bigbadron:
(I notice spaceace showed the bar, and the actual numbers, which would be kind of redundant if done that way in a game).
That's because D&D (and most other RPGs) are in essence numbers games, and in fact many CRPGs with health bars list the numbers in addition to the bar also. ;>
I agree health bars would look cool, but we've been playing here 10-15 years without them, and the DM and players are still going to have to deal with the numbers. Personally, I think the effort would be best spent in other areas.
Also, I've found several online bar graph generators through google, you just input the data, save it as a pic, and post it along with your combat map.
This message was last edited by the user at 14:49, Tue 15 Apr 2014.