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Recently a discussion was had on the Forums about how people divide up treasure. I won't bore you with the full details (you can read it here if you're interested) but I thought I'd elaborate more fully here on the method I outlined there on the thread. But first, a small detour to set things up.

How characters organise themselves into parties is many and varied, but over the years (I've been playing and GMing since 1982) I've noticed that almost all parties tend to organise themselves ...

Displaying The Defender's Effects

This is one in a series of Combat Tracker EVOE blog posts. An index can be found here.

In this article, I’ll discuss effects that the target of an attack, i.e. the defender, would use that influence the Hit or Miss of an attack roll and EVOE’s impact on what players see. These effects include AC and COVER.

Now for a few examples to illustrate the usefulness and caveats of EVOE.

Throughout this series ...

Displaying The Attacker’s Effects

This is one in a series of Combat Tracker EVOE blog posts. An index can be found here.

In this article and the next, I’ll discuss the Combat Tracker effects that change or modify the result of an attack dice roll and EVOE’s impact on what players see. Typically an attack is a simple roll of a 1d20 die. There are base modifiers such as the attacking character’s strength ability and proficiency bonus. Sometimes dexterity contributes ...

Effect Display in the Player‘s Combat Tracker

This is one in a series of Combat Tracker EVOE blog posts. An index can be found here.

Effects can be added to the Combat Tracker in a multitude of ways. They can be added using the Effects Manager button in the upper right corner of FG’s desktop. The GM can add an effect using the little green “Add Effects” button in the Combat Tracker. Or a player can inflict or target another character with an effect using the Actions ...

Help Me Help You

This is one in a series of Combat Tracker EVOE blog posts. An index can be found here.

Inevitably users of EVOE will run into problems. Whether it’s install issues, inaccurate documentation, misunderstanding, user errors, unsupported options or worst of all, programming errors.

In order for me to help you I’ll need information. ”The extension doesn’t work.” is not sufficient for me to figure out why you may be having difficulties, ...