When playing a caster, we all have gotten carried away with a really good spell idea, said you cast a spell, then realized you have lost concentration on another key effect you were maintaining. Alternatively, you could be in a long battle and forget that you cast a concentration spell last week that could have been super helpful.
To help the player be more like the sharp-minded spellcaster they are playing, I propose some sort of marker that tracks what spell you are currently concentrating on. This could take several different forms. The simplest idea I've come up with is adding a "Concentration" condition to the conditions list. This would just be a subtle reminder you could see on the desktop version next to your hit points. The more complex idea that I had includes a drop down that contains all of the concentration spells you know. After making a selection, the drop down would display whatever spell you are currently concentrating on.
I am currently planning on just using the blinded condition or something similar to track my concentration, but it would be a helpful reminder for players, and take a slight load off the GM if everyone could actually concentrate on their concentration!
This is an excellent idea. This could possibly be applied to the encounter tracker (that's currently in development) as well. When a player updates their concentration for a specific spell, it could allow the DM to easily see who's concentrating on what. Then either the player or the DM (through the tracker) could end the concentration if it is broken.
I like the idea of putting it in the encounter tracker -- if that has a way of keeping track of rounds of combat, then it might be possible to also set how many rounds the concentration can last, and tick them off as the tracker goes through combat rounds.
A countdown number could sit on the spell, like the icon when spells are upcast. Then you wouldn't need the extended graphic of boxes being ticked off.
When playing a caster, we all have gotten carried away with a really good spell idea, said you cast a spell, then realized you have lost concentration on another key effect you were maintaining. Alternatively, you could be in a long battle and forget that you cast a concentration spell last week that could have been super helpful.
To help the player be more like the sharp-minded spellcaster they are playing, I propose some sort of marker that tracks what spell you are currently concentrating on. This could take several different forms. The simplest idea I've come up with is adding a "Concentration" condition to the conditions list. This would just be a subtle reminder you could see on the desktop version next to your hit points. The more complex idea that I had includes a drop down that contains all of the concentration spells you know. After making a selection, the drop down would display whatever spell you are currently concentrating on.
I am currently planning on just using the blinded condition or something similar to track my concentration, but it would be a helpful reminder for players, and take a slight load off the GM if everyone could actually concentrate on their concentration!
This is an excellent idea. This could possibly be applied to the encounter tracker (that's currently in development) as well. When a player updates their concentration for a specific spell, it could allow the DM to easily see who's concentrating on what. Then either the player or the DM (through the tracker) could end the concentration if it is broken.
I like the idea of putting it in the encounter tracker -- if that has a way of keeping track of rounds of combat, then it might be possible to also set how many rounds the concentration can last, and tick them off as the tracker goes through combat rounds.
Birgit | Shifter | Sorcerer | Dragonlords
Shayone | Hobgoblin | Sorcerer | Netherdeep
A countdown number could sit on the spell, like the icon when spells are upcast. Then you wouldn't need the extended graphic of boxes being ticked off.
For those of you wanting this feature, D&D Beyond now has a feature request forum as explained here: https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/d-d-beyond-general/d-d-beyond-feedback/30499-request-and-vote-for-new-features-for-ddb. If it isn't already added, I recommend making the request there or voting on the existing one (if it does exist).