I like Solasta but I gotta admit the popups did get annoying in some places. Having to hit no to smiting every time I landed an attack as a Paladin was bad but bearable, but when I played a Sorcerer and got a popup every time asking me if I wanted to metamagic anytime I tried casting a spell drove me crazy. Though this could be mitigated with a shortcut that lets you say no immediately.
I agree, though none of the things you mentioned are reactions. I think that streamling attacks can be beneficial even if player looses a bit of the granual control - like potentially with smite. But reactions proper, actions that are meant to be taken as a response to what enemy is doing, required different treatment IMO. Automating them doesn't as much as remove granual control, as makes them too unpredictable to be worth the resources they consume.
That's what I'm saying. Can't we compromise?
Smite. During your turn, it works like BG3 Battlemaster maneuvers. Reaction Smite coupled with AOO, however, maybe a pop-up asking if you want to use it if your enemy has more than (you set the value, default 10) Current HP. I mean. Why would you waste even a level 1 spell slot on an enemy with less than 10 HP left and you can do 2d6+3 damage?... With a Reaction?
Uncanny Dodge. You might use it whenever it is possible, but again, why would you waste it on an enemy attack that is less than 10 damage? 10 halved is 5. Not exactly worth using it when a high damage dealing enemy is on the battlefield - like spider matriarch - who can do 40 in a single hit. Preset could easily manage this. No high powered enemy? Set your preset to All Enemies, and it triggers whenever any enemy hits you. High power enemy? Set it to Enemy Damage Greater than (you set the value, default 10). Still prompts, but only if damage done to you is greater than 10.
Counterspell. You set what spells trigger the prompt. Want all spells to trigger? Fine. Set to All Spells. Don't want a prompt unless Fireball or Lightning Bolt are cast? Only select those spells as trigger spells. Then you only get a prompt for those spells.
This would drastically cut down on prompts for those players who really don't even want prompts, and there could even be an option to simply trigger WITHOUT prompt at all if conditions apply.
I think I would really like this approach, personally. I could cut out a lot of prompts that way and still be in control.
