Are you (not like me, obviously) kinda bad at doing basic arithmetic? Do you find your players staring at you as you stammer and sweat, trying to quickly calculate a dragon's remaining health before you call the next turn in initiative? Does the stage fright of running a game cause the very concept of 84 - 17 to make you hear dial tones https://9apps.ooo/?
Well, even though you are dumb (unlike me) and should feel rightly embarrassed by this (I am not embarrassed. I am very smart. I finished calculus), I do have one tip that may help you (but not me) significantly.
Start monsters at zero and count their HP up instead of down. A friend of mine (NOT ME) tried this recently, and probably sped up his calculations by like 50%. It really was kind of a game changer (for him. Obviously, I count down, because that's the correct way to do it, and I'm very smart and handsome and good at math, but if you are dumb like my friend, maybe this will help you).
Might be a little obvious of a tip, but I (by which I mean my friend) hadn't thought of it until recently. Anyway, let me know if you do this or have tried it.
Are you (not like me, obviously) kinda bad at doing basic arithmetic? Do you find your players staring at you as you stammer and sweat, trying to quickly calculate a dragon's remaining health before you call the next turn in initiative? Does the stage fright of running a game cause the very concept of 84 - 17 to make you hear dial tones https://9apps.ooo/ ?
Well, even though you are dumb (unlike me) and should feel rightly embarrassed by this (I am not embarrassed. I am very smart. I finished calculus), I do have one tip that may help you (but not me) significantly.
Start monsters at zero and count their HP up instead of down. A friend of mine (NOT ME) tried this recently, and probably sped up his calculations by like 50%. It really was kind of a game changer (for him. Obviously, I count down, because that's the correct way to do it, and I'm very smart and handsome and good at math, but if you are dumb like my friend, maybe this will help you).
Might be a little obvious of a tip, but I (by which I mean my friend) hadn't thought of it until recently. Anyway, let me know if you do this or have tried it.