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Backs for Ander00's wonderful power cards. Simple with legal disclaimer. Took the Logo from the backs in the first few pages of this thread.
There is no outline border for the backs, cut your cards from the crunchy front side. If you are using letter sized paper (versus A4 which the cards are designed for) Then you need to leave a little white border outside of the outline box.
Last edited by Andur; 22nd June 2008 at 11:24 PM..
Been watching this thread for a bit and I really like the idea of the power cards. What I'm looking for, though, is the SET file for MSE so I don't need to re-enter all the info. (yes, lazy).
Anyone willing to supply one?
Your power cards are fab, but it is a lot of pages. I was going to try and print off as I needed, is there any logic to the layout or is it random?
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Been watching this thread for a bit and I really like the idea of the power cards. What I'm looking for, though, is the SET file for MSE so I don't need to re-enter all the info. (yes, lazy).
Anyone willing to supply one?
That's not really what you want. No, it isn't!
What you want to do is make a set for your PC with all the exact numbers filled in. Which is better:
Code:
Hit: 2[W] + Dexterity modifier damage. In addition,
you switch places with the target and can then shift 1 square.
Artful Dodger: You can shift a number of squares equal
to your Charisma modifier.
or
Code:
Hit: 2d4 + 5. In addition you switch places with
the target and can then shift 3 squares.
No contest on game day, tho you have to print the second one out when the numbers change...
PS
__________________ You can clean up vomit, but data is always messy. - Storm's Law
I don't care if you light his face on fire and put it out with an anvil... - A. Taylor
Now that (almost) everyone has their books, here's the update to my MSE template, as well as a complete set of cards. I hope some of you will find either of those useful.
If you like, feel free to host them on the Fan publishing site (I'm just not getting a gmail account for that), or do whatever else you please with them.
The Set (core_complete_set.rar)
This set consists of 753 cards in total, including the powers from classes, paragon paths, epic destinies, feats and races (from the PHB, the MM, and the DDI article on the warforged), as well as blank cards to fill in for the different item types (though you can also use the template to make finished cards for different items). If you're using a template based on Randolph's "D&D" game file, you can probabably still use the set, but you will have to reenter some of the information.
The Template (mse-template-Ander.rar)
The template now works with MSE version 3.0.6, and includes a style option for completely bland (or more printer-friendly, if you will) and not quite so bland cards (see attached samples). Comes with its own MSE game file.
Power Documents (powers-docs.rar)
The powers in .doc format.
Installing the Template
In case you are unfamiliar with MSE and aren't sure how to load a set, here are some short instructions to point you in the right direction.
Put everything from 'mse-template-Ander.rar' into the 'data' directory of the MSE installation.
Extract and open the 'core_complete.mse-set' contained in 'core_complete_set.rar'.
If you have never dealt with .rar archives before, you may need to get WinRar or some other compression tool that supports .rar files.
If you have previously used MSE, you might have to delete the 'mse8.config' file found in your '...Application Data/Magic Set Editor' directory.
If you have problems with MSE itself, you might have to download the Windows 9x fix, even if you are using Windows XP.
Power Card PDFs
If you are so inclinded, you can download the whole set in PDF form.
I'd still advise you to use the MSE option because you can easily make your own corrections as needed, add your own cards, and specify exactly which cards you want to print. But if, for some reason, you cannot get MSE to work, maybe you can get some use out of these PDFs.
__________________
Edit (07/06/08): fixed a few errors in the set.
Edit (08/06/08): corrected erroneous information about compatibility.
Edit (09/06/08): a few more fixes to the set; also added the warforged DDI material and the powers in .doc format.
Edit (14/06/08): corrected a few more errors and incorporated the PHB errata.
Edit (14/06/08 #2): another small fix to the set; added short installation instructions.
Edit (14/06/08 #3): added link to the power cards as PDFs.
Edit (18/06/08): changed PDF link to an up-to-date versions (thanks to Colawley).
cheers
Hi,
Your cards are excellent, and my group is planning on using them. I have been adding text boxes to the PDF files to make them even more user friendly for players/GMs.
I have one question: Are you planning on including the other, basic Class Features? I know you have included some of them, but the following are missing, and would be handy to have:
Fighter
Combat Challenge
Ranger
Hunter’s Quarry
Prime Shot
Rogue
First Strike
Sneak Attack
Warlock
Misty Step
Dark One’s Blessing
Fate of the Void
Prime Shot
Shadow Walk
Warlock’s Curse
Wizard
Arcane Implement Mastery
Whether you include them or not, your work is much appreciated.
if you export the cards to PNG, then use windows photo gallery (on vista, I think it was fax and picture viewer on XP) to load the picutres into the gallery, you can choose a ton of pictures and then print, one of the options will be a 3x3 grid of 9 on a single sheet, uncheck the Fit picture to frame option and you can get some very nice sized cards that are easily readable, and as a bonus, 9 per sheet instead of just 8. They come out at roughly 2" x 3" that way, no ratio issues on their size either.
