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Nah, we know it’s hard. But if failure has no consequence in a given scene, then why not skip over and just assume it was done?

Yup. This covers “forgetful players”, but it also helps me: a DM with ADHD that can get very lost in “meatspace” (“which of these four monsters that look exactly the same took 40 damage, again?” or “I am sure I had that monster token here somewhere…”)

So I make tokens with pictures for the creatures on the top and space on the bottom to scribble the damage with dry-erase marker. Really helps.

Also: adding up is much faster than subtracting damage

Really recommend that method for anybody that wants to try and speed up combat

Adding in to the way of “tracking health secretly”, there’s a way, but you gotta think in reverse:

Track damage, not health. Just jot down quickly on paper how much HP an enemy has and track damage dealt, which can be a public info anyway

If you figure HP needs changing, change it on the fly on the paper and adjust your description of the scene