added to a campaign you select for the encounter, they are added to the encounter.

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I wonder if they will add something like loot tables for when players go to look at the bodies and stuff after the encounter.

 Loot tables are not RAW as they were in previous editions; as a DM it's your decision what loot to leave, and the encounter summary has a specific Treasure & Rewards section for you to make note of these.

Hi,

Please allow us to change the image and the Name on the encounter pages for combatants

Would be great to see conditions as well!