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Our PF group enjoys the condition cards for easy reference during game play. As the campaign I'm running has reached mid-levels (currently 8th) we all sat around the game table and began wishing we had Buff cards for the various spell and class abilities to hand out to fellow players for on-the-table-and-in-front-of-you reminders of the buff itself and a reference for the associated bennies!
Any chance we might see Paizo release a Buff card set?
I'd love to have the wizard in the party cast haste and be able to hand out 4-5 Hasted cards to party members while the Bard does their thing and hands out Inspired +2 cards!
I agree, I would like to see this product as well. It would help my players and I figure out which buffs stack with which.
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Good idea.
"Buff" cards would be complicated to do as you will have plenty of different buffs with different duration and different effects depending on the CL or the level of the bard ecc. but they would be a great aid, especially for the less adept players.
I should think if it is possible to make something similar in house while we want for a Paizo version.
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Have you checked out the Condition Cards deck yet thenobledrake? It has been a great buy for the group as we use the cards most sessions.
When someone gets stunned for 4 rounds or nauseated (curse stinking cloud!) for 6 rounds they get the card and use either tokens or a die to track the number of rounds they are affected.
I agree Buff cards would need to be kept fairly simple. The biggest hurdle being how the buff bonuses vary based on the caster/character levels. I assume a Buff Card though would simply list the bonuses available and how those scale by level listed like:
Shield of Faith
1st, +2 Deflect Bonus to AC
6th, +3 Deflect Bonus to AC
12th, +4 Deflect Bonus to AC
Durations can be tracked in the same way we use for the condition cards. If there is a nicely spaced table like above for bonuses the buff provides you can place the duration die or tokens on that level of bonuses.
I told Erik that I wanted a set of these also. Heck, I even offered to design them just to get them going! Perhaps I can bug him again tomorrow. :)
-Lisa
The condition cards are our most used set. Please do :)
My group remarked how much a buff deck would be useful just last session :)
It's not as pretty as Paizo Cards, but my 4e DM just created a table in Word with a bunch of 2" square cells, typed in the relevant buffs, printed them onto card stock and cut them up. They serve. (Though I'd still likely buy a pretty Paizo set. Especially if they're colour-coded by stackability.)
I told Erik that I wanted a set of these also. Heck, I even offered to design them just to get them going! Perhaps I can bug him again tomorrow. :)
-Lisa
I would not cancel my subscription for Buff Cards.
I told Erik that I wanted a set of these also. Heck, I even offered to design them just to get them going! Perhaps I can bug him again tomorrow. :)
-Lisa
Holy Poo!
+1000!!
I would probably get at least 3-4 sets of these. I love the condition cards, and these are even better.
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I would buy a set of buff cards, but I'm not sure how I'd design them. There are just so many buffs (assuming you're doing a different card for each buff spell), that have varied effects, and all stack differently... I don't know. In my mind I'm picturing a gaming table completely covered in cards, with no room for books or miniatures :)
Can they be color coded for the type of bonus?
Blue for morale, Red for resistance, etc.? That would save a LOT of time for everyone involved.
Thanks.
Color coded for type, with the number and what it modifies along the edges (like notebook tabs) so they are stackable (lay down a new buff card over the old, and if it is the same color, they overlap, if not, they stack). I think that would work. However, the real winner is to use clear plastic cards and have the buff types printed in a certain spot so that they overlap like in the card game "Gloom".
That would be awesome.
Would as well purchase buff cards.