D&D (2024) 2024 D&D character sheet, what do you think?

[Burnside]

Cheers to no Alignment on the front page. I wouldn't miss it if it disappeared completely, but I'll settle for burying it somewhere on the second page.

Jeers to Passive Perception still existing. This is just something that is better suited for video games than how the human brain actually works at the table.

Not sure how I feel about the skill proficiencies being grouped with the corresponding stats. On the whole I think it's better, but there's something to be said for just an alphabetical list of skills being easier to navigate. But cheers to putting the Saving Throws right with the Ability Scores instead of giving them their own unnecessary section.

That said, for 95% of my players, the character sheet that matters is DNDBeyond.

 

[SteveC]

I know this is only tangentially related, but it makes me sad that we have a big place, front, and center on the character sheet, for stuff that no one will care about 95% of the time. The randomly specific equipment that you just need in a random circumstance should just go. Of course in my opinion.

 

[SpellObjectEnthusiast]

It's really upsetting to me that traits, bonds, ideals, and flaws were removed from the character sheet.

It was nice that 5e's sheet put actual Roleplaying information front and center, rather than having your sheet just be a page of numbers.

 

[Burnside]

It's really upsetting to me that traits, bonds, ideals, and flaws were removed from the character sheet.

It was nice that 5e's sheet put actual Roleplaying information front and center, rather than having your sheet just be a page of numbers.

I agree with this. These really helped new players understand what the game was about.

 

[SteveC]

I agree with this. These really helped new players understand what the game was about.

By taking them off the sheet, doesn't that (unfortunately) also tell them?

 

[ART!]

It's really upsetting to me that traits, bonds, ideals, and flaws were removed from the character sheet.

It was nice that 5e's sheet put actual Roleplaying information front and center, rather than having your sheet just be a page of numbers.

I haven't seen enough 2024 stuff to know - do we know if traits, bonds, ideals, and flaws are even a thing anymore?

 

[tetrasodium]

I didn’t say it was for the entire sheet.

But I have done that too, id rather not for 5e.

But it doesn’t have to be all or nothing.

I get the point of having those features spelled out in a sheet but at some point someone will have to decide how much is to much. For me I think the equipment section is fine. Actually maybe more than fine. I think it stretches to serve more play styles too.

The trouble is that this seems less a case of "deciding how much is too much" and more of a case where the omissions are being used as a dog whistle to ensure encumbrance/weight tracking is officially discouraged. "Just ignore them" is a super low bar, "well here is how to finish the character sheet because the official one is missing obvious components" is a much higher and rather unreasonable bar unless the goal is providing players substantive justification to push back/ignore any effort to use it in play.

 

[SpellObjectEnthusiast]

I haven't seen enough 2024 stuff to know - do we know if traits, bonds, ideals, and flaws are even a thing anymore?

unclear, but its not on the character sheet anymore - even on the other pages.

 

[John Lloyd1]

IMO, traits, ideals and bonds should be an optional system. I DM casual games in a game store. It never comes up in those sorts of games.

 

[mellored]

Since you only get a few skills, I don't see a reason to fill up so much space with all the ones you don't have.

I don't need to write down '0' multiple times for my 10 Charisma character.

Otherwise it looks fine.