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Maybe other players don't agree with me. I'm just ... conservative. When I see DM doing something different from what I'm experienced to see I get confused. So please ignore this suggestion until we are done with our first battle encounter, if there will be any issues managing encounter over PBP+roll20, only then I would suggest to revisit the advice above.

ok thank you, I will try to follow these steps :) yeah good point,next time to group same monsters/enemies easier to play, like this...

Yes @GreyWord. I had mentioned to @millyk that putting all of us on one initiative can also help. Then each of us can post as our schedules permit. I haven't played a ton of games on here, but I've seen it done and it makes sense. Otherwise, each person has to wait for everyone to post before them in order which can make the PC's turns take much longer.

I've never actually had a game that was using roll20 at the same time. I also haven't used roll20 in a while. It is nice but does add an additional level of complexity. (These days I use Talespire with my IRL friends).

Guys I fixed the map, because the distance was wrong and about roll20, I think it will help us and it does not making it more complicated....and I already said in the beginning, that we would be using roll20...but if anything seems not rolling, we can discuss it, like the initiative, if you cant be active to keep up and wait for your turn, because it matters in battles and not all of you attacking at the same time or whenever to post, even if it means you wait for a day or two. What do you think?

I'm not sure whose turn it is.

We are at Ganesh aka Xarathon doing his sleep spell, think of it as a surprise round. And Greyword told me it was a dodge action, not a hold action, so after Xarathon, it goes on top again. We go as the turn order at roll20, its the clock symbol on the left. SO.... guys if you please follow the order and wait for your turn even by posting, because it might change something until your turn ok?

The order is Hunter, 2xcultists, Jaelyn, Brommyr, Xarathon, rest of cultists and kobold is dead

Is it clear now?

I mean, having to split between two sites to keep up with the flow of things does inherently make things more complicated. I don't mind popping out to Roll20 to use maps and such, but definitely the more that gets done there (without someone replicating it into here) makes it harder to manage. For example, using the Roll20 chat to ask for what players are doing and the like. One of the things I've found helpful in managing combat in general is whenever you post up your summary of what's happened, including some kind of blurb about who is up next can be helpful.

Definitely agree that "normal" initiative mode of everyone rolls and getting racked/stacked in order will slow down PBP combat tremendously. It's about the only medium where I prefer side-based initiative. It's a bit more chaotic sometimes and players may need to do a bit of retconning to what they post to make the flow make sense, but rounds typically resolve faster (a whole combat over in 3-5 days instead of potentially 2 weeks, for example).

yeah thats why I copy things that are doing at roll20, so if someone misses the chat there. As I said roll20 will be a helper to visualize and do battles easier there and easier for me, that I do not have to screen shot every move and what is happening. ok?

and I agree I do not want chaotic posts, it is better to wait for your turn to post, especially at battles.

ok I deleted my post that was out of initiative.

btw guys to make your tokens look better you can use this site TokenStamp
or I will use your picture and I can do it for you. Thank you :)

I created my token, and replaced my portrait, but it didn't update. I accidentally deleted my token on the map so you'll probably have to put my token back on the map. Assuming I put the token in correctly. I might have screwed things up. :)

I'm waiting for the kobolds to move, since my initiative is after them.
Plus Milly has to fix my token I think. :(

@Ganesh I fixed your token :)

Please let me know if we are waiting to Hunter's turn. I'm waiting for new round announcement and "resolving" Xarathon action (i.e. does the kobold die ?)

Thanks!

I suggest everyone to change their name in roll20 to match character name that would help reading toll20 chat. It could be done by tapping settings icon in upper right corner:

Putting this here since it's OOC and I don't want to clutter up the other thread.
I agree. I much prefer to play more in the manner of my character - in this case just sauntering down the street because my ego won't allow me to cower behind buildings and bushes, rather than take advantage of mechanics just to be optimal. However, at the same time, I did consider distances, likely weapons and targets of the opponents, and my LOS to various team members in order to give myself a better chance of not being attacked.

I also like how it is going.
I think if we make some of the changes we were talking about it would go a bit faster, but other than that, its fun fun fun IMO.
If we die.. we die..

For bless, you can add a global attack/save modifier to your sheet:
First, on your character sheet click the gear icon:


Then, toggle on the "Show Global Attack Modifier Field" and "Show Global Save Modifier Field" options:


Finally, when you go back to Core, it should have a "1d4 [Bless]" option that you can toggle on or off. Then, when you use the attacks/saves from their respective areas, it will add a 1d4 roll on for you:

Thanks that's very helpful. I was just adding a d4 to my core die roll.

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