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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 9211299" data-attributes="member: 20564">I use paper character sheets all the time.I print them out.No, I'm not being a smart alec.&nbsp; I have poor handwriting and want to include everything I need which means a small font.&nbsp; Combine these together and I print a new character sheet every level, sometimes more frequently.&nbsp; And make pencil changes on it for things like equipment and such in the meantime.I picked up a Brother B&amp;W laser printer a number of years ago, it's cheap cheap cheap to run.&nbsp; Printing 4 sides once and then printing 1 side of a page of text every other month is not prohibitive.Biggest suggestion, never ever use an actual character sheet.&nbsp; They have so much wasted white space.&nbsp; Mind you, white space can be useful, but just about every sheet I've seen for D&amp;D wants to be seen at 6 feet away and require multiple other sheets because there's not enough space on it.&nbsp; I am NOT six feet away from my character sheet.&nbsp; I can be much more judicious in my use of whitespace and make things very readable.Usually I have everything I need for normal play or combat on a single side of a sheet.&nbsp; Occasionally I do them landscape instead of portrait if that makes more sense based on what I want to record - them always being portrait is a hobgoblin of foolish consistency.&nbsp; This may also have a small portrait.At higher levels this can expand onto the back of the 1st page, especially if I'm running a caster because I write enough about each spell that I only need to reference the books for odd corner cases.&nbsp; In this case I rearrange to make sure everything I expect to need for combat can be found without flipping.When reprinting for future levels, I usually stop there.Second page (back of page 1 at start) is usually art.&nbsp; Picture says 1000 words.Third page is backstory and history.&nbsp; Usually fits on 1 side of a page, is occasionally more.Lastly is character creation/advancement page, showing my choice (point buy, feats when, etc.) for the DM.&nbsp; That can be 2 sides of a page, but never ever gets reprinted so who cares.Here's a 3rd level barbarian, still plenty of room for growth.[ATTACH=full]337333[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]337334[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue, post: 9211299, member: 20564"] I use paper character sheets all the time. I print them out. No, I'm not being a smart alec. I have poor handwriting and want to include everything I need which means a small font. Combine these together and I print a new character sheet every level, sometimes more frequently. And make pencil changes on it for things like equipment and such in the meantime. I picked up a Brother B&W laser printer a number of years ago, it's cheap cheap cheap to run. Printing 4 sides once and then printing 1 side of a page of text every other month is not prohibitive. Biggest suggestion, never ever use an actual character sheet. They have so much wasted white space. Mind you, white space can be useful, but just about every sheet I've seen for D&D wants to be seen at 6 feet away and require multiple other sheets because there's not enough space on it. I am NOT six feet away from my character sheet. I can be [I]much[/I] more judicious in my use of whitespace and make things very readable. Usually I have everything I need for normal play or combat on a single side of a sheet. Occasionally I do them landscape instead of portrait if that makes more sense based on what I want to record - them always being portrait is a hobgoblin of foolish consistency. This may also have a small portrait. At higher levels this can expand onto the back of the 1st page, especially if I'm running a caster because I write enough about each spell that I only need to reference the books for odd corner cases. In this case I rearrange to make sure everything I expect to need for combat can be found without flipping. When reprinting for future levels, I usually stop there. Second page (back of page 1 at start) is usually art. Picture says 1000 words. Third page is backstory and history. Usually fits on 1 side of a page, is occasionally more. Lastly is character creation/advancement page, showing my choice (point buy, feats when, etc.) for the DM. That can be 2 sides of a page, but never ever gets reprinted so who cares. Here's a 3rd level barbarian, still plenty of room for growth.[ATTACH type="full"]337333[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]337334[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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