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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Simon Collins" data-source="post: 2010725" data-attributes="member: 9860">This is not a playtest review.The Character Record Folio is a mega-character sheet in booklet form from Green Ronin, updated for 3.5.The Character Record Folio is a 16-page mono softcover product costing $4.50. All internal pages have been used including the inside covers with the OGL taking up 3/4 page on the last page being the only additional aspect. The sheet layouts are attractive, using a distinctive GR font. The front cover is an atmospheric piece showing an elf with crossbow, a halfling and a wolf silhouetted by a huge full moon. The pages are used as follows:Front Inside Cover: This shows 'Important Charts' - level progression cross-referenced to XP, skill ranks, feats, ability increases, saves, and BABs, charts showing modifiers to attack and AC, currency exchange value, and encumbrance.Page 1: A box for basic info such as name, class, race. Boxes for abilities (with options for temporary ability scores and their modifiers), saves (with 5 different possible modifiers), hit points (including temporary and subdual damage), melee and ranged attacks (with room for 3 weapons and seven modifiers for each weapon, as well as a line for conditional modifiers), and AC (with boxes showing AC when flat-footed and against touch attacks, and armor check penalty).Page 2: Skills (with notation for those that require armor check penalties and which can be used without possessing skill ranks) and Feats (with room for brief descriptions of each of the 30 feats that could be added).Page 3: Box for description (including 6 lines for personality traits, and 1/4 page given over for an illustration of the character and any coat of arms), and two 1/4-page sections for basic stat blocks for a mount/animal companion/familiar.Page 4: Room for 28 pieces of equipment with room for notes, location and weight (+ encumbrance and carrying details below). Also space for secondary weapons, and current wealth in coinage.Page 5: Same amount of room for magical items as was given to the equipment on the previous page. Also a diagram allowing the location of magical items to be shown on a body, along with a list of the restrictions on magical items by body area.Page 6: Advancement Tracker showing starting ability scores, hit points and XP followed by a 20-level progression chart showing how much HP was gained each level and which ability scores and skills were increased and which feats were taken. Also a section for non-coin wealth - i.e. gems, jewellery and other valuables. And a box for tracking XP.Page 7: Psionics - allowing input of power save, free manifestations, power points, attack and defense modes, number of psionic powers known, and a chart showing the stats for 18 psionic powers. Also a chart is provided cross-referencing the modes, showing the modifiers when used against each other.Page 8: Spells Known - shows Spell Save DCs, spells per day, and bonus spells for 9 levels of spells, and separate sections showing spells known for bards, clerics & shamans, druids, paladins, rangers, and sorcerers and wizards. Also a small section for noting domains and their powers at the bottom.Page 9 and 10: Spell List - standard spell stats for up to 92 spells, with a box to show which have been mastered.Page 11: Cohorts & Followers: 1/4 page stat blocks for 4 allies.Page 12: Contacts - 6 boxes for information on contacts, allowing for information on location, allegiances, areas of specialty, rates, and favours owed.Page 13 & 14: Adventure Log - room for notes on 8 adventures, including companions, villains, notable events, outcome, and clues.Page 15: Miscellaneous Notes - full page for general notes to expand other areas if necessary - e.g. background/history, more adventure notes.Page 16: as well as the OGL, an amusing little section for legendary stats such as most damage inflicted with a single hit, most enemies slain in one round, etc.Back Inside Cover: Shows full-page weapon chart for simple and martial weapons. High Points:A pleasant layout with plenty of room for writing notes and covering all the aspects I could think of that would be required in a mega-character sheet. Provides a good overview of the history of the character as well as its current status, and the legendary stats section is bound to bring a warm feeling to most players' hearts.Low Points:The inside covers could have been better used in my opinion. I would have liked to have seen an overview of combat actions and their effects rather than a listing of all the simple and martial weapon stats - the character sheet already has stats for the character's weapons.Conclusion:An appealing luxury item for players who treasure their characters (and play in a game where their PC is likely to survive for more than a couple of sessions). Well presented and fairly exhaustive, the only notable improvement would be for the handy charts used on the inside covers.</blockquote>

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