Making your own power cards

[DennisB]

i must say it looks good, sorry i have not posted in about 2 weeks, but we got hit with a major ice storm and i lost power for a week then when i went to log onto my computer, i realized it was fried, but now i have a laptop, so it was a good thing my desktop fried. but now i am back

[catsclaw227]

Hey gang --

Is there a field in the UCS for "source"? Something to designate the original source of the item in question.

For example, I look at all the Paragon Paths (135!) and I wonder where they all came from. Are all of them "official"? Are some from 3PP? Are some fan creations?

[eloquentaction]

Originally Posted by catsclaw227

Hey gang --

Is there a field in the UCS for "source"? Something to designate the original source of the item in question.

For example, I look at all the Paragon Paths (135!) and I wonder where they all came from. Are all of them "official"? Are some from 3PP? Are some fan creations?

Yes. There is a field in the UCS for the source of the power / monster card.

Oddly enough, it's called 'source'.

-- Hirahito

[eloquentaction]

Originally Posted by DennisB

i must say it looks good, sorry i have not posted in about 2 weeks, but we got hit with a major ice storm and i lost power for a week then when i went to log onto my computer, i realized it was fried, but now i have a laptop, so it was a good thing my desktop fried. but now i am back

Dennis -

Sorry to hear about your computer!

Are you one of the people that got their power knocked out for like... a bazillion years?

-- Hirahito

[catsclaw227]

Originally Posted by eloquentaction

Yes. There is a field in the UCS for the source of the power / monster card.

Oddly enough, it's called 'source'.

Yes, you are right.... I am too tired, for sure. Infants will do this....

My Bad... and the UCS team's GOOD!

If I get some time, maybe I can actually contribute instead of just taking what is given to me.

[eloquentaction]

Originally Posted by catsclaw227

Yes, you are right.... I am too tired, for sure. Infants will do this....

My Bad... and the UCS team's GOOD!

If I get some time, maybe I can actually contribute instead of just taking what is given to me.

Just having someone double check our work *is* contributing.

And the only way you can do that is to 'take' our work.

-- Hirahito

[DennisB]

my city alone, there were 26 deaths, 89% of the city was out of power, and 100% of the trees were damaged in some fashion. Im just glad we have a gas stove, that kept us warm and our neighbor has a generator that he let us plug into for 1 lamp and the tv so the kids would not bounce off the wall.

Now, back to the topic on hand, I have been set back bigtime because of the situation. but i am hoping i will be back on track, I am just re downloading everything from scratch and i need to reorganize it, so give me a week to get back on track with the UCS. I have to start all over again with sorting out the decks and uploading them onto the UCS.

As far as sorces, All but druid and bards are all from official sources from dragon, dungeon and the main books. when the players handbook is released then the official bards, druids powers will be updated. til then, they are fan created rules.

[misalo1]

Originally Posted by eloquentaction

Misalo -

Need some work on an icon. I wanted to tweak the look of Beast Burst. I think the symbol you have in the center of your version is too small. Unfortunately, the version I came up with is pretty hideous.

If you could work out some sort of median between the two, I would be much obliged...

OK one 'Big Paw' version... hope you like.

Originally Posted by eloquentaction

ALSO - I noticed your ritual icon and it got me thinking. The UCS has a bunch of card types that have no icons (like rituals). In fact, there are: Info, Ritual, Initiative, Trap, Class Info (or just Class), Disease/Poison and Social cards.

Ritual can be the book, if you get a wild hair and think up icons for any or all of the other ones, we'd be very much appreciative.

OK let's have a look...

Info = I'll think about this one.
Ritual = Grandpa's Icon (Done)
Magic Item: Tome = Book (Done)
Initiative = d20 (Done)
Trap = Killer Boulder (Done)
Class Info (or just Class) = 3 powers (Done)
Disease/Poison = Cobra/Rat & Skull/Biohazard (Done)
Social cards = Drama Masks (Done)

Misalo

[Lord Tirian]

Originally Posted by misalo1

Ritual = Book (Done)

This one could have a small problem - Arcane Power is seemingly going to feature a Tome implement for wizards.