I think I must have been on something when I wrote the above. I just changed the print to letter/borderless and fit to paper and all went well. As I type I'm putting the backs (forget who provided them) on the card stock sheets. Gonna look great and hold up well.
Awesome work with these, they are amazingly helpful. Is there a way to get a text file dump of the set? I'm working with a program called map tools, and having this data already made would make creating power macros much simpler (and require far less data entry). Preferably this would be a delimited text file, but it looks like an HTML export template may do the trick as well (but I don't know if I'll be able to figure out how to write one of them, especially since there seems to be rather sparse documentation on that topic).
Now that (almost) everyone has their books, here's the update to my MSE template, as well as a complete set of cards. I hope some of you will find either of those useful.
If you like, feel free to host them on the Fan publishing site (I'm just not getting a gmail account for that), or do whatever else you please with them.
The Set (core_complete_set.rar)
This set consists of 753 cards in total, including the powers from classes, paragon paths, epic destinies, feats and races (from the PHB, the MM, and the DDI article on the warforged), as well as blank cards to fill in for the different item types (though you can also use the template to make finished cards for different items). If you're using a template based on Randolph's "D&D" game file, you can probabably still use the set, but you will have to reenter some of the information.
The Template (mse-template-Ander.rar)
The template now works with MSE version 3.0.6, and includes a style option for completely bland (or more printer-friendly, if you will) and not quite so bland cards (see attached samples). Comes with its own MSE game file.
Power Documents (powers-docs.rar)
The powers in .doc format.
Installing the Template
In case you are unfamiliar with MSE and aren't sure how to load a set, here are some short instructions to point you in the right direction.
Put everything from 'mse-template-Ander.rar' into the 'data' directory of the MSE installation.
Extract and open the 'core_complete.mse-set' contained in 'core_complete_set.rar'.
If you have never dealt with .rar archives before, you may need to get WinRar or some other compression tool that supports .rar files.
If you have previously used MSE, you might have to delete the 'mse8.config' file found in your '...Application Data/Magic Set Editor' directory.
If you have problems with MSE itself, you might have to download the Windows 9x fix, even if you are using Windows XP.
Power Card PDFs
If you are so inclinded, you can download the whole set in PDF form.
I'd still advise you to use the MSE option because you can easily make your own corrections as needed, add your own cards, and specify exactly which cards you want to print. But if, for some reason, you cannot get MSE to work, maybe you can get some use out of these PDFs.
__________________
Edit (07/06/08): fixed a few errors in the set.
Edit (08/06/08): corrected erroneous information about compatibility.
Edit (09/06/08): a few more fixes to the set; also added the warforged DDI material and the powers in .doc format.
Edit (14/06/08): corrected a few more errors and incorporated the PHB errata.
Edit (14/06/08 #2): another small fix to the set; added short installation instructions.
Edit (14/06/08 #3): added link to the power cards as PDFs.
Edit (18/06/08): changed PDF link to an up-to-date versions (thanks to Colawley).
cheers
Hi,
I found a minor error, in that the Warlord Paragon Power Superior Tactics is not a Utility Power.
OMG this whole thread has made me a super giddy gamer!
Now I've gone through and downloaded R-Type, Ander00, Mercutios, Quindia, and Troll's stuff....but MSE is now is running 0.3.6 and only Ander00 is up and running with that with no explosion errors. And I am super programing illiterate. Are the above makers of such amazing templates gonna update them for the new patch? Or do I need to find 0.3.5 and download it?
Or could someone lay out to me the best way to make the changes to make them work? (if that is something easy...if not..then don't even worry about it.)
Anyway!!! Thank you guys so much you are the best for doing this for the 4th edition community.
Hey korton - check out this link to Dragonavenue. In the post by Black Plauge, you'll find the most recently updated MSE files for my set. (BP actually did the recoding for 3.6, and he did a damn fine job too.) Note that I'm almost done with my set, with only some minor artwork left to tweak. BP is working on code for multiple damage types, which isn't 100% necessary yet, but as soon as the MSE set is done, I'll post the final code here.
Well I, too, have been inspired but I went for the "simpler is better" approach (although I must say some of the submissions here are BEAUTIFUL). So here's a sample of my simple effort
What i am doing wrong?
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