Creative artwork cards

By Mndela, in The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game

Also, if you're not a troll (your name indicates otherwise), then you need to learn self-control a little more and learn the distinction between "rights" and "privileges". Hopefully I won't need to bring up that "discussion" again.

How do I dislike a post. Trololo is the only person on this forum who isn't a little bitchboy.

Also, if you're not a troll (your name indicates otherwise), then you need to learn self-control a little more and learn the distinction between "rights" and "privileges". Hopefully I won't need to bring up that "discussion" again.

Do you even know what "trolling" is? Trolling is an intentional attempt to make someone feel bad in some manner (angry/mad/sad) on purpose, BUT without them knowing you're doing it on purpose. Putting a "Trololo" in this situation does not help at all, and most real trolls you'll met will have unassuming nicknames, like "avergeJoe246".

Gizlivadi, so you've straighten up image a little? My version of it looks shorter...

The proportions of my image are exactly the same as yours. The image I found on Google had two white bars on top of it and under it. I merely cut those and expanded the image a bit so it fit the box. Maybe the program (photoshop, I suppose) you used shrunk the image when you tried to put it in the card.

And I think a better way to put the last ability of the Palantir is: "Exhaust Palantir of Minas Tirith to look at the top X cards of the encounter deck, where X is attached hero's WP." OR, if you meant that the hero's WP is the maximum limit of cards you can look at, I'd say "to look at up to the top X..." And the rest is OK. I'm sure I've read that kind of wording before. If you agree, may I request a new version using that wording and minus the part that says to discard the hero if he has 0 Wp? Don't bother with the image, I will add it later with Paint.

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LotR LCG card design became a sort of addiction for me. I need to do something from time to time to feel well :lol:

Today's feature is Scouts!

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I love the art of the pursuer of shadow. Congrats!

I'm not much on the artwork, but here is a card I thought of last night:

A Third Beginning

Event

Cost 5

Secrecy 5

Discard 5 cards to draw 5 cards. Play this only during setup.

The idea is to give secrecy decks a chance at a third mulligan.

Needs a shuffle in instead of discard mechanic and some out-of-setup effect to be viable.

Also why wouldn't it be 6 cards since that's the opening hand size?

It was supposed to be draw six, my mistake. And trollo's right about the shuffle effect.

So I finally decided to download Photoshop and make some more "mystical" artifacts. I'd like to hear your opinion on each of these, since I haven't tested them or really sat down to consider how good or bad they are in relation to the resto of the card pool, so they are drafts, more or less, but as of now I'm happy with them.

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Really like the idea behind Stolen and Forgotten Ring. +2 attack for stolen ring at 0 cost and just 1 more hit point on an enemy seems a bit too good though considering its not unique or restricted.

Well, it's true that we have a pretty large amount of warrior and ranger heroes, I think they might be a bit too good. Should I make them restricted? They're already limit 1 per hero...

Also, I tried to make the theme of those cards as clear as possible. Glad you liked them.

No you made them limit one per enemy and limit one per location not limit one per hero!

If you make them limit 1 per hero I think that's actually enough as taking up restricted slots makes no sense (especially considering they are only rings, not a hefty axe for example) and I would always rather simply play a 1 cost tactics attachment that gives +1/2 attack then a zero cost attachment that gives +1/2 that you have to earn by killing an enemy so they'd be more or less useless. One per character or making them unique would work much better than restricted I believe.

D'oh! I hadn't seen I did not put the limit 1 per hero clause. Thanks for the feedback.

Besides the correction pointed out by Psychorocka, I changed the name of the Stolen Ring to Looted Ring, since it's more appropiate.

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Beautiful card

Horn of Gondor will have a field day with this card I just thought up:

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If you can't see it, go to http://1drv.ms/1uvktv3

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Beautiful card

Thanks. Now, not to praise my custom card, but I want to say I really like how the art looks on the card. It's not the medium necessarily, but the style. I really like the rather simple decorations and ornaments. The base of the Palantir is just some leaves, and the little mantle is decorated with triangles and flowers. Not to mention the great use of color and lighting. But my point is that you can make beautiful "elven" looking decorations without using the now typical interlaced vines and flowing lines such as the ones in the structure in the background of the Galadriel hero, or the very borders of our own player cards, a style which arguably started with the LOTR movies. The only "canon" source of this style is the trees seen on the Doors of Durin, but if you look at past (before the movies) artist's interpretation of elven aesthetics as well as the Ralph Bakshi movie, elves are portrayed very differently. For some reason, artists now assume that this is how the "elven style" is made, quite unfortunately in my opinion, since in the books there are no detailed descriptions and it's mostly just the interpretation of John Howe mainly, which thanks to the popularity of the movies established itself as the canon of elven aesthetics, ignoring any other possible interpretations (of which there are many before the films, namely in MECCG). Sorry for the little rant, but I'm a little dissapointed that this game's designers and artists take the "easy route" and just think that "Elven" means interlaced and interwoven lines and vines. And don't get me worng, I think they're beautiful and fit the style of the elves, but people forget that this was mainly popularized by the movies, and there are many other ways you could portray elven decorations and such, not to mention it's getting a little tired IMO.

Horn of Gondor will have a field day with this card I just thought up:

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If you can't see it, go to http://1drv.ms/1uvktv3

it seems an oficial card

it seems an official card

What makes you say that?

I dont know, i only feel like it is a not fanmade card at first sight.

Well, if icontinue looking at the card, i notice the image is too much realistic, more than normal cards.

I'm wondering if 3 damage is too much. Forest Patrol is probably the closest comparison. It costs 1 and requires a Ranger to be in play and the target to be in a trap. This event costs 0, requires an ally to be destroyed by an enemy and costs an additional discarded ally. My event has more "painful" costs and requirements, but I believe they're easier to satisfy because they don't require a specific type of deck. Maybe if I just specify that you need to discard a Tactics ally it'll be good. Thoughts?

Eomer and Prince Imrahil would love this card:

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Can also view here: http://1drv.ms/1whoJP3

Also, remember that Nor am I a Stranger and Steward of Gondor can give the Rohan and Gondor traits to any heroes, so you can essentially use this with any hero. Of course Eomer and Prince Imrahil get the best use of it because Eomer will have 5+ attack and Imrahil will be readied for this attack. Whatcha think?

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I feel the urge to create another bunch of cards... It's overcoming me...