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Has anyone bought this product? I'm looking to see how it compares to Perram's Spellbook? My goal is to print these off and have them laminated so I basically have a 'Spellbook Deck' of cards. Compare them to Power Cards if you want. I don't care.
Actually Perram supplies LPJ Design with the raw text data to make the cards while we handle the design directly in house.
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and Perram gets his data from the Spell DB on d20pfsrd.com ...Has anyone bought this product? I'm looking to see how it compares to Perram's Spellbook? My goal is to print these off and have them laminated so I basically have a 'Spellbook Deck' of cards. Compare them to Power Cards if you want. I don't care.Actually Perram supplies LPJ Design with the raw text data to make the cards while we handle the design directly in house.
This. Perram's Spellbook would not be possible without the hard work Mike has done to create the Spell DB. I try to point that out every time I promote my project, and on its site (http://www.theGM.org)
I would also like to say for the record that while LPJ Designs uses my site (which uses Mike's Data from d20pfsrd.com), I am in no way connected to this product or partnered with LPJ Designs.
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Mike puts in an insane amount of time and effort and all that he asks in return is credit for his labor. I haven't looked at the spell cards but since we have an OGL statement on d20pfsrd.com explicitly indicating how to credit him, I'm assuming that's in the spell cards correctly.
OGL: If you use this content in an application or form for redistribution please see/cite the Section 15 Statement at the bottom of this page.
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Section 15: Copyright Notice - Paizo Spells Database
Paizo Spells Database. Copyright 2011 Mike Chopswil, d20pfsrd.com
Actually as asked by Perram, we stated the credits as follows:
Credits
Spellcard data obtained from Perram’s Spellbook © 2011 Jefferson Jay Thacker (http://www.thegm.org/) Spell data created by Mike Chopswil, (http://d20pfsrd.com/magic/spells-db)
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In that case, I highly appreciate everything you guys do. Each and every one of you. I purchased this, printed and laminated these, and they've made my sessions a whole lot easier when it comes to Spell Sorting. When finances allow, I look forward to purchasing the rest.
Thank you to LPJ, Perram, and Mike for everything you guys do to help us out. I know you aren't 'affiliated' with each other, but your work is still appreciated.
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So, what I have gathered from reading this is that Mike took the information for the spells printed by Paizo and made a Data Base for it so people could easily look everything up. Perram took Mike's Data Base and tured it into a series of cards that one could print out on Regular paper and trim, or just print on index cards (I use these all the time) and all of this was for free. Now LPJ has basically done the same thing that Perram did, only charging 2.99 for it, and I still have to print them myself. I don't mean to bash the products or the web sites, I'm just trying to figure out the incentive for me to purchase this product.
So, what I have gathered from reading this is that Mike took the information for the spells printed by Paizo and made a Data Base for it so people could easily look everything up. Perram took Mike's Data Base and tured it into a series of cards that one could print out on Regular paper and trim, or just print on index cards (I use these all the time) and all of this was for free. Now LPJ has basically done the same thing that Perram did, only charging 2.99 for it, and I still have to print them myself. I don't mean to bash the products or the web sites, I'm just trying to figure out the incentive for me to purchase this product.
The best incentive I would say is, do you think this spell deck would be useful to you in your gameplaying? If you feel that other services currently do what you are looking for, I would say use them. If you think my cards bring something more to the table, then I would say use The Ultimate Spell Deck line. It really comes down to what you think is useful or not. Hope you find what you are looking for.
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After purchasing this spell deck, I find that it lacks anything that makes it even slightly worth the $2.99. Okay, sure there could be the argument that time and labor are thrown in to the price and I won't argue that. However, the lack of decent imagery or, in my opinion, imagination in the final design of the card leaves one wanting.
With the negative said, I'll focus in positive light now. The cards are fairly cheap (though outshined by Perram) and can be printed with little changes made to the print layout.
Overall, I like the product but find with a little work I can get the same If not better result for less effort and I'd still have $3 to spend on something else. I like your work on occasion, L, but I got to give this a 2 out of 5.
After purchasing this spell deck, I find that it lacks anything that makes it even slightly worth the $2.99. Okay, sure there could be the argument that time and labor are thrown in to the price and I won't argue that. However, the lack of decent imagery or, in my opinion, imagination in the final design of the card leaves one wanting.
With the negative said, I'll focus in positive light now. The cards are fairly cheap (though outshined by Perram) and can be printed with little changes made to the print layout.
Overall, I like the product but find with a little work I can get the same If not better result for less effort and I'd still have $3 to spend on something else. I like your work on occasion, L, but I got to give this a 2 out of 5.
Well do me a favor and send me a copy of your receipt from where you purchased it to my email (LMPjr007 at Gmail) and I will refund you your money via Paypal or offer you double what you paid in credit to any LPJ Design products. Just let me know which you would prefer. Sorry it didn't work out for you.