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5e Spell Card Form $2.00
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5e Spell Card Form
Publisher: Patrick Mitchell Johnston
by Gaetan V. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 02/24/2019 03:20:46

Lots of basic design problems.

Let's start with the file contents

  • 5e OGL doc (no idea why, there's no SRD content)
  • 4 small PNG files
  • 10-page PDF with 6 different versions of the card template, each with different colors for the ribbons at the top and bottom. It also has a few pages that look like they're intended to be card backs.

So the good news is that I basically got it working. The PDF has some javascript on it that's required to activate the little boxes with the icons. I got it working in FoxIt reader, but your PDF reader may not work.

Of course, once you get it working and you paste in your spell details, what's next? Well, it's not clear because there are no instructions. The PDF pages are each 2.5" by 3.5", but if you just hit the print button you end up with one card in the center of a page. The page should be able to fit 9, I've done this before, but there are no instructions. So if you haven't done this before you have to figure out that process.

Once you've figured out the process, you'll notice some other design problems.

  • The text isn't quite right, my "g" in Magic Missile is cut off at the bottom. In fact, you can see this in the preview image, there isn't enough space for descenders. My material components at the bottom have the same problem, they're being cut off by the Author's name?
  • The small PNGs do not include a symbol for "Material", so you get "Verbal" and "Symatic" (sp?), I guess you just have to type in the Material piece.
  • The 4 icons you do get are very simple. They look like they were pulled from a font or some online library. They're very plain, they don't scream D&D in any way.
  • The white space is all wrong. Text is colliding, lines are cutting through descenders.
  • The font for things like casting time and duration is tiny. But the font for the very wordy descriptions is huge. And the alignments are weird, the net result is not fun to look at.

The last big issue is that there are no "borders". There's a fancy "ribbon" at the top and bottom of the card, but the card itself if exactly 2.5" by 3.5". So when you do print these things, you have to cut them exactly. If you cut them too big there's a white edge. If you cut them too small, the ribbons at the top and bottom look very different. I think the borders need to be done differently.

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Creator Reply:
A lot of your issues seem to come from the fact that this form is meant to be used in conjunction with the Spell Cards that I also have for sale. Everything about the style, border, and icons tie in with my other products. For your issues with "descenders", they should all still print just fine. I had another customer have an issue with them not showing in Adobe, but they printed just fine. All that being said, PDF forms are not a perfect system, and I really wish I could find a better one. Finally, if you are completely unsatisfied with your purchase, I am new to DTRPG, but I can see what we can do about getting you a refund. Feel free to reach out to me with any questions, or if you would like a return.
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