How many character sheets through the life of a PC?

[KB9JMQ]

Heroforge/Characterforge - I print out a new sheet every session we play. I like a clean sheet to start and I scribble all over it while gaming.
Not to mention spill pop on it, get chip grease on it and various other food stuffs.

 

[Brown Jenkin]

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.

Same here but replace HeroForge with PCGen.

 

[jmucchiello]

I always make a custom char sheet on the computer so I print a new sheet each level.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

On average, every level.

Me, too.

Or actually:

On average, every level.

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

Me, too.



I print them out before the game. Don't use any character generators, but I've created my own simple character sheets in Open Office (Writer).

 

[Ginnel]

1 sheet per character for me.

Its great that way, I scribble notes all over the back including other characters names and their descriptions, as well as background and bits of plot. I use the margins for HP and XP, its great after 6-12 months of playing every week I can look on the back and go oh yeah, that was the first villain/contact or whatever

New sheet every session? Bah!

 

[Henrix]

One sheet per character - all evidence points to it being extremely unlucky to change sheets.

Stains on the sheet prolong the life of the character (unless they were put there willfully, of course, in which case they shorten it).

 

[Jhaelen]

One sheet per character - all evidence points to it being extremely unlucky to change sheets.

Hehe, I share that particular superstition

 

[Masquerade]

One per level. No unsightly eraser marks for me, thanks.

 

[HellHound]

For D&D about once every 3-4 levels.

For other games, 2-3 times during a campaign, with some exceptions such as for my very-long-running Vampire chronicles.

 

[Mercule]

For D&D, I use HeroForge or PCGen. Reprint every level to keep the math right.

For hand-written sheets, it's usually only if there is a spill or unsightly eraser marks or some such. WoD sheets, with the dots rather than numbers, rarely had need of erasers and we printed them on cardstock, so generally one per campaign.