The Sleeper’s Decks · No. 3
Class Round-Flow Cards
Twelve cards, one per class, each showing the shape of a typical turn, so initiative stops being the scary part for a new player.
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- 12 cards
- US Letter
- Fifth edition
Six of the 12 cards are here to draw. The rest come with the deck.
Quick-Turn Cards for 5e Classes
When initiative lands on a new player, the whole table waits while they read every feature on their sheet. Hand them the card for their class and the usual shape of a turn is right there in front of them before the dice come back around.
Each of the twelve cards is written for the 2024 rules and covers four things. It says what to open a fight with, what most rounds look like, what the reaction is for, and which resource too many tables send home unspent. The rogue card, for one, reminds the player that Cunning Action buys a bonus-action Dash, Disengage or Hide every round. A Resources at a Glance card sums up what comes back on which rest, for the whole party.
Think of them as a rhythm to lean on. A player who knows their usual turn can go in about ten seconds, and they tend to be the first to notice when a round calls for something else.
WHAT'S INSIDE
- 12 class cards for the 2024 rules, each with what to open with, most turns, your reaction, and what gets left on the sheet.
- A Resources at a Glance card showing what comes back on which rest, for the whole party.
- Screen edition plus a plain-white print edition, US Letter, with cut lines.
- Every card as plain text for VTT handouts.
- Bookmarked, DRM-free PDF.
Player Cheat Cards is free in the same series and handles the rules side of the same table.
Includes material from the SRD 5.2 by Wizards of the Coast LLC under CC-BY-4.0. Full statement in the PDF. Unaffiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
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No. 2
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