Cheers, LT.

[misalo1]

Originally Posted by Lord Tirian

This one could have a small problem - Arcane Power is seemingly going to feature a Tome implement for wizards.

Cheers, LT.

Not a problem. I don't use icons to represent implements.

[Lord Tirian]

Originally Posted by misalo1

Not a problem. I don't use icons to represent implements.

Well, not for you, but for the UCS, at least - they use it for magic items and differentiate between the different implements.

Cheers, LT.

[misalo1]

Originally Posted by Lord Tirian

Well, not for you, but for the UCS, at least - they use it for magic items and differentiate between the different implements.

Cheers, LT.

Sorry I misunderstood the implements reference.
I also use the wand, etc in my magic items... but so far my ritual cards are blue and magic items are yellowish... so I can use the same icon... but for the UCS, you bring up a good point.

@Hirahito
Any ideas on the direction the UCS will be taking on this.

I could work on 2nd 'book' type icon for the ritual and we could keep the simple one to use with the magic items.

[Dayspire]

I have a quick question (although I do want to take a moment to thank you ALL for such great work).

I know that there are always going to be new iterations of the cards, as there will be new books coming out all the time. But what I like to do with the cards is make customized versions - meaning, on the 'Cleave' card, put the fighter's to-hit and damage, and save it (although I do keep an unmarked 'Cleave' card as well). I wonder though - when next I update my cards, will my customization be erased? Even though both cards are called 'Cleave', which one is written over, if any?

Thank you for your answers.

[catsclaw227]

Originally Posted by Dayspire

I know that there are always going to be new iterations of the cards, as there will be new books coming out all the time. But what I like to do with the cards is make customized versions - meaning, on the 'Cleave' card, put the fighter's to-hit and damage, and save it (although I do keep an unmarked 'Cleave' card as well). I wonder though - when next I update my cards, will my customization be erased? Even though both cards are called 'Cleave', which one is written over, if any?

You can do what I have done. I wanted to make a Ranger only list. So I...

• highlighted all the Ranger cards
• copy (CTRL-C)
• Create a new empty set based on UCS
• Paste cards in
• Save new set

Then you can still import the new sets and leave your special group alone. Now... If there's a change to one of the cards in your set and you need the update, you can selectively copy/paste/delete the ones in question.

[misalo1]

Originally Posted by eloquentaction

ALSO - I noticed your ritual icon and it got me thinking. The UCS has a bunch of card types that have no icons (like rituals). In fact, there are: Info, Ritual, Initiative, Trap, Class Info (or just Class), Disease/Poison and Social cards.

Initiative....

How's this...

[DennisB]

Dayspire, my template, we are working on typeable boxes on the left side, the only thing you can do is write in the boxes right now.

[misalo1]

Originally Posted by eloquentaction

ALSO - I noticed your ritual icon and it got me thinking. The UCS has a bunch of card types that have no icons (like rituals). In fact, there are: Info, Ritual, Initiative, Trap, Class Info (or just Class), Disease/Poison and Social cards.

Classes....

How's this...

[Drabix]

Attached are the Swordmage powers from Dragon 367, done in the format Grandpa uses.

One thing to note - I went with the "Daily" text for Elemental Aegis and changed the color of the card to gray.

[misalo1]

Originally Posted by eloquentaction

ALSO - I noticed your ritual icon and it got me thinking. The UCS has a bunch of card types that have no icons (like rituals). In fact, there are: Info, Ritual, Initiative, Trap, Class Info (or just Class), Disease/Poison and Social cards.

Poison & Disease (Two versions)

The 2nd pair (skull & biohazard) were too modern for me so I came up the cobra & rat.

Enjoy

[jffdougan]

On the subject of Grandpa's cards (where is he, anyway?), look at his icons for race/class/etc. Why reinvent the wheel if it's usable?