I wouldn't like to bet - it could be a sign that they're going to, it could mean nothing. It depends on what it means by "spell cards" - the Essentials Kit came with "spell cards", but those had no relation to the GF9 ones. Just cheap cardboard pushout things. If that's what they are, then their inclusion means nothing regarding proper and nice cards like the GF9 ones.
There's an image from the board game thread that shows some of the cards, including half of a spell card (others are item cards). I don't know how those compare to the older spell cards, as I don't have them, but they do look like they're printed as a card set.
Interesting. Certainly higher quality than the ones from the Essentials Kit, but hard to tell how they'd compare to the GF9 ones since you can't see any details and I can't tell the materials. Judging by the other stuff, it certainly seems good quality though.
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Daggerheart has set a new standard, and no doubt WoTC knew what was coming.
This is a company that built it's brand on producing descriptive cards and illustrations. There is ZERO reason that WoTC wouldn't want to produce the cards generally if they're already producing them now for the Essentials Kit.
The only reason this might not happen "straight away" is contractual agreements with other companies like Gale Force Nine that need to expire first.
Personally, what I would like to see is digital cards for spells, feats, class and species features and magic items, all including their relevant rules text and an option to print a character sheet with just a basic list of these features filled in and additional pages at the back where a full set of said features' cards are automatically added in.
Like, I have a Dwarven Paladin with the Entertainer Background and the Inspiring leader feat and a list of prepared spells. I'd like to be able to buy digital cards covering all of these features and a button when printing that I click to generate a character sheet that just has a a list, like the Class Features table just has "Spellcasting, Lay on Hands, Channel Divinity", the Feats table lists "Musician, Inspiring Leader", the Species Traits table has "Darkvision, Dwarven Toughness, Dwarven Resiliance" and the Spell table is a list of all my prepared spells. Then at the end of the document I get several pages with cards for each and every one of those features containing the actual rules text of said feature so if I want to check how a feature works I can just go to the relevant card and read that.
The printable character sheets DDB creates right now are downright abysmal and practically unusable, especially for inexperienced players. So much unneccessary formatting, huge amounts of text that don't properly fit into the character sheet, extra pages just to fit all those extra features with seemingly random line and page breaks…it's just a mess. The official character sheets just aren't built to fit actual rules text, at best they can fit single lines like "Lay on Hands, Bonus Action, 20 pts. per LR", especially if you are playing higher level characters.
The old PDFs used to print all the spells, but it was far too long for people who didn't want all the spells. A 2 page sheet fits on one piece of paper double sided. The same PDF with all the spells is 9 pages long. I don't need the spells like that. I mostly know them and have the PHB on hand when I don't.
So they need to offer the option of a Character Sheet, or a "Full Character Sheet" if they're going to put the spells back into the sheets.
Really hoping for some Tasha's cards!!! Holding out hopes they will not skip this book if they resume selling cards. Same for Mordilenkaine's ;too. Though I have no use for it as I own both VGtM and MToF's. Though Spell and monster cards for all books would be super sweet!!!
Etsy rip offs are a poor substitute for the real thing, and piracy is, in this instance, just a vacuum being filled, though I will make my own before I succumb to the black flag!!!
My set of spell cards was ordered on Amazon and a group called WizKids was the author. They are nice to have, they are laminated though the print is somewhat hard to read at times with my 73 year old eyes.
I am assuming ('assume': a word that precedes a long slide straight into the fires of Hades) that when Heroes of Faerun appears, then the revised spell cards for 2024 and Heroes and Eberron will be the next thing on the publishing agenda.
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There's an image from the board game thread that shows some of the cards, including half of a spell card (others are item cards). I don't know how those compare to the older spell cards, as I don't have them, but they do look like they're printed as a card set.
Interesting. Certainly higher quality than the ones from the Essentials Kit, but hard to tell how they'd compare to the GF9 ones since you can't see any details and I can't tell the materials. Judging by the other stuff, it certainly seems good quality though.
If you're not willing or able to to discuss in good faith, then don't be surprised if I don't respond, there are better things in life for me to do than humour you. This signature is that response.
Daggerheart has set a new standard, and no doubt WoTC knew what was coming.
This is a company that built it's brand on producing descriptive cards and illustrations. There is ZERO reason that WoTC wouldn't want to produce the cards generally if they're already producing them now for the Essentials Kit.
The only reason this might not happen "straight away" is contractual agreements with other companies like Gale Force Nine that need to expire first.
Personally, what I would like to see is digital cards for spells, feats, class and species features and magic items, all including their relevant rules text and an option to print a character sheet with just a basic list of these features filled in and additional pages at the back where a full set of said features' cards are automatically added in.
Like, I have a Dwarven Paladin with the Entertainer Background and the Inspiring leader feat and a list of prepared spells. I'd like to be able to buy digital cards covering all of these features and a button when printing that I click to generate a character sheet that just has a a list, like the Class Features table just has "Spellcasting, Lay on Hands, Channel Divinity", the Feats table lists "Musician, Inspiring Leader", the Species Traits table has "Darkvision, Dwarven Toughness, Dwarven Resiliance" and the Spell table is a list of all my prepared spells. Then at the end of the document I get several pages with cards for each and every one of those features containing the actual rules text of said feature so if I want to check how a feature works I can just go to the relevant card and read that.
The printable character sheets DDB creates right now are downright abysmal and practically unusable, especially for inexperienced players. So much unneccessary formatting, huge amounts of text that don't properly fit into the character sheet, extra pages just to fit all those extra features with seemingly random line and page breaks…it's just a mess. The official character sheets just aren't built to fit actual rules text, at best they can fit single lines like "Lay on Hands, Bonus Action, 20 pts. per LR", especially if you are playing higher level characters.
The old PDFs used to print all the spells, but it was far too long for people who didn't want all the spells. A 2 page sheet fits on one piece of paper double sided. The same PDF with all the spells is 9 pages long. I don't need the spells like that. I mostly know them and have the PHB on hand when I don't.
So they need to offer the option of a Character Sheet, or a "Full Character Sheet" if they're going to put the spells back into the sheets.
Really hoping for some Tasha's cards!!! Holding out hopes they will not skip this book if they resume selling cards. Same for Mordilenkaine's ;too. Though I have no use for it as I own both VGtM and MToF's. Though Spell and monster cards for all books would be super sweet!!!
Etsy rip offs are a poor substitute for the real thing, and piracy is, in this instance, just a vacuum being filled, though I will make my own before I succumb to the black flag!!!
My set of spell cards was ordered on Amazon and a group called WizKids was the author. They are nice to have, they are laminated though the print is somewhat hard to read at times with my 73 year old eyes.
I am assuming ('assume': a word that precedes a long slide straight into the fires of Hades) that when Heroes of Faerun appears, then the revised spell cards for 2024 and Heroes and Eberron will be the next thing on the publishing agenda.