Magic Set Editor

So with the invention and publishing of the new 4th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons, the local gaming group was doing well in adventures.  As my players gained experience and treasure, I wanted something a little different to spark interest with the players on the new edition.  Having recently read an article on how to incorporate props into your tabletop game.  I wanted to try a little something new and having seen the beauty of a recently posted series of “4e Power Cards”, decided to use the same tool that was used to create those cards.

After doing some searching on the internet, I finally tracked down the “Magic Set Editor“.  A rather quick install, and I was left with some decisions regarding the two biggest questions when designing. After a quick look around, I decided on the Hellboy VS card formats.  These include a decent style, as well as a prominent place for some of the elements I wanted to highlight to the players.  Some of the data elements that I particularly enjoy include: The VS game focuses on the interaction of characters.  This gave me some interesting points that are on the card.  The card format also allowed me to illustrate the Level of a given Magical Item.  This is a very nice feature to organize the cards as a GM.  Attached belowe are examples of items, both magical and mundane that I have made for use in my game.  The most difficult part of the game was finding artwork for each of the cards in question.  Also, I wanted to make treaseure and mundane items of note more tangible to the players.  This means things like potions, coins, art objects and also tomes or “clues”  can be made into something tangible, without the need for an actual prop.