How many character sheets through the life of a PC?

[Cor Azer]

Simple question, I guess. How many times during the course of a campaign do you usually completely rewrite your PCs character sheet?

A few of my gamer friends were discussing how our approaches to this have changed over the years. When we started, you'd be crazy to redo a sheet before it was pop-stained, pocket-crumpled, pencil-lead-faded, and binder-hole-ripped to the point that it was more so just there and you actually just used the numbers you remembered in your head. Now? Some of my players will come with a brand new sheet every week (of course, one was just notorious for losing his, so he keep needing to make a new one for that reason).

Traditionally, I've used one sheet for as long as I could, erasing old info and writing in new stuff (I save wear by tracking frequently changing stuff like hit points and ammunition on a separate sheet). I'm finally moving out from behind the DM screen for the first time in years in our upcoming game, and I'm finding that I like working with just a stat block as opposed to a full-blown sheet. Since I've been used to running my games using my notes printed from my PC or via PbeM games for the last several years, I realize I also prefer the clean look of a fully typed character sheet as compared to my pencil scratchings.

Because of these reasons, for the first time I can recall, I'll probably be redoing my PC's sheet each time he levels.

Anyways, that's my ramblings... what about others?

Edit: I was going to make this a poll, but my connection to ENWorld died mid-post, so I guess a discussion will be enough.

 

[kenobi65]

I do some of my PCs on HeroForge these days; thus, I'm printing out a new sheet each time the PC levels, at a minimum (more often if equipment changes between levels).

For the PCs that I don't do on HeroForge, I typically stick with one sheet (erasing / revising data as it changes) until the sheet looks awful -- that can take years.

I've got one PC that I've been playing for 26 years, through 5 different editions (Basic D&D, 1E, 2E, 3E, 3.5); I've kept all of her charcter sheets thruogh all the editions -- it's quite the stack now.

 

[Festivus]

I print out a clean sheet every session. I have horrid writing so equipment and whatnot needs to get updated.

 

[Woas]

Just one. And when that sheet gets to that point where it isn't usable anymore, then the character dies of 'old age' permanently.

 

[fba827]

On average, every level.

I have horrid handwriting, it's all on the computer.

 

[fba827]

Edit: double-post; ignore

 

[Mr. Wilson]

One or two, depending on how well I can read my handwriting and if my eraser rubs through the hit points section of the character sheet.

 

[drothgery]

I redo my character sheet when it becomes sufficiently illegible that I need to redo things (or my PC dies and needs replacing). Usually that's every 4 levels or so.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Heroforge. Updated & reprinted every time the character levels; sometime mroe often if magical gear is acquired that changes stats.

 

[StreamOfTheSky]

I keep it as a wordfile now and update whever it needs it. When I did use pencil and paper, I tried to keep it clean enough that I could go with one sheet every 4-6 levels. Beyond that, all the erasing and re-writing tends to take its toll on readability too much IME.