D&D (2024) REVISED Form-Fillable 2024 Character Sheet

[ezo]

Yes you could, but... When the (possible) remaining temp HP expire (because of a 'rest'), do you remember to subtract them from your current hp ?

When you finish a long rest, temp HP disappear and your HP reset to your max anyway... so no need to remember to subtract them.

If my max HP is 50, and I have 5 temp HP, so my current is 55 hp, then when I finish a long rest it resets to 50 again.

As a wizard, I actually had to use that part of the 2014 spell sheet far more than I would have liked.
And 'like' it to be a part of the sheets.

But you don't keep permanent record of death saves, right? Do you mark them on your sheet during the combat when you roll them?? IME most people just use a die or counter, but if you use the indicators on the sheet to track them that works.

What about the idea of a "Health Notes" where you can track whatever you want? Temp HP, death saves, or exhaustion??

Wait, what ? Are you saying that, according to the 2024 rules, as a wizard you can cast any spell in your spellbook as you see fit, as there is no longer a difference between 'known spells' in your spellbook, and a subset of them these that are listed as 'prepared spells' ?

No. Sorcerers, Bards, etc. who used to be known spells only appearantly are now "prepared" just like wizards.

Wizards still work the same.

 

[ezo]

There are a lot of spells and class features that grant temporary HP. Even more now with the changes to wild shape and polymorph. I find that having a separate box for them helps since they have to be recorded in separate pools anyway due to the different ways HP and Temp HP work. You could write a plus next to your normal HP if the box was big enough, but it’s much smaller now.

With some of those features do you lose the temp HP before you finish a long rest?? Normally you have temp HP until they are depleted or you finish a long rest--at which point your HP reset to your HP maximum anyway.

I use Exhaustion fairly often, but I’d just put it in a general notes space along with any other conditions. I guess that is gone now though, so there probably should be a space for it…

Oh, interesting. I don’t share that philosophy, I will often use the character sheet to jot down quick notes.

Those "quick notes" is what I thought the "Health Notes" or "Combat Notes" could be good for.

That’s a good idea. Maybe “combat notes” for temp HP, conditions, concentration, death saves, and whatever other ephemera you’d want to write in pencil.

I think it is the best all-around solution.

The other option is to remove all the check boxes for saves and levels of exhaustion and just have a "box" where you can write it in. That might save some space and allow me to put them each in individually.

Well, if you’re ostensibly writing “prepared spells” in that section, the prep check box is redundant. Every “prepared spell” should have that box checked, or it wouldn’t be a prepared spell. The checkbox is useful for wizards who might have spells in their spellbook that aren’t prepared but still want to have them written down, or for clerics and Druids who want to write their entire class spell list on the sheet. But then they’re not just writing their prepared spells, they’re writing all spells they have access to.

That is a good point. It is really only useful to Wizards. I haven't read through all the classes, so I am just going on what other say.

If wizards are the only ones, I don't think it would be necessary either. Can you confim that??

 

[Charlaquin]

That is a good point. It is really only useful to Wizards. I haven't read through all the classes, so I am just going on what other say.

If wizards are the only ones, I don't think it would be necessary either. Can you confim that??

Bards, sorcerers, and warlocks “prepare” spells from their class spell list, and can swap out one prepared spell for another whenever they gain a level, so functionally the same as known spells with the Tasha’s spell versatility feature built in. The Venn Diagram between “prepared spells” and spells they would write on their character sheet is one circle.

Clerics and Druids prepare spells from their class spell list, and can swap out any number of prepared spells whenever they finish a long rest. It might theoretically be useful for a Cleric or Druid player to write down every spell they are high enough level to cast on their character sheet and use check boxes to note which ones they prepared that day, but that would be a lot to write, so in my experience most players don’t do this.

Wizards get a number of spells from their class spell list in their spellbook based on their level, and can add new spells to their spellbook by copying them from scrolls and spending the required amount time and expensive ink. They prepare spells from among those in their spellbook, and can swap out any number of prepared spells whenever they finish a long rest. They are the most obvious use-case for the check boxes.

 

[Charlaquin]

It’s funny, the wizard’s spellbook is framed as a tool for giving them extra spell versatility, but when you lay out how each class prepares their spells, it becomes clear that it’s actually a limitation. They’re the only class that prepares spells from a subset of their class spell list instead of the whole thing. Granted, they do have the biggest spell list, so the limitation of having to add a spell to the spellbook before you can prepare it does balance out that versatility somewhat.

 

[ezo]

Here is a good HP/HD/DS/Ex section I think:

And the entire (final?) front:

 

[abazaba]

But you don't keep permanent record of death saves, right? Do you mark them on your sheet during the combat when you roll them?? IME most people just use a die or counter, but if you use the indicators on the sheet to track them that works.

Yes, I actually do track the death saving throws on my character sheet.

 

[abazaba]

That is a good point. It is really only useful to Wizards. I haven't read through all the classes, so I am just going on what other say.

If wizards are the only ones, I don't think it would be necessary either. Can you confim that??

But what about all those poor wizards, who now have to find a way to track their prepared spells by some other means than on the actual character sheet ?

 

[abazaba]

Oh, just one more thing I would like to put forward, but... Would it be a good (TM) idea to - instead of trying to increasingly put ever more information on 2 pages - go back to 3 pages (like in the 2014 version) ? For example, I can imagine you could put the majority of the 'text boxes' (class features, species traits, feats, appearance, backstory, languages, equipment, coins) on a hypothetical 3th sheet, opening up more room for more information on the other 2 pages ? Just a thought, and would like to hear other people's opinions on that, and not asking anyone to actually do that (or not yet, at any rate )

 

[ezo]

UPDATE: Given the feedback I've gotten, here is the current version...

 

[Yaarel]

@ezo

I like alot how you display the Exhaustion and Death Saves as part of the Hit Points. Tight, simple, and clear.