Official WotC Power Cards... meh

[Enforcer]

I'd rather run cardstock through a laser printer myself. More expensive in the long-run maybe, but the value of having your character's real values on the cards makes it worth it.

 

[KarinsDad]

Does anyone have any experience with using a single sheet of paper for all racial, feat, class features, items, and level powers instead of cards?

In our last campaign, even at lower levels like 7th, it starting becoming problematic to have more than a dozen cards for each player. They started getting mixed up, they were getting harder to look through to make a good selection, etc.

I was thinking of adding a page to our current Excel spreadsheet character sheets, but I was wondering if anyone else already had a good sheet for that. One major advantage of that is that I can use Excel well enough to auto-calculate changes in level, ability scores, etc. (just like Character Builder does).

Or, does Character Builder have an option for printing powers and such out on a single page (I have the demo version, but did not look into it closely enough yet)?

 

[Ryujin]

If you call up the "character sheet" via its button, you'll see that the power cards are appended to the end of the 2-sheet character sheet. You could print those out, then use some sort of counter placed on the card, to indicate when the power has been used.

 

[Nymrohd]

My players actually print information in a format similar to the pregens in KotS. Simple and informative without wasted space on format (though we do have some additional things noted). I never really got the power card craze; maybe if they had pictures.

 

[Obryn]

Does anyone have any experience with using a single sheet of paper for all racial, feat, class features, items, and level powers instead of cards?

I like it better, personally. I hate shuffling cards. But my players disagree - they love the cards.

Or, does Character Builder have an option for printing powers and such out on a single page (I have the demo version, but did not look into it closely enough yet)?

Not as of yet. I hope it does eventually!

-O

 

[Mithreinmaethor]

That is one of the cards coming with the Miniatures packs. And it does not appear in any of the books by the way.

And I am sure some people will use the cards. Not sure how well they will sell but we will have to wait and see.

 

[BASHMAN]

Does anyone have any experience with using a single sheet of paper for all racial, feat, class features, items, and level powers instead of cards?

Yeah, it's how I do all my characters. Single side of a page in MS word. Here is an example:

Alucard , level 5 Half-Elf, Dhampir Warlock
Eldritch Blast: Eldritch Blast Constitution
Eldritch Pact: Infernal Pact
Background: Luskan

ABILITY SCORES
Str 10, Con 18, Dex 13, Int 16, Wis 8, Cha 16.

AC: 18 Fort: 17 Reflex: 17 Will: 17 RESIST 5 Necro & Poison, Range 5+ attacks -5 vs. me
HP: 50 Surges: 10 Surge Value: 12 Concealment = +2 all defenses!

Class Features: Infernal Pact, Prime Shot (+1 hit if closest), Shadow Walk (concealment if I move 3+)

TRAINED SKILLS
Insight, Stealth, Arcana, History, Thievery.

FEATS
1: Vampiric Heritage, 2: Sneak of Shadows, 4: Weapon Proficiency (Rapier)

Basic Attacks
+1 Pact Blade Rapier, +6 vs. AC, 1d8+1 dmg, CRIT: 9+1d6
Hand Crossbow, +5 vs. AC, 1d6+1 dmg, Range 10/20
Eldritch Blast, +7 vs. Reflex, 1d10+5 dmg, Range 10, CRIT: 15+1d8 dmg

At-Will Powers
Hellish Rebuke: +7 vs. Reflex, 1d6+5 Fire. If I take dmg for 1 turn, target takes extra d6+5 dmg.
CRIT: 11+1d8 dmg
Dark One's Blessing: FREE. Cursed Foe --> 0hp = I gain 5 temp HP
Warlock's Curse: MINOR. Curse closest foe & it takes 1 dmg. Foe takes +1d6 dmg from me as long as he remains cursed (till I change, he dies, or encounter ends).
Pact Blade: FREE: If cursed foe melee attacks me, it takes 1 dmg.

Encounter POWERS
1, Frigid Blade +9 vs. AC, 1d8+4 Cold dmg, & foe's speed is reduced by 4 if they begin adj. CRIT: 12+1d6 dmg
R, Blood Drain +8 vs. Fort, 1d4+4 dmg & I spend healing surge, CRIT: 8
1, Vampiric Embrace +7 vs. Will, 2d8+5 Necro & I gain 8 temp HP. Range 5. CRIT: 21+1d8
3, Frigid Darkness +7 vs. Fort, 2d8+5 Cold & target grants C.A. to Team for 1 turn. Range 10.
2, Utility: Shadow Veil MINOR: Gain +5 Stealth for 1 turn

Daily Powers
1, Flames of Phlegethos: +7 vs. Ref, 3d10+5 Fire. Range 10. EFFECT: foe takes ongoing 5 Fire. CRIT: 35+1d8
5, Hunger of Hadar: Area burst 1, Range 10. Zone of Darkness. Enter/Start in Zone = 2d10 Necro. SUSTAIN MINOR: +7 vs. Fort to each creature in zone, 1d6+5 Necro CRIT: 11+1d8
Armor Imm. React. Enemy melee hits = foe takes 1d10+3 Necro.

ITEMS
Pact Blade Rapier +1, Deathcut Leather Armor +1, Rod of Reaving +1, Cloak of Distortion +1, Fire Beetle Potion (heroic tier), Adventurer's Kit, Hand Crossbow

 

[NMcCoy]

I use a very similar shorthand notation for my powers, though numbers in power text are often annotated with the source to make updates easy. Also, underlined things are not conditional on a hit.

Attack: +11 (+3prof +3abil +3lev +2enh)
Basic Melee: 1d8+7 (charge +12/1d8+9)

@will
Twin Strike: 1d8+2, twice
Hit and Run: 1d8+5, move after doesn't provoke

/enc
Evasive Strike: Shift 4wis before or after, 2d8+5
Cut and Run: 1d8+5, twice, shift 4wis after either attack
Sweeping Whirlwind: Close burst 1, 1d8+5 and push 3wis and prone
Util2 ImmRe Yield Ground: When damaged by melee, shift 3wis and +2pow defenses/EoNT
Util6 ImmInt Weave Through the Fray: When enemy moves adjacent, shift 3wis
equip minor: +2pow to speed/EonT

/day
Sudden Strike: 1d8+2. Shift 1, 2d8+5 and weakened/EoNT
Two-Wolf Pounce: Shift 2. 2d8+5, 1d8+5. Shift 2, 2d8+2 (different target)
equip free: +5pow to acrobatics or athletics check

 

[ricardo440]

One big problem with the cards from the chaacter generator is the text can be tiny, and the text can also run off the edge of the card so you can't actually read the condition.

It is because they made a one card fiits all frame and that really limited space.