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Combat Board

The Combat Board in DM's Familiar organizes and manages all of your combat. By automating the tedious game mechanics, your combats will run faster and be more exciting.

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Combat Board Basics

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Features of the Combat Board

  • When you drag and drop a monster onto the Combat Board, DMF will automatically roll hit points (or use average if that's what you want) and roll initiative. Don't slow down your game making these dice rolls yourself!
  • All of the combatants are organized into round and initiative order.
  • Rolls initiative for players (if you want) so that combats start instantly instead of waiting for the players to roll initiative and waiting for you to sort your index cards.
  • Make attack and damage rolls for creatures. What's more exciting for your players: Waiting for you to roll dozens of dice for the attack and damage of that ancient red dragon or letting the computer make all of those attacks and damages rolls with one click of a button?
  • Make secret skill checks (Spot, Listen, Search, or any others you want) for your players instantly without them knowing what is happening. No more tipping off your players with "Everyone make a spot check for me."
  • Make Saving Throws for everyone at once. Ten orcs caught in a fireball? No problem with DMF!
  • The Combat Board show you all the essential information about all combatants: Ability
    scores, saving throws, attacks, damage, armor class breakdown: It's all there!
  • The Combat Board can track durations. Guards showing up in 10 minutes? Acid fog going to last for 6 more rounds? DMF tracks it for you so you can concentrate on running the game.
  • The Combat Board can cast spells; making attack, damage, and spell resistance rolls when needed. The Combat Board also tracks how many spells a combatant has available.