2021 Quest Calendar - The Dragon Staff of Maladoria

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The back of Jan 1st, 13th, 14th, 15th

A topic by SundialGamesLLC created Jan 01, 2021 Views: 530 Replies: 18

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SundialGamesLLCDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Sorry for any confusion.

The back of these pages (on the physical version) contain the rules reprinted. It wasn't until we were done that we decided to create reference pages at the beginning of the Calendar. Then we removed them for the PDF to try to save printing space.

The back of Jan 1st contains the 1st rules page : dice, dice rolls, Character Stats, Choices, Resolving events.
The back of Jan 13th has the rules: Combat, Ability Reminders, once per rest, once per day, pick pocket.
The back of Jan 14th has the rules: Dealing with death and rest.
The back of Jan 15th has the rules: Level Up, Characters, Shops.

k-cherry3 years ago

Thanks for the clarification, I just read Jan 1 and thought I was missing something since it was a duplicate page.

thebeliever3 years ago

Would it be possible to get a version of the pdfs with all the pages as per the physical copy? It would make it much easier for those of us who want to print 2 or 4 pages per sheet.

SundialGamesLLCDeveloper3 years ago

We will work on this tomorrow and upload a new version.

The easiest for us would be to include it in its original order. However, in that version, the resolution page is on the reverse side of the previous day (the PDF will have the resolution instructions before the day it refers to). When printed double sided, it makes it easier to look at the resolution instructions as you view the current day without having to constantly flip the page over.

Is that ok? Or do you suggest the same order it is in now?

thebeliever3 years ago (1 edit)

I would suggest being exactly the physical version is. That way on page if you print 2 or 4 pages of the PDF on one sheet you get:

front of page | back of that page
front of page | back of that page

So back of the page is right next to the front of the page in a 2 PDF page or 4 PDF page print setup.

SundialGamesLLCDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Alrighty. We will work on organizing it in this order. Hope this helps everyone, too. Thanks for clarifying.

This is a bit different from the physical version, so it might take a little time. In case you were wondering about the design and why it was done the way it was.

Your suggestion is (and it makes sense when printing even numbered pages):

March 3 (First)| March 3 resolution (After)
March 4 (First) | March 4 resolution (After)

This is so you can read these together - Side by side.

The physical version has the resolution to the current day on the back of the previous day (the resolution for March 3 appears before March 3rd ).

March 2 (Front) | March 3 resolution (Back)
March 3 (Front) | March 4 resolution (Back)

This is so that when March 2nd is over, you can tear off that page to reveal March 3rd. You will then have the resolution to March 3rd in hand (the back of March 2) to view both pages together. Otherwise it is on the back and you will need to flip back and forth to see how to resolve the day, This gets annoying with multiple rolls for combat.

thebeliever3 years ago

I did not realized that the previous day's back page was that resolution for the current day. Looks like I was confused. In that case, the order in which the physical copy is in will be just as good as the order that I suggested. So no need to reorder the pages I think. We just need a link to download a PDF in the same order as the physical copy.

SithKnight3 years ago

I wish the pnp pdf had been set up this way already. I'm a little bummed because I spent a lot of time manipulating the pdf for printing, cutting, and gluing only to find out that the pages are not really how they were suppose to be. I read the rules before printing and liked the idea of not needing to rip off todays page to resolve the action. But that is not the case. Now if I want to do today's actions I have to rip off the page and that reveals tomorrow spoiling it.

SundialGamesLLCDeveloper3 years ago (3 edits)

The DIY print-n-play file was organized so that the Calendar could be printed and cut (4x4) like the physical version (with the resolution for the current day on the back of the previous day).

Please consider using this file and read the instructions for guidance on how to print.

SithKnight3 years ago

Are you referring to the original file or the file that someone had to fix? The file I downloaded from you is just single pages with a front followed by their back. And the 4x4 file that I downloaded a month ago, appears to have the same issue. The results for today Jan 5 (reading the letter) should be on Jan 4 (Victor Fellmont) but is isn't if I print them front and back.

SundialGamesLLCDeveloper3 years ago

Oh my, you are right. Sorry. I did not check this with my own printer. My brain must have swapped sides when looking at it. I still believe that our fan, Jarrod, did a good job with this, but it doesn't print out as the physical version does. I hope it isn't too annoying.

We are almost done with updating the version so all pages (even blank ones) are present in the PDF.

thebeliever3 years ago

Sounds good. Thanks!

SundialGamesLLCDeveloper3 years ago

The new version is available.

thebeliever3 years ago (1 edit)

I am sorry to say that the updated PDFs still does not layout right when printed 2 up or 4 up. If it was exactly the same as the physical copy, it would work but things have been moved around. For example, in Jan, the page that was supposed to be after page 5 was moved after page 6 which then throws everything off.

SundialGamesLLCDeveloper3 years ago

Grrr. Correcting it now.

We didn't plan on making it the same. We should have just done than. Instead, we had tried to flip the pages around so the resolution is after the current day.

I think we just missed this one.

SundialGamesLLCDeveloper3 years ago

try now? I added it to the main page. not sure if it updated the devlog post

thebeliever3 years ago

Everything looks good until page 39 where there is a missing back page and everything is off again. I have only checked Jan.

SundialGamesLLCDeveloper3 years ago

Really sorry about that. I did it one more time (hoping it was the last).

thebeliever3 years ago

Looks like that did it! Thanks!

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2021 Quest Calendar - The Dragon Staff of Maladoria

The back of Jan 1st, 13th, 14th, 15th