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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Erlkönig" data-source="post: 2670121" data-attributes="member: 37536">Because it's cool. Because it doesn't make your character sheet look like an accounting record.Also, It's also a trademark that makes WW Games recognizable and distinguishes them from other products (you know, like some sneakers get made with that wierd little swish on the sides that doesn't seem to increase their utility in any way or how some cars have that strange star up front, etc...)Most importantly though, the character sheet is one of the most important props for roleplaying immersion, because it's what players tend to have before their noses most of the time. A good design goes miles to make the game more fun IMO.Infact, one of the only D&D Character sheets that ever tried to do something for flair and mood of a game is the <a href="http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/geekdom/documents/scarredlandssheet.zip" target="_blank">Scarred Lands Character Sheet </a> from Sword & Sorcery (White Wolf).I mean, I love D&D like most people here, but the official character sheets are one of the biggest flaws of the game IMO. They look like something printed from my Excel programm, not something from an age of swords, magic and adventure.[edit]Besides, the D&D Sheet uses fill-in-dots (or squares as it is) aswell for ammunition and cross-class skills. Shouldn't be all that new to you.</blockquote>