Feedback Request - Magic Card Design! (Patreon)
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Hey guys!
In the past Illustration Support Packs, I've included illustrated images for magic items and gear and, occasionally, some write ups for what I thought that item could/would do.
Someone asked, if I would be releasing anything at the higher tier level, and so I started talking with one of your fellow Patrons who does card design work, and I'm working on a design for magic cards to release as part of the Illustration Support Packs, in addition to the basic images.
SO -- this is the basic design so far. I will mention the elements/decisions we have so far, some ideas and then would love to hear your thoughts and ideas on what you like and any suggestions you might have!
Structure Design Decisions (Front Side):
1. We wanted the front of the card to be pretty clean, so most of the real estate is dedicated to the image itself.
2. The bottom of the card has the item name, its type (wondrous, weapon, armor, potion), and its rarity (Common, Uncommon, Rare, etc...).
3. The top of the card has a symbol for what kind of magic item it is (rod, staff, wand, weapon, armor, etc...), then two fields -- one that denotes if it needs attunement or not, and another that denotes if it's a cursed item or, perhaps, has some other quality we may want to place in that field.
Structure Design Decisions (Back Side):
1. We wanted the back side to have plenty of room for descriptive text and mechanics.
2. We are going to add the illustrator's name at the bottom of the text field (where it narrows) to give the artists their credit.
3. Logo at the bottom.
Some Ideas:
I was thinking that we'd want to include a location for the item (one hand, two hands, shoulders, back, torso, waist, feet, hands, etc...), so that people who play games where they use rules from supplements like Darker Dungeons would have specifics on where items were located for tracking.
Questions:
What do you think of the design?
What additional elements or information, if any, would you like to see?
Would this be useful for your game, either as a handout or just visually something interesting to have/use as a reference?
Let me know in the comments below!