Hey Caedwyr, I had a thought. There are several groups on the boards, my own included, that houserule a fair number of the spells in the game. Is it possible in the pdf version you might have an edit option that would let us change the spell data on the cards?
I have a personal set of house rules that change a significant portion of the spells, so customizability is something I want as well. I doubt that I can get the pdfs in an adjustable format, but I do plan on making the .psd (photoshop) masters available.
Would it be too much to ask to include a brief tutorial on how to use those photoshop masters? Since some of us have very little if any experience with the tool?
The photoshop files are fairly straightforward, the trick to making them easily is lots of layers. But I'll include a brief overview of where to find the various parts of the cards.
I have a personal set of house rules that change a significant portion of the spells, so customizability is something I want as well. I doubt that I can get the pdfs in an adjustable format, but I do plan on making the .psd (photoshop) masters available.
Not sure what you mean about "pdfs in an adjustable format"? PDFs can be opened and edited in OpenOffice. In the 3.x releases, it actually does a fairly good job of writing them back out without toally screwing them up, too! (The 2.x versions weren't so good at it.)
Will PSDs import into open source tools such as GIMP? I've never tried...
I have a personal set of house rules that change a significant portion of the spells, so customizability is something I want as well. I doubt that I can get the pdfs in an adjustable format, but I do plan on making the .psd (photoshop) masters available.
Not sure what you mean about "pdfs in an adjustable format"? PDFs can be opened and edited in OpenOffice. In the 3.x releases, it actually does a fairly good job of writing them back out without toally screwing them up, too! (The 2.x versions weren't so good at it.)
Will PSDs import into open source tools such as GIMP? I've never tried...
Hmm, well the .pdfs may work easier than I thought then. GIMP specifically advertises that it works with PSD format in the feature list, so it sounds like it should work.
I've done a couple of print tests and made some significant changes to the size of the cards. The cards are now full colour 2.5x3.75" in size and colour coded based on the spell school. For spells with too much text to fit on the 2.5x3.75" card, I have created double-sized 5x3.75" cards. I have turned off any lighter shadow effects on the text, as the cards are still readable for the darkest images without the shading, and the images are easier to see.
You can find sample images in my picasa photo album and a list of all the cards completed to date below in the spoiler
List of Cards completed to date:
Acid Fog
Acid Splash
Alarm
Alter Self
Animal Trance
Animate Dead
Animate Plants
Arcane Eye
Arcane Mark
Astral Projection
Atonement
Augury
Awaken
Binding
Bleed
Bless
Breath of Life
Burning Hands
Call Lightning
Charm Animal
Charm Monster
Chill Touch
Cloudkill
Commune with Nature
Contagion
Control Water
Control Weather
Control Winds
Crushing Hand
Cure Critical Wounds
Cure Moderate Wounds, Mass
Deep Slumber
Delayed Blast Fireball
Detect Chaos
Discern Location
Dismissal
Divine Favor
Dominate Animal
Dream
Earthquake
Elemental Body III
Energy Drain
Entangle
Entropic Shield
Eyebite
Fabricate
Fear
Find the Path
Find Traps
Finger of Death
Fire Storm
Flame Blade
Flame Strike
Flaming Sphere
Flare
Flesh to Stone
Fog Cloud
Forbiddance
Forcecage
Forceful Hand
Form of the Dragon I
Form of the Dragon II
Form of the Dragon III
Fox's Cunning
Fox's Cunning, Mass
Gate
Gentle Repose
Ghoul Touch
Giant Form I
Giant Form II
Giant Vermin
Guards and Wards
Hallucinatory Terrain
Harm
Heat Metal
Holy Smite
Holy Sword
Hypnotic Pattern
Insanity
Jump
Levitate
Light
Lightning Bolt
Mage's Magnificent Mansion
Magic Aura
Magic Circle Against Evil
Magic Missile
Major Creation
Maze
Meteor Swarm
Miracle
Mirage Arcana
Mirror Image
Modify Memory
Nightmare
Obscuring Mist
Open/Close
Overland Flight
Owl's Wisdom
Phase Door
Planar Ally, Greater
Planar Ally, Lesser
Planar Ally
Planar Binding, Greater
Planar Binding, Lesser
Planar Binding
Plane Shift
Plant Growth
Poison
Polar Ray
Prayer
Prismatic Sphere
Prismatic Wall
Produce Flame
Protection from Chaos
Pyrotechnics
Rage
Raise Dead
Reincarnate
Resistance
Righteous Might
Scintillating Pattern
Scorching Ray
Screen
Scrying, Greater
Scult Sound
Searing Light
Shadow Conjuration, Greater
Shadow Conjuration
Shadow Evocation, Greater
Shadow Walk
Shambler
Shapechange
Shocking Grasp
Shout, Greater
Silent Image
Sleep
Spell Turning
Statue
Storm of Vengeance
Summon Monster IV
Summon Monster IX
Summon Nature's Ally I
Summon Nature's Ally II
Summon Nature's Ally III
Summon Nature's Ally IV
Summon Nature's Ally V
Summon Nature's Ally VI
Summon Nature's Ally VII
Summon Nature's Ally VIII
Summon Nature's Ally Summoning Table (Table 10-2)
Sunburst
Telekinesis
Vision
Wail of the Banshee
Wall of Fire
Wall of Ice
Wall of Thorns
Weird
Wind Wall
The slow going is finding artwork that is in the public domain, or with Creative Commons/GNU licenses that allow me to make cards out of them, or even artist permission for non-commercial use of their artwork
I also have posted over at Enworld, and may keep a compiled list over there as it is easier to edit my posts for a working list in progress.
