Default Round Count for Effects Prevents Real-time Adjustment

[TheBrianFactor]

The default for round durations of effects is "-1". When editing this on the fly (aka, after the effect is placed on a target) no matter what value you change it to, it processes as having been input as "0" and removes the effect.

Could this default value for round durations be changed to "+1" to prevent this? A lot of effects endure for a rolled value of rounds (i.e. 1d6 rounds) and the default value of "+1" would make it possible to edit these effects without changing the entire effect - since the effect can vary target to target.

[Muttley]

Are these existing Effect items from the compendiums, or new ones you're creating?

[TheBrianFactor]

These are existing effects from the compendium that have been imported into my world.

For example, the spell "Eyebite" has a description of "...and it can't see you until the end of its next turn." The spell's duration is "Instant".
Then the "Spell Effect: Eyebite" has a duration of "Unlimited". "Spell Effect: Eyebite" is dragged/dropped onto an actor sheet. To help the effect remove itself based on round calculations in the combat tracker, the duration of the effect is changed to "Turns". The default value of "Turns" (and "Rounds") is -1. When this value is changed from -1 to any other positive integer (in Eyebite's case, "+1", or "1"), the effect immediately removes itself.