In line with VCC general design goals tracking effects and condition was done in a simple and generic way. While there are all types of condition and effects, some the most common ones should work well. Designing a compact and effective interface was complex, and not all cases may be easy to track. In this section we present some tips and trick that may make you life easier.

Paladin Divine Challenge

This is obviously a mark, but since the Paladin does not have to attack to sustain the mark, you can select the duration “End of source’s turn, sustain”. This way you can easily sustain the effect.

Sustainable that affect other combatant

Some powers will give a penalty or a special condition on the target and can be sustained by the source (such as Warlord’s Break the Tempo). In the current version these are challenging effect to keep track. Since the effect can be sustained only when the source is action, and you may forget to look at the target (and sustain the effect). It may be safer to place two effects:

1. On the source of the effect add a sustainable effect with the power name;
2. On the target put an effect with duration Other, indicating that it is linked to the source power

Warlock power that have Save End and Sustain

Warlocks have a set of powers that have both save end and sustain (such as Curse of the Bloody Fangs). This discussion on EN World describes a way to track these effects. The idea is to break them into:

1. On the warlock add an effect that can be sustained, and point to the target and the condition it must have (in the forum discussion: “Curse of Bloody Fangs on Target”);
2. Add an effect on the target with duration End of source’s next turn (in the forum: “Nibbled”);
3. If the warlock sustains, add a new effect with duration Save end (in the forum: “Chewed”).

This should provide the correct way to handle this. Of course you can ask for the warlock to track this, and just put the Save End portion of the effect on the tracker.