I love the cards. I think you have done a magnificent job. However, I'm only looking for the template for MSE. That way I can type up just the spells I want to use as I need them. I also don't care for the artwork, even though most of it is pretty amazing.
Is it possible to just get the template? I am willing to type in info in exchange.
It looks like what you want is closer to what mercurito is producing in the other thread, and my templates are about 10MB each so I'll leave it to him to provide the MSE card templates.
A few more cards finished today (I injured my back, so progress has been slower this week)
Here is potentially an off-topic question.... What if the GM uses the spell cards to introduce the "only known" spells to the players?
Gary Gygax used to have wizards "acquire" new spells by meeting other magic users, or copying found scrolls into their spellbooks.
Hmmmmn. This would certainly put a stop to any min-maxing done using the Spell Compendium, and harken back to an age of Core Rulebook playing. Methinks there is potential at my table for this...
My players are between 9th-11th level now, but traveling to different worlds in this year's campaign story. So now might be a good time to have fun with a spell "reset" button, and only use the spells provided in the Pathfinder RPG core rulebook. Further........... this morning I am thinking the devious GM idea of ceasing all arcane spells from functioning, and requiring the players to find them anew for each "world" they traverse upon (if done expediently and interestingly) might be a novel 'twist' using Cadwyr's cards.... Hmmmmn.
Here is potentially an off-topic question.... What if the GM uses the spell cards to introduce the "only known" spells to the players?
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this morning I am thinking the devious GM idea of ceasing all arcane spells from functioning, and requiring the players to find them anew for each "world" they traverse upon (if done expediently and interestingly) might be a novel 'twist' using Cadwyr's cards.... Hmmmmn.
Are you planning on making the Fighter relearn all his feats? Or the Cleric their spells and channeling? I always see folks smack the arcane's around with stuff like this. Sadly in 2nd ed I could see it as the wizard was the king of the game. But come on, the new spells and the 3.x DC system have left the arcane enough frustrations that I think it highly unfair to inflict this kind of thing on them alone. [/rant] [/threadjack]
Find me an appropriate picture and I'll have it for you today... I haven't found a good image to use yet. There should be a large update either today or tomorrow with up to 22 new cards,
I have about 50 more pieces of artwork selected for specific cards, so the updates should be a little faster for the next while as I work through them.
Also, as before the entire selection of cards can be viewed at My Picasa Album. If a card does not have an artist listed and you know who should be credited, then please let me know.
356 Cards remaining to complete.
100 Spell images already selected, but cards not made yet.
267 Cards currently completed.
You can view the current list of spells to be completed here. Spells highlighted in yellow are ones that I have artwork already chosen, but have not finished making the card.
Hey Caedwyr, I'd like to host your cards for download on d20pfsrd.com. Would you be interested in making them available there? If so I can make you a collaborator and you can post zip files with all images on the downloads page etc.
As I mentioned previously I am still a fair ways from being finished. My eventual plan is to make all the cards available in a .pdf of all the different spell lists that is formatted for printing. However, I'd be happy to work out some sort of method by which people can access the cards that I have completed so far, even if it is just a link to the .jpeg version I have in my Picasa folder. Shoot me an email at Myname @ gmail . com and we can discuss things further.
I am currently working on creating 4x6 spell cards as a game aid.
The text can be a little difficult to read over the background images.
Actually, I did some experimenting and tried printing the cards out, and the easiest to read was the cards without any special background/text outline. Also, printing the cards showed that I could get away with 2.5x3.75" cards and 5x3.75" cards instead of the larger sized cards I was considering.
When you say that the text can be a little difficult to read over the background images, are you referring to a printed card, or just the one on your computer screen?
When you say that the text can be a little difficult to read over the background images, are you referring to a printed card, or just the one on your computer screen?
