Damage to multiple models

[athelu]

Hello all,
Been using hero lab for RPG sessions for a while and am a big fan of importing the enemies into the portfolio for tracking during combat. I just recently found out about the tactical console (from the newsletter) and that is a great help in round management.

One thing that I would LOVE however is the ability to apply heals or damage to multiple models - ideally by faction (ally or enemy). Right now combat comes to a crawl when I have to apply damage from an area effect spell, or when a cleric channels healing to the party.

Maybe I just overlooked something?

[Farling]

You haven't overlooked something. You are right that there is no "bulk" entering of healing/damage. (At least this is the case for the Pathfinder data set.)

[athelu]

Hrm. is there a wishlist forum for HL like there is for RealmWorks?

[Kendall-DM]

There is also no bulk application of adjustments, which has, in the past, slowed my combats to a crawl. I just use the Tactical Console for round management, otherwise I record damage and effects on a spreadsheet outside of the Tactical Console, which is quick and dirty. It totals everything for me and I just add that in to what the Tactical Console displays to get final values. Been working pretty well for me and has sped up my combats dramatically.

At one point I was thinking about creating a third party tactical console that could read the hero XMLs, but there were quite a number of issues with my first implementation, and I wasn't saving much time with combats. So I ended up doing the spreadsheet route.

[athelu]

yes. i do manage combat with hero lab, as the auto calculation for status effects and things is great.

A bulk apply would make this just about perfect.

[daplunk]

I used the tactical console once and was already trying to figure out how to do this. It really needs to be added for those situations where the caster goes Fireball crazy.

[Mergon]

I used the Tactical console all the time with my Pathfinder campaigns. Now that the Encounter Builder console is functional, and the Community has added most of the missing monsters, I have started doing so with 5e.

I have to start adding the module monsters so I can use them also.

[Zenith]

Has there been any word on this? I manually make sure that Hero Lab is correct in terms of combat state, because I play online and I want to have all my data in a single place to make sure nothing gets misplaced between sessions in case we suddenly have to stop playing. I'd really like to be able to apply HP changes to multiple creatures (by shift or ctrl clicking) and also being able to call for saving throws from groups of NPCs quickly, especially when so many area of affects are in play, even at first level.

[Kendall-DM]

Originally Posted by Zenith

Has there been any word on this? I manually make sure that Hero Lab is correct in terms of combat state, because I play online and I want to have all my data in a single place to make sure nothing gets misplaced between sessions in case we suddenly have to stop playing. I'd really like to be able to apply HP changes to multiple creatures (by shift or ctrl clicking) and also being able to call for saving throws from groups of NPCs quickly, especially when so many area of affects are in play, even at first level.

AFAIK, no development has taken place on this, nor do I think it is going to get done. I could be wrong, but I haven't heard a peep on anything remotely related to grouping modifications with the exception of initiatives.

[Merion]

Resurrecting on old thread here.

Any news on this? I'd love to see this, too!
I'm rather new to HL but I mainly use it to run encounters as it so neatly couples with Realm Works. I was surprised that the tactical console is missing such an obvious feature.