The other Frostgrave Spell Cards thread - 10/09: A farewell to cards

[Smith]

Smith; as I still do not have the book (Nickstarter still on its way), is it possible to tell me what the modifier for the apprentice is? Does their casting value rise along with the mage's, if said mage levels up? I like the suggestion of adding that value as well, but have to think about how to cram it in.

No problem: apprentices always cast spells with a +2 to the casting number - they're simply not as experienced as their wizard. So, if your Chronomancer spends experience to reduce the difficulty of 'Crumble' from 10 to 9, her apprentice will improve as well, casting it on a 11+, rather than a 12+.

[Daeothar]

Thanks.  So an Apprentice casts at the same modifier as an aligned wizard?

Then it might be as simple as creating an apprentice icon to sit next to the aligned icon...

[axabrax]

Wow! This looks really good!  I'm assuming there isn't enough artwork in the book to do a different background photo for every spell, so would it be the same for every spell or one background for each school or…?

It's very cool that the fans are stepping up to the plate to do this stuff,  but I'm a little surprised that Osprey isn't doing something a bit more professional themselves. They want to be a game company, right?  They should be hiring a Graphic Designer and doing this sort of thing to support their own games.

[Smith]

Thanks.  So an Apprentice casts at the same modifier as an aligned wizard?

Then it might be as simple as creating an apprentice icon to sit next to the aligned icon...

Yes, but remember that both modifiers would count if an Apprentice was to cast a spell from an aligned school.

[Dakota Mike]

Very excited to see how the cards turn out.  Any progress updates?

[Ddogwood]

Wow! This looks really good!  I'm assuming there isn't enough artwork in the book to do a different background photo for every spell, so would it be the same for every spell or one background for each school or…?

It's very cool that the fans are stepping up to the plate to do this stuff,  but I'm a little surprised that Osprey isn't doing something a bit more professional themselves. They want to be a game company, right?  They should be hiring a Graphic Designer and doing this sort of thing to support their own games.

Osprey is actually known for their high production values and solid graphic design.  They've been expanding into games recently, but I wouldn't say that they "want to be a game company" - it seems that their main line is still in producing military history books, with gaming (and fantasy stuff in general) as a sideline.

[Runekyndig]

I love those spellcards - I hope to see a full deck soon

[Daeothar]

Thanks guys.

As it is, I'm getting very little done as time is scarce (maybe I should take up Chronomancy?), and I was not fully satisfied with some of the textures and especially the logos seemed much too clean on the card. I started with those, but as the concept of the card grew and changed, they did not fit in anymore.

So I redid all of the logos first.

Oh: remember I mentioned a different design for the location of the casting values etc? Well here it is, in all its brightly coloured glory...



Good thing I moved on from there I think...

OK, so then I changed the grunge background into something more akin to the textures in/on the book (which finally arrived last weekend). Also, I've made good headway with the back of the cards, which is almost finished.

But this evening, I managed to finish up the first caster's set: the Chronomancer. These are low-res pictures for showing off here, but the real work has the proper dimensions, DPI and quality of course:

















I'm still pondering about what icon to use for the Apprentice; I left room for that in the appropriate side bar, but I'm drawing a blank as to how that particular icon should look. Any ideas?

Also; I will have to see about what format people will be wanting their copies in; JPG,  PSD, PDF?

[Timmek]

They are soo nice.. really looking forward for the complete Set!

[Van-Helsing]

I can't see any of those images 

[Dakota Mike]

Looking good!

[Malebolgia]

Very, very, VERY cool!!
Would be great to print them professionally on poker sized cards, they will be excellent for gaming!

[Daeothar]

Second caster is finished. I decided to not bother with a seperate apprentice icon, so I moved the 'Aligned' bar back to the right. I will have to retcon that with the Chronomancer cards, obviously, but the end result flows better, IMHO...

[Darkson71]

These look really good, but I'm not sure they really need the aligned/neutral/opposed casting numbers on them.

[maxxev]

How about a check box next to the aligned, neutral, etc so that you can build your "deck" of spells and use a whiteboard marker to mark which numbers your wizard uses?