by RoundeyeSamurai » Thu Apr 21, 2011 2:44 pm
You shouldn't have needed anything but the initiative and the chat window open. You definitely shouldn't have needed the library open. Did you set everything up ahead of time. I have been placing all the monsters tokens ahead of time, with their information ready on them, ahead of time. If they are supposed to be seen as soon as the players enter the room, you have them on the token level, if you don't want them seen at first, you put them on the hidden level, and then when you need to, you pull them to the token level.
I also keep copys of them on the side of the map, on the hidden level. If you copy and paste their attacks into the GM notes section of the token, you can hover over them when and see all their info, without having to swap windows or keep a ton of paper around. It is pretty simple really. I can set up a map with the needed monsters and LOS setup in less than 10 minutes.
I'm the DM, Deal with it!