D&D 5E 5e Large-Print Character Sheet

[Dalryn]

Hi everybody.

I run a 5e game at a nursing home for some old friends (pun intended) and would like to find a large-print character sheet for them. Does such a beast exist?

Thanks,
Scott

 

[GX.Sigma]

Not that I know of, but I'll have a go at making one. What font size would you recommend at minimum?

 

[Dalryn]

Thanks so much! Not sure about font size. 14? 16? I'd have to see it.

 

[Gilladian]

As a Librarian, I can tell you that "large print" in a book is considered about 16 points at a minimum. I've seen as large as 20 point, but that's pretty unusual. Here's a sheet I made for my group - Note that the SKILLS section has been redone, as we got rid of "tools" and redid a few other skills to suit us better, so you'd have to redo it. But the rest should be fine...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6ecDpbDwounTWx6eWdySTFZaWc/view?usp=sharing

 

[Dalryn]

Gilladian,

I'm having trouble opening this file under OS X. Do you have a regular PDF available?

Thanks!

 

[Gilladian]

Huh, very odd because I created it in open office (oh, as a drawing!) on OS X. Let me save as PDF and re-upload to google drive...

 

[Morrus]

It's an .odg file. Not a file format I'm familiar with.

If you can, please do upload it here for folks who find this thread years after the link is now longer valid.

 

[Gilladian]

Here it is again as a pdf. It isn't quite large print, but it is definitely easier to read; my 80 year old mother loves it, and I find it much easier on my eyes, too.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6ecDpbDwounaU5YRlpCa0E3WFk/view?usp=sharing

 

[Dalryn]

This sheet is brilliant. Thank you!

 

[Unwise]

[MENTION=6794555]Dalryn[/MENTION] Is nobody going to ask a follow up question about how you came to be running D&D at a nursing home? I'd love to hear about that.

I'm just not picturing that the first generation of D&D enthusiasts are that old yet. Maybe they are...damn that makes me feel old now. How does an old person come to get into D&D if they were not already. Were they familiar with RPGs already, did it take much to explain if not?

Are there unique challenges to DMing a game in that demographic? If so how do you work around it?