Apologies if this idea is a duplicate; my searches didn't produce any results.
I'm a new DM, and have been finding these encounter tracker sheets (http://www.dmsguild.com/product/202527/5e-Encounter-Management) very valuable -- They help me run encounters efficiently, and they serve as an effective log post-session (for XP calcs, or reviewing what was covered). I was using DDB's monster database to bootstrap my paper-based encounter tracker this week. The DDB monster database is wonderful. It would be great if DDB offered an Encounter Tracker. Imagine looking up a monster and then quickly creating an Encounter Tracker entry.
As a new DM, I use these a lot as well. While I know they are in the list for enhancements I'd like to try to make the (business) case to move the item up on the priority level. DnDB is great when it comes to tracking user data and requests. Finding where people are going and trying to hone this data with feature requests is admirable. However, I would say letting the data lead you everytime might not be the best way to operate your site as an enterprise.
Part of the problem is demographics. Because of the makeup of the gaming table, there will always be more players than active DMs. This skews player requests and click-through data toward player centric pages leaving a small, but important, subset of users shunted to the bottom of the request list. Merely following the user data and request can have dev teams creating features and content that, while requested, don't add much incremental utility to players and won't add to an incremental increase in purchase content. I would make the case that moving this feature higher on the list of priorities would make DMs a lot happier than the incremental impact of providing familiar stats for for character sheets. Moreover, adding this feature might (and I argue would) create greater demand for purchased content. A new DM might be able to get by with the basic rules monster set, but sooner or later they will need a monster featured in the Monster Manual (MM) or an adventure and to use it they would need to buy the book. Personally, i would buy the MM tomorrow if this feature were available and I'm guessing a lot of other DMs would as well. DDB is a business after all and the main goal of the business is to make money.
Please consider moving encounter tracker/generator higher on the list. I think DDB will be rewarded with greater DM participation and a healthier bottom line.
I am new to running encounters and am using this downloadable tracking sheet as TPK4U suggested. The Monster Encounter in Beta seems great, but unless I'm missing a feature, it doesn't allow me to track the monster's stats like a player can track their own. At least having the ability to keep track of Hit Points would be helpful.
I am new to running encounters and am using this downloadable tracking sheet as TPK4U suggested. The Monster Encounter in Beta seems great, but unless I'm missing a feature, it doesn't allow me to track the monster's stats like a player can track their own. At least having the ability to keep track of Hit Points would be helpful.
The encounter tracker is in development and has been previewed on the dev streams
Apologies if this idea is a duplicate; my searches didn't produce any results.
I'm a new DM, and have been finding these encounter tracker sheets (http://www.dmsguild.com/product/202527/5e-Encounter-Management) very valuable -- They help me run encounters efficiently, and they serve as an effective log post-session (for XP calcs, or reviewing what was covered). I was using DDB's monster database to bootstrap my paper-based encounter tracker this week. The DDB monster database is wonderful. It would be great if DDB offered an Encounter Tracker. Imagine looking up a monster and then quickly creating an Encounter Tracker entry.
Thanks for considering.
As a new DM, I use these a lot as well. While I know they are in the list for enhancements I'd like to try to make the (business) case to move the item up on the priority level. DnDB is great when it comes to tracking user data and requests. Finding where people are going and trying to hone this data with feature requests is admirable. However, I would say letting the data lead you everytime might not be the best way to operate your site as an enterprise.
Part of the problem is demographics. Because of the makeup of the gaming table, there will always be more players than active DMs. This skews player requests and click-through data toward player centric pages leaving a small, but important, subset of users shunted to the bottom of the request list. Merely following the user data and request can have dev teams creating features and content that, while requested, don't add much incremental utility to players and won't add to an incremental increase in purchase content. I would make the case that moving this feature higher on the list of priorities would make DMs a lot happier than the incremental impact of providing familiar stats for for character sheets. Moreover, adding this feature might (and I argue would) create greater demand for purchased content. A new DM might be able to get by with the basic rules monster set, but sooner or later they will need a monster featured in the Monster Manual (MM) or an adventure and to use it they would need to buy the book. Personally, i would buy the MM tomorrow if this feature were available and I'm guessing a lot of other DMs would as well. DDB is a business after all and the main goal of the business is to make money.
Please consider moving encounter tracker/generator higher on the list. I think DDB will be rewarded with greater DM participation and a healthier bottom line.
Thank you
I am new to running encounters and am using this downloadable tracking sheet as TPK4U suggested. The Monster Encounter in Beta seems great, but unless I'm missing a feature, it doesn't allow me to track the monster's stats like a player can track their own. At least having the ability to keep track of Hit Points would be helpful.
The encounter tracker is in development and has been previewed on the dev streams
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