My Deluxe Character Sheet - please rate and critique!

[Staffan]

Actually, once I get a version I am finally satisfyed with, I'd appreciate it if you'd make it as a pdf - if only to have an alternative version. Gimme a while longer with this thread, and we'll see what I have changed

I PDFized the one you posted - there's some weirdness around some of the boxes, I think it has to do with text boxes obscuring the edges of other boxes, making it look like those edges are gone.

Since some people have expressed a desire for a sheet to keep track of items in body slots, I have included a sheet for that too (with support for Incarnum as well). The picture on it comes from HeroMachine.

 

[smootrk]

One area that you may like to expand, is the box denoting class skills. There should be boxes for at least 3 separate classes, and a section at the top to denote which class the column corresponds to.

Reason: some people multiclass and alternate leveling between the classes. I say 3 (at least) because it is common for 1 main class, 1 multiclass or second class, and 1 for prestige class or for third multiclass. I think 3 would cover it, with 4 classes being overkill for the vast majority of players.

 

[smootrk]

I PDFized the one you posted - there's some weirdness around some of the boxes, I think it has to do with text boxes obscuring the edges of other boxes, making it look like those edges are gone.

This comes about from the layering/ordering of individual components in acrobat. I believe that when you get the form into acrobat, you can change the order of objects, so that the boxes that have lines are rendered/drawn after the boxes that are blank - effectively putting the boxes with lines on top of the other boxes.

 

[Nyaricus]

Quite frankly, these are some of the best character sheets I've ever seen.

Cool , Glad you liked 'em

The only things I had any real quibbles with were a few minor 'house rule-y' bits (multiple 'Appraise' slots, FR language list, etc.); and because it was in .doc format instead of .pdf, it took me all of about five minutes to "fix" it. I couldn't have done that with a .pdf, since I don't have a program that lets me edit one. So, here's another voice in support of the .doc format.

Cool - although it is worth mentioning again that the multiple appraise slots are already in D&D one way or the other. Dwarves get +2 Appraise vs Metal and Stone items, as an example. I just intergrated it fully in my games.

I personally like the way the multiple-page breakdown is divided, because by shifting page 2 to page 4 when photocopying onto an 11"x17" sheet, I can have the 'abilities/skills/feats' page and the 'combat' page (the most commonly referenced info, IME) on the 'front and back' sides, and 'equipment/cash' and 'spellcasting' on the inside.

Actually having this on a double sheet isn't that ad of an idea - never thoguht of that one myself, in any case. Thanks for the idea

Great work, Nyaricus; I can't wait to see what you do with the 'updated' version you mentioned.

Thanks for the great feedback and the '10' The updated version I am still working on a couple minor things but should have it up within the next couple hours. Just a few minor changes, is all it'll be

 

[Nyaricus]

I PDFized the one you posted - there's some weirdness around some of the boxes, I think it has to do with text boxes obscuring the edges of other boxes, making it look like those edges are gone.

Since some people have expressed a desire for a sheet to keep track of items in body slots, I have included a sheet for that too (with support for Incarnum as well). The picture on it comes from HeroMachine.

Thansk so much for this awesome pdf man It's appreciated. Personally, I found when makign this sometimes you have to fiddle a bit with the text boxes to ensure they weren't cutting off/blocking out the edges. Maybe try that out, and see what happens

Thanks for the body slot sheet too. I might have to put that into paint and edit out the Incarnum stuff and print it off. Again, kudos and many thanks

 

[Nyaricus]

One area that you may like to expand, is the box denoting class skills. There should be boxes for at least 3 separate classes, and a section at the top to denote which class the column corresponds to.

Reason: some people multiclass and alternate leveling between the classes. I say 3 (at least) because it is common for 1 main class, 1 multiclass or second class, and 1 for prestige class or for third multiclass. I think 3 would cover it, with 4 classes being overkill for the vast majority of players.

You know this isn't such a bad idea. There used to be 2 columns for this on an older version, but I guess they got edited out and I just never looked at it again. Maybe I could make the feats area a little slimmer and see how that looks/works. Thanks for the suggestion, smootrk

 

[Mean Eyed Cat]

Thansk for the 9 Sorry, not sure what you mean by b-side paper though. Here in Canada that size is the standard :\

Sorry, I should have said 11" x 17" paper (or is that 432 mm × 279 mm in Canada?). Anyway, it's the size where I can fold it in half and print all 4 pages onto one sheet of paper.

Mostly, I was just being smarmy because I want to print it out and don't have the paper right now

 

[Nyaricus]

Sorry, I should have said 11" x 17" paper (or is that 432 mm × 279 mm in Canada?). Anyway, it's the size where I can fold it in half and print all 4 pages onto one sheet of paper.

Mostly, I was just being smarmy because I want to print it out and don't have the paper right now

Ah, okay, I gotcha.

Anyways, Canadians are a weird bunch. Our pop bottles are in milimetres, we drive by kilometres (though most know miles too), height and weight are usually still in pounds and inches/feet. At least, in my experience. I am kinda an in-between generation, I guess, since I'm a bearded gnome if I know how tall I am in centimentres

 

[Nyaricus]

Version 3.3 is up!

Okay folks, so I've gone through and made some changes which I thought would enhance the sheet (rather than muck with it) and here I present to you the newest incarnation of my Deluxe (that's with an "e" ) Character Sheet. Inventory has been split into "on Body" and "In Storage", Grapple and Ammunition have been switched around, givein me space for 6 types of ammo (with space to fill in the type) and enough room for the full breakdown of grapple checks. Page 1 also got "Skill points by level" and "Hit points by level" added on, a specific space to fill in max/min ranks, and still had enough room for the "Notable Skill Mods" to stay on

Also, for those that were like "WTF" with things such as "Entangling Weapons" here is a link to my Weapon Group Proficiencies page. As a side note, I came up with this thanks to playing Diablo 2 long before Unearthed Arcana came out, so I was pretty surprized when I found out that something very similar was in that book. Anyways, check it out and gimme feeedback - it'd be much aprreciated

 

[Darrell]

Again, great work! I actually kind of liked the weapons section better the other way, but the inventory list is better in the newer one. Either way, these are (as I said before) some of the best character sheets I've ever seen.

Looks like I gotta get to work 'customizing' this one, too (pretty easy, actually...a little cut & paste on the skill list...substitute Greyhawk languages for Realms ones...done).

Thanks again for putting these sheets on the boards.

Regards,
Darrell King