A level 1-10 adventure with a ‘bump to lvl 17’? What does that mean? Instantly levelling from 10 to 17, skipping an entire tier? That just sounds silly.
I just have a series of “pips” that I colour-in when used and erase when claimed back. Super simple, easy to see at-a-glance, and robust so it’s not going to get messed up in my bag. Added bonus is that it works when being DM too and you have several casters to track simultaneously.
I have seen people that don’t track spell slots for NPCs and just have them all at-will, which I think is an interesting idea. But I tend to give players non-combat objectives in their encounters, which prolongs them significantly so spell slot usage can become important for balance for NPCs in those cases.
First iteration I simply took some small post-it’s wrote the spell slot level on it and attached them to whatever spell I used them on. This worked fine for a bunch of sessions. If the glue would lose its tack I could simply write another sticky.
Second iteration I made myself a fancy A5 sized spell book in NanDeck, slots were still tracked by post its but I fashioned little bookmark tabs that were affixed to the pages so I could pull them out to indicate the spell was prepared and push it in to for those that were not. This again worked pretty well. The tabs would get partially pushed in when the book rattled around in the storage box but it was generally not all the way. Biggest gripe was that I didn’t actually need to know which spell had which slots used on it. The post it’s were overkill in that regard.
Current iteration now has a front page with paper sliders for the number of spell slots I have. It’s prepared all the way to max level. All I’ve got to do is use scissors or an exacto knife to extend the sliders to their proper length. The preparedness of spells is also indicated by paper sliders on the respective page. I originally used bookmarks so I didn’t have to browse the whole book but I found myself doing that anyway so they didn’t serve much of a purpose. On the contrary I find it quite thematic that my cleric would rummage through his spell book to find the correct incantation for the situation.
Both second and first version had their spine punched in regular spaces with an office hole puncher and then bound with string in my player color. When I get more spells I simply have to print the additional pages and can rebind the book.
The Chameleon and the Thousand faces were some of my favourites in concept because of their flexibility, though I never had a chance to play them. Gish builds in general were a lot of fun. There also was a Sand mage in a desert theme manual that was very interesting.
Normally I enjoy BOL’s articles, but this one felt like the author was just summing up the Wikipedia article without any brief research. For example, Minsc and Boo met long before they arrived at Baldur’s Gate, in Rashamon, didn’t they? And isn’t it ambiguous at best if the new Minsc is actually the real Minsc or just a statue animated/given life by a wild magic surge?
It’s a fancy bit of kit but i have to think something home made could be better suited for a given GM. That said might be nice to give as a christmas gift if it’s cheap enough
My thought was to make player tokens and use poster tack to move them around as they explore, keeping it all vertical.
I just finished it this morning at 2:30, so I still haven't worked everything out, but the first reveal will be today, even if I don't think they will start using it today.
I had been struggling with figuring that out, but cotton balls with a bit of poster tack to keep them attached will be perfect! Thanks for the idea. I was going to do black cardstock with each room cut out, but your suggestion is 1,000,000× easier
Anytime! And FWIW we've used cotton balls in the past and they worked perfectly. Even looked like fog of war lol. You could even spray paint them black/grey if you want to go the extra mile.
I’ve always been partial to a “telepathic” comms sort of device, especially when it’s given with the best of intentions and assumptions are made that such includes non-invasive transmission methods. The myconids may be peaceful and non-combative for the most part, but they’re also an alien intelligence to whom many cultural norms outside the Underdark are completely foreign, and thus the ingestion of spores would never occur to them as undesirable much less offensive… 🤩🍿
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