After experimenting with various solutions to powers, from writing them all down, to printing the character builder cards, to downloading user-made card-sets, to printing out complete power lists from Ema's site (which has since been C&D'ed it appears) our group has not found an ideal solution yet. So a few minutes ago I broke down and bought a full set (all 8 PHB classes) on ebay for about $60, including shipping. I play in a campaign and DM a campaign, and powers have been the bugaboo of streamlining things pretty much the entire time for both groups.
The ability to print power cards with the character builder is great, but I spent $60 on a color ink cartridge a week or so ago and now my black ink is getting low. For the same price as 1 color cartridge, I got the full PHB set. In the end, surprisingly, I find that the official cards are the most economical bang for the buck.
Of course, the cheapest method is to write them all out by hand on your character sheet, or just note a page number and look them up as necessay. But that is time consuming and laborious, and our group was quickly looking for a better way.
Now I suppose if we start using splatbook powers, or start a new campaign down the road using PHB2 classes, I'll have to get those too. I think I will have to draw the line somewhere or it will break me.
Hmmm, anyone know if the set I got will include the other powers from the PHB that are not class-related, like the race powers and the channel divinities? Doesn't seem like there would be enough of those for a whole 'nother pack of cards.
The ability to print power cards with the character builder is great, but I spent $60 on a color ink cartridge a week or so ago and now my black ink is getting low. For the same price as 1 color cartridge, I got the full PHB set. In the end, surprisingly, I find that the official cards are the most economical bang for the buck.
Of course, the cheapest method is to write them all out by hand on your character sheet, or just note a page number and look them up as necessay. But that is time consuming and laborious, and our group was quickly looking for a better way.
Now I suppose if we start using splatbook powers, or start a new campaign down the road using PHB2 classes, I'll have to get those too. I think I will have to draw the line somewhere or it will break me.
Hmmm, anyone know if the set I got will include the other powers from the PHB that are not class-related, like the race powers and the channel divinities? Doesn't seem like there would be enough of those for a whole 'nother pack of cards.
