D&D Condition Cards

[berk the black]

Does anyone know of any condition cards made for the D&D 3.5 ruleset? Official product is great, but I'd be willing to use third party products as well, even if they required printing.

[mvincent]

Does anyone know of any condition cards made for the D&D 3.5 ruleset? Official product is great, but I'd be willing to use third party products as well, even if they required printing.

Pathfinder 1e condition cards should work, but there is also these d20 Status Cards on DrivethruRPG.

[Yack]

Great question.

I keep seeing people using condition rings around the minis but now that you mention that cards would be much easier.

I cannot remember if Pathfinder 1e if the conditions were similar to 3.5 yes D20 but the rules may be different including some of the names.

But I love the idea... better than lifting a mini and then cursing cause its messes up movement of the pieces with terrain.

[mvincent]

I keep seeing people using condition rings around the minis but now that you mention that cards would be much easier.

The cards and rings generally serve different purposes (i.e. cards are primarily a rules reference). fwiw: my groups use those tiny hair bands to mark miniatures as they are cheap, unobtrusive, and don't require picking up the miniature.

[Yack]

I keep seeing people using condition rings around the minis but now that you mention that cards would be much easier.

The cards and rings generally serve different purposes (i.e. cards are primarily a rules reference). fwiw: my groups use those tiny hair bands to mark miniatures as they are cheap, unobtrusive, and don't require picking up the miniature.

Maybe but I was thinking of having multiple cards of each and hand them out ..turned up when someone is affected.
I just see it easier than placing rings on the minis and taking them off.

[berk the black]

I keep seeing people using condition rings around the minis but now that you mention that cards would be much easier.

The cards and rings generally serve different purposes. fwiw: my groups use those tiny hair bands to mark miniatures as they are cheap, unobtrusive, and don't require picking up the miniature.

I have to agree. The bands remind you who has the condition, while the cards explain the mechanics of the condition. I’ve been using Starfinder Condition cards in our Starfinder campaign, and they work great.

I’m thinking I’m just going to make some condition cards of my own after looking at everything available, like I’ve been making Magic Item cards for non-standard or complicated magic items. I actually have unidentified and identified versions of the backs for the cards, depending on what the party currently knows. I have a bunch of item cards from D&D and Pathfinder, and I stole the frame for the front of the card from one set, but I found having flexibility to write up the items as I see fit was worth the effort.

[mvincent]

I just see it easier than placing rings on the minis and taking them off.

How would you track conditions on monsters?

I found having flexibility to write up the items as I see fit was worth the effort.

Agreed. Some long item descriptions resulted in tiny, unreadable fonts to fit on a card. I prefer pithier descriptions.

[berk the black]

Well, I may be guilty of some of those more lengthy descriptions….

Take the Viper Cloak for instance. I included the Monster Manual information for the snake forms it allows the user to transform into, it is actually a trifold card:

[Yack]

I just see it easier than placing rings on the minis and taking them off.

How would you track conditions on monsters?

I would as DM hold them myself but you make a good point when it comes to like 20 goblins.
Now you got me thinking....

Well, I may be guilty of some of those more lengthy descriptions….

Take the Viper Cloak for instance. I included the Monster Manual information for the snake forms it allows the user to transform into, it is actually a trifold card:

These are amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wish I had the energy to create my own cards... seems like a lot of work.
But what you are showing is handy dandy!

[berk the black]

I really like the idea of the premade condition bands or rings, but I have yet to find a set of them that completely match the 3.5 conditions.

I do want to explore this more, because tracking conditions on an army of goblins and the party tends to end up with them sometimes being missed.

[berk the black]

These are amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wish I had the energy to create my own cards... seems like a lot of work.
But what you are showing is handy dandy!

Thanks. And yes, they are a bit of work. I create them in word, but I still have to find images to support them and type up the descriptions. It’s definitely worth it for a couple of reasons:

1) It really encourages the players to get things identified.
2) The recipient of the item has all the information needed about the operation of the item (once identified) so this eliminates misconceptions about what it can do.
3) It speeds up actual game play since all rules are at their fingertips.
3) It makes it easier for the players to trade items, as the card can just be handed over to the new recipient.

My goal is always to maximize playing time when the group convenes, not play bookkeepping. How the players decide to spend that time is up to them, but I will be as ready as I can.

Condition cards follow this same idea. Instead of having to look up the rules, they can be tossed directly to the player being affected, and they can read them at their convenance.

[mvincent]

I do want to explore this more, because tracking conditions on an army of goblins and the party tends to end up with them sometimes being missed.

I've tried a few different options:
1) A dozen identical tiny rubber-bands (stored on a paper clip) suffice for most cases. I keep a secondary color on hand (for multiple status effects), but I rarely need it.
2) I usually don't need to mark PC miniatures and just allow players to track it themselves. However, If it matters for targeting (like preferentially targeting stunned PC's for Advantage), I often tell the players to put their miniature prone so I can see which ones I have advantage on.

[berk the black]

Well, I found a shortcut for the Condition cards. I made a condition sheet. And by made a sheet, I mean that I found a PDF version of the 3.5 DMG and printed out pages 300-301 and put them in page protectors. I made three copies. I guess when I first started down this path I didn’t realize everything was nicely summarized on those two pages. Cards are great, since they only contain the single condition of concern, but this is a quick and dirty solution that is almost as good.



Now to figure out some condition markers for the minis themselves. Ultimately I’m thinking of building an initiative tracker that will also track conditions and there durations for each player, but I’m looking at rubberbands and some third party condition markers for the shortbterm.

[Yack]

Man awesome idea, works for me as I do have a pdf version of the old DM guide on an external HD (incase something ever happens to my poor well loved book) ... I already have a cheat guide in a duotone for classes an charts ... going to add these pages to that! Awesome ideas!