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Phrennzy Avenger Offline I'm very pretty! Posts: 294 Joined: Sep 7^th, 2013	Initiative Tracking in Excel - Formula Provided! Apr 8^th, 2015 at 5:10pm	Print Post
	I love using excel. I used it to track initiative and keep notes when we played D&D, with my laptop off to the side, and plan on using it for V&V, but wasn't sure how to organize it. Well, I think I have it figured out. First, here is a list of the formula. It looks complicated but it really isn't. I learned about If statements in Excel today, just to do this, so anyone else on here can too. Just type them into Excel as shown.

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Phrennzy Avenger Offline I'm very pretty! Posts: 294 Joined: Sep 7^th, 2013	Re: Initiative Tracking in Excel - Formula Provided! Reply #1 - Apr 8^th, 2015 at 5:12pm	Print Post
	Here's the finished product: Note that when you type in the formulas, you should be typing 1st column formula into cell C2, 2nd column formula into D2, etc. I can't zip file anything or I'd just attach it. We'll see how well it works, but I like it so far.

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Phrennzy Avenger Offline I'm very pretty! Posts: 294 Joined: Sep 7^th, 2013	Re: Initiative Tracking in Excel - Formula Provided! Reply #2 - Apr 8^th, 2015 at 5:13pm	Print Post
	When I get home I'll see if my husband can zip file it for me to attach. I was just excited to put this out there.


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Hammer Justice Leaguer Offline Stranger in a Stranger Land Posts: 528 Location: McKinney, TX Joined: Aug 17^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: Initiative Tracking in Excel - Formula Provided! Reply #3 - Apr 8^th, 2015 at 10:56pm	Print Post
	I created a combat tracking excel spreadsheet, calculates to hits offense vs. defenses, initiatives, xp totals, etc... if anyone would like a copy, pm me.


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Klystron Ex Member	Re: Initiative Tracking in Excel - Formula Provided! Reply #4 - Apr 9^th, 2015 at 8:31am	Print Post
	Nice job, Phrennzy. I like the ability to sort and put the phases in order. I'm still working on my version that will put the players in order by phase. Having trouble with the variable number of variables. Your's is clean and simple. The best kind of gadget.


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Ironnerd Justice Leaguer Offline Crunchy on the outside, chewy on the inside. Posts: 833 Location: Atlanta, GA Joined: Aug 30^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: Initiative Tracking in Excel - Formula Provided! Reply #5 - Apr 9^th, 2015 at 8:59am	Print Post
	Very nice, Phrennzy. I like the cut of your jib.

	John "Ironnerd" Adams "The GM is the balancing mechanic" - Klystron
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Phrennzy Avenger Offline I'm very pretty! Posts: 294 Joined: Sep 7^th, 2013	Re: Initiative Tracking in Excel - Formula Provided! Reply #6 - Apr 9^th, 2015 at 11:18am	Print Post
	Thanks guys. I'm excited to use it. I used a dry erase board last game night and it worked, but was not as cool. And no room for notes. and I kept putting my notes down on top of it and partially erasing the numbers lol. Fingers crossed. Also looking forward to getting Hammer's sheet. Anything that helps make combat smoother is a plus.


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Hammer Justice Leaguer Offline Stranger in a Stranger Land Posts: 528 Location: McKinney, TX Joined: Aug 17^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: Initiative Tracking in Excel - Formula Provided! Reply #7 - Apr 9^th, 2015 at 12:45pm	Print Post
	Here's what mine looks like after everything is entered:
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Display Name Justice Leaguer Offline I Love V&V! Posts: 1851 Joined: Jul 20^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Initiative Tracking in Excel - Formula Provided! Reply #8 - Apr 9^th, 2015 at 1:09pm	Print Post
	Argh! I don't have Excel!


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Ironnerd Justice Leaguer Offline Crunchy on the outside, chewy on the inside. Posts: 833 Location: Atlanta, GA Joined: Aug 30^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: Initiative Tracking in Excel - Formula Provided! Reply #9 - Apr 9^th, 2015 at 1:26pm	Print Post
	Go get "Open Office". It will run the excel file - and it's FREE Also HAMMER, Nicely done. I dig it... I just never have a computer with me when I play. I go all old school paper and pencil.
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Majestic Justice Leaguer Offline Guardian of Earth Posts: 5179 Location: Seattle Joined: Jun 8^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: Initiative Tracking in Excel - Formula Provided! Reply #10 - Apr 9^th, 2015 at 3:05pm	Print Post
	A long time ago one of my players printed out a simple sheet with all of the numbers in columns, where each number would have 15 subtracted from it. Then he laminated it. So with a single document you could easily keep track of everyone's initiative, even without a computer (you just use a wet erase pen and write down the letter for each character).


