Pathfinder 1E MSE Pathfinder Spell Cards

shieldknight01 · Sep 24, 2009

I do not have the technical skills to do this myself, so I was hoping I wasn't the only one thinking this.

Is anyone out there interested in developing Pathfinder Spell Cards that would use the Magic Set Editor? I'm looking for a template to use that I could type in the information. Maybe something similar to the 4E templates with the spell name at the top, action type, school and/or subschool, basic spell information in one block with rules text in bottom block. I understand that some of these would get pretty long if you included all the information. But I think you could do a rules-light version of the longer spells. Or would it be possible to make a larger card? 4x6? I know in our group several people had 4x6 cards that they had typed out 3.5 spells on. I know I could do the same for Pathfinder, but thought a MSE type card would just be cooler.

Thanks,

D.M.T. · Sep 28, 2009

I'd be interested in having something like that.

Perram · Sep 28, 2009

I've been using MSE for my Wizard's Spellbook, but I've just been using the standard magic templates. (Makes it kinda fun, finding the right graphics to go along with the spells.)

I wish I knew how to make the text bigger than the box it has for default so I could use the full art cards and do a full text overlay... but I don't know how.

Mercutio01 · Oct 1, 2009

Something like this? This is obviously just a basic black and white mockup. The MSE coding should be pretty simple unless you want some sort of automation, which I just don't have the time or inclination to really do. The card could have color or textures, but I figured if you're just going to print them out, you probably don't need art and colors. But that's up to you.

I've done MSE cards for Slasher Flick and Black Plauge and I did some nice ones for 4E D&D (also below just for comparison).

shieldknight01 · Oct 2, 2009

Yeah, something like that. Would work fine. But if there is someone else who has time and plays Pathfinder that knows how to dress it up a bit, I would be very grateful.

Do you know, can these be sized for 4x6 cards?

Mercutio01 · Oct 2, 2009

shieldknight01 said:
Yeah, something like that. Would work fine. But if there is someone else who has time and plays Pathfinder that knows how to dress it up a bit, I would be very grateful.

Do you know, can these be sized for 4x6 cards?

Dress it up artwise? Like using the community use icons and art on it for backgrounds, etc? I can do that.

I can make the cards large without much of a problem. MSE allows me to set the card size in pixels and the DPI resolution. So a 4x6 (by which I assume you really mean 6x4, 6 inches tall and 4 inches wide) would be 600x400 at 100DPI. That's a simply enough modification.

shieldknight01 · Oct 4, 2009

WOW! I am definitely amazed at your skill. I spent a couple hours working over the trying to figure out how to do basic stuff, and got a headache. Though I will admit, I'm not a computer person other than I can read what's on the screen and type a report.

Thanks for the help.

Caedwyr · Oct 15, 2009

I've been working on something similar and posting my work in progress over at this thread on the Paizo forums. The cards are 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.

You can find sample images in my picasa photo album and a list of all the cards completed to date below in the code block

Code:

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
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

shieldknight01 · Oct 15, 2009

These look great! However, I'm not into all the fancy artwork. Would it be possible for you to make your template available? I am willing to type in all the info. I was originally just looking for a template.

Thanks

Mercutio01 · Oct 15, 2009

I just realized I forgot to post a rough mock-up here. Here it is.

I'll try to finish the MSE coding template this weekend or early next week.

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