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<blockquote data-quote="evilbob" data-source="post: 5101528" data-attributes="member: 9789">WOW that is a TON of stuff!!!&nbsp; What a huge amount of work that needs to be constantly updated...&nbsp; Yikes.In order to be a useful character sheet for this board, something would have to be incredibly generic.&nbsp; That pathguy site isn't practical because every month he's got to re-code the site.&nbsp; Another year and it probably won't even load on a browser.&nbsp; Our wiki pages are practical because you just add a bunch of bonuses and call them whatever you want; in the end, all it does is simple addition.&nbsp; It doesn't care about specifics, just numbers.But it's not just that.&nbsp; The wiki site offers things that so far no one else can duplicate:&nbsp; for one, it tracks changes.&nbsp; That is HUGE, because it enforces a level of honesty.&nbsp; You can't just change your character sheet and expect that no one will notice.Edit:&nbsp; Scorp ninja'd my point.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Ok, tell you what:&nbsp; let's just be practical about this.&nbsp; What are our requirements for a character sheet?&nbsp; I'll start with a few:- must be online so that anyone can view it (group-only access is acceptable)- exists somewhere that won't disappear/go down easily- easy to use and do data-entry by anyone familiar with D&amp;D (you can assume a base level of game knowledge)- must represent the &quot;math&quot; of how someone arrives at their numbers (specifically HP, attacks, defenses, etc.)- must be able to &quot;lock&quot; a specific incarnation of a sheet while also allowing players to mess around with them- must represent powers, feats, effects, etc. without actually reproducing them in a copyright-infringing way- does not require DDI subscription (these two may be mutually exclusive)- robust enough to be adaptable to whatever new thing WotC throws our wayWould also be nice:- so easy anyone (even someone new to D&amp;D) could use itOur current wiki doesn't fill all those needs.&nbsp; In particular, it is dinged for ease-of-use, existing somewhere that won't disappear, and not infringing on WotC (I don't think it's possible not to infringe AND not to require DDI).I'm sure there are more requirements; what else can ppl think of?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="evilbob, post: 5101528, member: 9789"] WOW that is a TON of stuff!!! What a huge amount of work that needs to be constantly updated... Yikes. In order to be a useful character sheet for this board, something would have to be incredibly generic. That pathguy site isn't practical because every month he's got to re-code the site. Another year and it probably won't even load on a browser. Our wiki pages are practical because you just add a bunch of bonuses and call them whatever you want; in the end, all it does is simple addition. It doesn't care about specifics, just numbers. But it's not just that. The wiki site offers things that so far no one else can duplicate: for one, it tracks changes. That is HUGE, because it enforces a level of honesty. You can't just change your character sheet and expect that no one will notice. Edit: Scorp ninja'd my point. :) Ok, tell you what: let's just be practical about this. What are our requirements for a character sheet? I'll start with a few: - must be online so that anyone can view it (group-only access is acceptable) - exists somewhere that won't disappear/go down easily - easy to use and do data-entry by anyone familiar with D&D (you can assume a base level of game knowledge) - must represent the "math" of how someone arrives at their numbers (specifically HP, attacks, defenses, etc.) - must be able to "lock" a specific incarnation of a sheet while also allowing players to mess around with them - must represent powers, feats, effects, etc. without actually reproducing them in a copyright-infringing way - does not require DDI subscription (these two may be mutually exclusive) - robust enough to be adaptable to whatever new thing WotC throws our way Would also be nice: - so easy anyone (even someone new to D&D) could use it Our current wiki doesn't fill all those needs. In particular, it is dinged for ease-of-use, existing somewhere that won't disappear, and not infringing on WotC (I don't think it's possible not to infringe AND not to require DDI). I'm sure there are more requirements; what else can ppl think of? [/QUOTE]

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