Web Based Free Spell Card Generator

Image 2, Spell Cards with
Runed Parchment Background

While starting out a month ago searching for resources on the net, it seemed like there was not much out there, but with a lot of searching I have found that there are some amazing resources out there, if you can find them. While perusing the Paizo message boards I stumbled across this little gem www.thegm.org. It is by one of the guys that is on Know Direction podcast. He has created a web based Spell Card Generator.

The Spell Card Generator allows you to select your Class, Spell Level, and Spell Sources(Books). The spell sources include Core Rulebook, Advanced Players Guide, Ultimate Magic, Ultimate Combat, and the Advanced Race Guide.

He also gives you the capability of changing the background on the cards for a little bit of flavor, color of the spells with an option for auto color by school, and

Options when you print are: Card Size(Image 1), color by card school, and three choices for Card Background. The background choices are none, Runed Parchment(Image 2) and Arcane Background(Image 3).

Image 3, Spell Cards with
Arcane Background

I have not attempted to print yet, but he does give specific instructions on how to set print margins. He designed it to be set at 0.25 inch margins on US Letter sized paper or .75 cm margins on a size A4 paper.

If you think that you can only print cards from the books I listed previously, I have misled you. You can make custom cards, although you do have to do a little more lifting which having to input Spell Name, School, Subschool, Descriptor, Class & Spell Level, Casting Time, checkbox spots(for Verbal, Somatic, Material, Costly Components, and Divine Focus), Range, Area, Effects, Targets, Duration, Saving Throws, Spell resistances, and a Description box. And....all of the card printing customizations as there is with the other cards.

Image 4, Spell Cards from Spellbook 2 Alpha

This is definitely something I will be using in the future, and would recommend to my friends. He has a version 2 in alpha testing right now that prints out to pdf. It has a new layout(Image 4), but you do not have any options for the background at this time. Improved layout of text, with a large font option coming in the future. Do you want to print your spells out in a list instead of on cards, well it is coming.  For the GM's he is working on random spellbooks. He will be giving the alpha version a facelift and improving the controls before officially launching it, but you can use the alpha version now if you would like. Additionally it adds 10 Pathfinder Player Companion sources, 10 Pathfinder Campaign Setting sources, and 20 Pathfinder Adventure Paths as sources. If you are using these sources, this would probably be the better way to go because filling in the custom cards will take quite a while.

Amazing Resource! If you have a caster class, you should check this one out!!