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#1 Vermillion Dec 20, 2011 21:53:18	Hello everyone! I'm a long-time fan of D&D, but only recently found myself lucky to be involved in a long-term game. I am playing a swordmage, which I enjoy immensely, but I have trouble remembering all the marks and effects I have at my disposal in the heat of battle, and after a session often find myself wondering why I didn't do this or that. Anyway, I searched online and found this: www.theweem.com/2010/07/01/weems-4e-dd-c... It is a neat alternate to the standard sheet and power cards. Instead of listing everything about your power, you focus on the effects, and organize them by what situation they are designed for. This way, instead of worrying that I am missing an option in combat, I know upfront all I can do in a given context and make my decision thusly. Unfortunately, the sheet is clearly designed for a striker type (namely, an assassin) that has to worry about getting hit. This is not very conducive to my character, being a defender whose powers are built on everyone else getting hit. I am having trouble adapting it to my situation, and am asking for help in doing so. So take a look at the sheet, and let me know if you have any suggestions on how I can make it work for me. Thanks1
#2 warrl Dec 22, 2011 19:18:47	I'd keep those categories and add more categories for other events that interest you. Start by listing all the separate triggers for your powers (as modified by feats, and including everything that looks even vaguely like a power such as Opportunity Attack which by itself has at least two triggers) - and when a trigger shows up on another power, put a checkmark by it. Then you can identify which events are most interesting. The other use of this approach is that once you get the sheet done, while playing you can check off events when they occur. Then when it's time to level up, look at your sheet and see which event has the largest number of checkmarks relative to what you can do about it, and think about beefing that up.