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Introduction
As an ardent fan of the new 4th edition of Dungeons and Dragons, I've been creating power cards for my players to speed up and simplify play. After discovering the exceptional Magic Set Editor cards created by several designers on the ENWorld forums - I've resorted almost entirely to using their designs. In the ongoing and lengthy discussion, several of the designers (and yours truly) have decided to band together and pool our resources to create an even better result.
Currently, there are two proposed projects on the custom research paper:
- Create a unified standard GAME file - this file contains all the game-relevant information. By creating a unified standard, we should be able to facilitate updating all the various card templates with the latest game information as quickly as possible after release. It will also hopefully minimize duplication of effort, since each designer need only design their templates to match the standard, and won't have to manually enter all the game information.
- Create a program that can read the D&D Insider Character Builder's XML output files. That information can then be used to create a customized character sheet based on any of a variety of user-designed PDF templates. The data is also used to create a custom set of printable cards using the Magic Set Editor cards.
To help track the project, I'm creating some pages on the wiki and forum.
Anyone who wants to help contribute - feel free to register on the wiki/forum and/or email Brandon (aka User:DrunkenEwok).
Downloads
Projects:
- Universal Card Set - Designed to unify the various game files into a single universal standard.
Documentation Projects:
- Getting Started - flesh out this page with specific instructions
- UCS-FAQ - either add your own questions (for others to answer) or add and answer any questions you think might help others
- MSE Card Set Links - add links to other card sets (either homepages, download links, etc.)
- UCS-Wish List - add anything you'd like to see added to the UCS
- UCS-Bugtrack - add any problems you find with the UCS, so a developer can correct it
- Upload example screenshots of different templates, icons, card backs - can eventually be worked into a gallery page
Future Additions
- Where to get Magic Set Editor?
You can get the MSE version 3.7b here!
- Download links to the files (MSE/PDF)
- How to setup MSE so you can select and print files
- How to open and edit MSE Game Files
- How to create your own templates
- Demo gallery of the different card style templates
- Testimonials page - so users can submit feedback to keep the devs moving
- Where to get the DDI Character Builder
- Breakdown of the DDI XML output
- Download links to prepared PDF templates/character builder script
- Monster Cards (?)
- Initiative/HP tracker