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Hammer Justice Leaguer Offline Stranger in a Stranger Land Posts: 528 Location: McKinney, TX Joined: Aug 17^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: Initiative Tracking in Excel - Formula Provided! Reply #11 - Apr 9^th, 2015 at 4:44pm	Print Post
	I'd love to attach it here, but I can't attach an excel doc. Hopefully after I send it to a few people, they can give me some feedback on it. I think I've posted about it here before, but there are a lot of new faces on now. I'd love some feedback, it was a labor of love, and I've used it, but I'm not sure how easy it will be for anyone else to figure out.


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Phrennzy Avenger Offline I'm very pretty! Posts: 294 Joined: Sep 7^th, 2013	Re: Initiative Tracking in Excel - Formula Provided! Reply #12 - Apr 9^th, 2015 at 6:28pm	Print Post
	Hammer I love it. Looks like you took your time rather than slapped it together like I did haha.


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Hammer Justice Leaguer Offline Stranger in a Stranger Land Posts: 528 Location: McKinney, TX Joined: Aug 17^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: Initiative Tracking in Excel - Formula Provided! Reply #13 - Apr 10^th, 2015 at 9:43am	Print Post
	I know it's a lot, I play with my laptop, so it helped me, but you can print out the pages if you don't want to use it. Once you enter the info on the first page, I believe the rest populates. Just did it for myself, but it'd be nice if someone else used it after putting all that into it.


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Hammer Justice Leaguer Offline Stranger in a Stranger Land Posts: 528 Location: McKinney, TX Joined: Aug 17^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: Initiative Tracking in Excel - Formula Provided! Reply #14 - Apr 10^th, 2015 at 12:56pm	Print Post
	Trying this as a .zip file should have thought of this...
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Ironnerd Justice Leaguer Offline Crunchy on the outside, chewy on the inside. Posts: 833 Location: Atlanta, GA Joined: Aug 30^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: Initiative Tracking in Excel - Formula Provided! Reply #15 - Apr 10^th, 2015 at 1:13pm	Print Post
	HAMMER!!!! That is SLICK!!!! Thanks for posting that. I was gonna post my initiative spreadsheet but you blew me out of the water! LOL!!! I occurs to me that maybe we should ask the mods create a new zone for "Gaming Aids" where we can post our clever tricks and helpful spreadsheets (and whatnot). How 'bout it?

	John "Ironnerd" Adams "The GM is the balancing mechanic" - Klystron
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Klystron Ex Member	Re: Initiative Tracking in Excel - Formula Provided! Reply #16 - Apr 10^th, 2015 at 5:15pm	Print Post
	Real slick, Slick. I like it. Makes what I was trying for moot. I'll just use yours, freeing me to fiddle with something else. Thanks for sharing, Hammer.


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Klystron Ex Member	Re: Initiative Tracking in Excel - Formula Provided! Reply #17 - Apr 10^th, 2015 at 5:18pm	Print Post
	Ironnerd wrote on Apr 10^th, 2015 at 1:13pm: maybe we should ask the mods create a new zone for "Gaming Aids" where we can post our clever tricks and helpful spreadsheets (and whatnot). This gets my vote, if anyone is asking.


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Dr.Demented Teen Titan Offline who knows what evil lurks in heart of man Posts: 205 Location: Kentucky Joined: Jan 23^rd, 2011 Gender:	Re: Initiative Tracking in Excel - Formula Provided! Reply #18 - Apr 10^th, 2015 at 6:34pm	Print Post
	like that idea also


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Phrennzy Avenger Offline I'm very pretty! Posts: 294 Joined: Sep 7^th, 2013	Re: Initiative Tracking in Excel - Formula Provided! Reply #19 - Apr 10^th, 2015 at 8:14pm	Print Post
	Absolutely agree. Obviously, I was recreating something that Hammer had already built. If I had seen his before, I would have been using it. A place where we can all share material would be great.


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