Looking for a monster card solution
Nytmare
David Jose
I don't have a good way to transfer the information onto cards, but I built something into my Excel DM program that imports monsters from Adventure Tools and stuffs them into a comment box. Basically it makes it so that you can hover your mouse over a monster in the initiative program and it'll show you the monster's full stats.
You might be able to figure out a way to hammer that into a format that makes you happy, but there are a lot of monsters, at every level of play, that are going to feel really really crowded on a 2.5 x 3.5 inch card.
You might be able to figure out a way to hammer that into a format that makes you happy, but there are a lot of monsters, at every level of play, that are going to feel really really crowded on a 2.5 x 3.5 inch card.
the Jester
Legend
The formatting might be slightly tricky, but you could arrange them on an 8.5 x 11 sheet of cardstock and then cut to whatever size worked for each monster.
I use Monster Maker, Asmor's Monster Maker, which exports to individual HTML files.
Being fairly good with HTML, I drop those into some side-by-side tables, and print them out so that I tend to get 4 monsters on a single 8.5"x11", which I could print onto cardstock if I wanted, but instead just tend to keep on a big sheet.
As I rarely have more than four monster types in a single combat, I just go with "one sheet per combat", and squeeze in environmental effects if I can spare the space.
I even use MM to print up RAW monsters, if I'm using them.
Being fairly good with HTML, I drop those into some side-by-side tables, and print them out so that I tend to get 4 monsters on a single 8.5"x11", which I could print onto cardstock if I wanted, but instead just tend to keep on a big sheet.
As I rarely have more than four monster types in a single combat, I just go with "one sheet per combat", and squeeze in environmental effects if I can spare the space.
I even use MM to print up RAW monsters, if I'm using them.
eriktheguy
First Post
I can't wait to see what (if) Wizards does with adventure tools.
I really want a card solution. With those collectible card holders for folders I can use a couple of them to put each monster in initiative order with cards for the PC's as well. Having all that information organised like that would go a long way towards making combat smooth and easy to run.
Double-sided is fine as that just requires a quick flip of the page.
Double-sided is fine as that just requires a quick flip of the page.
This should work.
The Maptool Vitual Table Top. Download the Vegiesamma 4e rule framework. I think this allows you to paste from The DDI Compendium. It then "parses" this into a monster stat block, with macros and stuff.
If all you are interested are the pics, you an take screenshots of the pretty pics the framework generates.
The Maptool Vitual Table Top. Download the Vegiesamma 4e rule framework. I think this allows you to paste from The DDI Compendium. It then "parses" this into a monster stat block, with macros and stuff.
If all you are interested are the pics, you an take screenshots of the pretty pics the framework generates.
