Stay calm, this is just my opinion. I am running a D&D game for 5 family/friends, I pay for the Master Tier subscription so that I can manage their characters in a campaign on the website. I'm surprised there isn't a better DM tool for helping me do that...and if there is I haven't found it in years of using this. What I'm talking about is a customizable DM window of whatever they want to show. Ideally it would be a pop-up window but that's not necessary. What I mean by customizable is basically just being able to choose what you want to see. It should be live just like it is during a combat encounter in Maps when the characters roll in the app and you see it or when they adjust the HP and you see it. Want to see each players passive perception? Check the box. don't want to see it? Uncheck the box. Spells slots by level? HP? AC? saves? etc etc etc. I really don't think this should be too difficult to do...I really dislike having to go to their player each time I want to see something on their character, like making sure they are marking off spell slots truthfully (just as an example), or reducing their HP by the correct amount. QoL...yes, it is, but if they ever want to be more competitive against the DDB alternatives, they need QoL features like this.
I keep an browser window open with a tab for each character sheet and the player view of the map. It's usually on the player view of the map, but I can hop to a character quick.
It did create a humorous interaction with dice, however, as the dice rolls sort of queued up until I opened a sheet and you'd get all the rolls that happened since the last view all at once.
So you're talking a character sheet preview with customisable options? It's not massively clear what you're describing
I want a preview of my entire group on one page with a customizable list of options to include, as I described in my post. I have 5 players in my current game; I want a window/page that shows all 5 players and the information that I want to see, like HP, AC, saves, spells slots used/available, status, conditions, passives, etc.
So you're talking a character sheet preview with customisable options? It's not massively clear what you're describing
I want a preview of my entire group on one page with a customizable list of options to include, as I described in my post. I have 5 players in my current game; I want a window/page that shows all 5 players and the information that I want to see, like HP, AC, saves, spells slots used/available, status, conditions, passives, etc.
Oh, a party overview page. You said popup so it sounded like you mean something in Maps like how monster stat blocks work.
Good idea Danflorf. A customizable party overview window would be very convenient. I also open up separate tabs for each character sheet, but I have a tiny and old tablet... I don't think it likes all of that hard work at once, lol. And it's a hassle to switch between tabs on my little screen when I already have multiple tabs for maps, discord, stat blocks, random internet searches I need on the fly, etc.
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Stay calm, this is just my opinion. I am running a D&D game for 5 family/friends, I pay for the Master Tier subscription so that I can manage their characters in a campaign on the website. I'm surprised there isn't a better DM tool for helping me do that...and if there is I haven't found it in years of using this. What I'm talking about is a customizable DM window of whatever they want to show. Ideally it would be a pop-up window but that's not necessary. What I mean by customizable is basically just being able to choose what you want to see. It should be live just like it is during a combat encounter in Maps when the characters roll in the app and you see it or when they adjust the HP and you see it. Want to see each players passive perception? Check the box. don't want to see it? Uncheck the box. Spells slots by level? HP? AC? saves? etc etc etc. I really don't think this should be too difficult to do...I really dislike having to go to their player each time I want to see something on their character, like making sure they are marking off spell slots truthfully (just as an example), or reducing their HP by the correct amount. QoL...yes, it is, but if they ever want to be more competitive against the DDB alternatives, they need QoL features like this.
So you're talking a character sheet preview with customisable options? It's not massively clear what you're describing
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I keep an browser window open with a tab for each character sheet and the player view of the map. It's usually on the player view of the map, but I can hop to a character quick.
It did create a humorous interaction with dice, however, as the dice rolls sort of queued up until I opened a sheet and you'd get all the rolls that happened since the last view all at once.
I want a preview of my entire group on one page with a customizable list of options to include, as I described in my post. I have 5 players in my current game; I want a window/page that shows all 5 players and the information that I want to see, like HP, AC, saves, spells slots used/available, status, conditions, passives, etc.
Oh, a party overview page. You said popup so it sounded like you mean something in Maps like how monster stat blocks work.
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Good idea Danflorf. A customizable party overview window would be very convenient. I also open up separate tabs for each character sheet, but I have a tiny and old tablet... I don't think it likes all of that hard work at once, lol. And it's a hassle to switch between tabs on my little screen when I already have multiple tabs for maps, discord, stat blocks, random internet searches I need on the fly, etc.