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Turn Tracker Visibility Options

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Mitch
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I've seen a few closed posts suggesting updates to this, but it seems they didn't gain enough momentum to instigate an update. It would be very useful if GMs had some options with regards to the visibility of the turn tracker and the items listed on it. The following options would be very useful in certain circumstances. TOGGLE VISIBILITY OF TURN TRACKER FOR PLAYERS.  This would be handy for GMs to be able to keep track of the turn order themselves without having to worry about giving away bits of information that they want to keep from the players. Really only the GM needs to see the turn tracker anyway as he/she can simply inform players when it is their turn. TOGGLE INVISIBILITY OF ITEMS LISTED IN THE TURN TRACKER. This is something that would be very handy if you want the players to still be able to keep track of the turn order but also want to keep certain things secret from them. Things that the GM could potentially want to keep from the players include: - buffs / enhancements on enemies - initiative of enemies who are yet to join the combat and who the players are unaware of (maybe hidden or far away) - secretly preparing encounters ahead of time (with initiative for monsters already rolled) to save time I think that adding these options would be very beneficial and make running non-straightforward encounters easier.  I find myself instead having to manually keep track of these things on paper outside of Roll20 which is a lot of extra work.
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+1 (Sorry, I don't have any more free votes to add to the counter) I get around keeping keeping track of the turn order for NPCs that have yet to join combat or are hidden by using the GM layer. For individual hidden baddies I just keep them on the GM layer while they are hidden, which make their entry on the turn tracker invisible to the players (the players won't even see a blank entry). For groups of NPCS who share a common initiative, I'll keep a "placeholder" token outside the visible map; this can also be on the GM layer until a member of that group becomes visible. Using a "placeholder" token keeps that group's initiative in the tracker while individual members of that group get eliminated.
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