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Ah, i hadn't put in pc dex scores, only init bonuses - but just checked the core rules and i had remembered right; initiative ties should be nroken in initiative bonus order (not just dex).

That really is just a tiny quibble though, i don't want to sound ungreatful!

For me i don't mind a bit of scribble on the board. I play using a great big whiteboard on the tabletop deliberately so everyone can make notes on the fly. The main thing i wanted from the app was stats and rules readily available (to save time and fuss) and to get rid of clutter (by providing quick and easy reference) and it does that in spades.

Shall endeavour to leave a review on the appstore too, didn't think about that! PF RPG too actually as i got no less than three other friends to grab that too (so handy not havimg to leaf through the books), may as well laud that one as well!

(i think its been out on Android for a few months, at least a simple google search tells me that).

I got this app yesterday and used it out tonight for the first time.

Tracking initiative and hps of monsters alone was v handy, saved a bit of board-clutter and think-time. Having the stats to hand in one place (instead of my usual bestiary print-outs) was also v handy, although i still used the board to scribble on. always handy to have a quick way of referencing feat rules and special abilities (i used to use the co-app, PF RPG for that, but now don't need to swap to it as PF Battle handles it).

Partly because you can't record conditions; in round 2 one of my Frost Drakes lost 7 dex, thus effecting initiative, AC and Reflex saves, but there isn't anywhere within the app to record something like that. That was a shame and could be more and more of a bother as you go up through the levels. Even just something like a simple 'note' function for each monster would solve it to an extent.

Also multiple iterations of the same monster get labelled; "Jeff", "Jeff 1", "Jeff 2", "Jeff 3" etc It would be nice to be able to change that label so that i could match it with a given figure ("Jeff Red", "Jeff sword", "Jeff unpainted" etc) but as it was i just scribbled out a little key legend and that worked fine.

Oh yes, and when two PCs got the same initiative it didn't put the highest init bonus first to correctly break the tie? Tiny matter though - the players were quick to correct me ;)

So some little factors that means it not perfect yet (no templates, that was another one) but it still saves on some hassle and does keep my end of the table MUCH more ordered and orderly (plus if this is linked to the android version of the PF Battle app then it seems like there might well be functionality to come that fixes much of the above). I built the two encounters both whilst out of the house, using nothing but this app and its twin, PF RPG, i'd say that being possible makes it pretty handy, no?

Thus even at just '85% great', that is still high enough for me to be more than happy about the pennies put down.

(And there we go - comment left both here and on Youtube).