I looked at a paper copy of this at the FLGS. I really liked the layout of the character sheet, and I haven't been impressed by any of the others I've seen so far. It's a fairly straightforward layout, and not overly cluttered with calculations like the WOTC form.
A question for the makers (or sellers) of this PDF:
Is this a form-fillable, or otherwise editable, PDF?
If yes, it'd definitely be worth the $5. Or more.
Nah, scratch that. I'm just gonna buy one right now, and I'll let you know.
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20 pages:
1: front cover
2: PHB weapon chart (for reference, not your character)
3: 1st page of character sheet
It’s similar to the WOTC char sheet, but less cluttered, and more useful.
The upper 1/3 is about the same as WOTC’s, but the Movement/Senses/Attack Workspace has been replaced with a Hit Points/Second Wind/Saving Throw section.
The lower 2/3rds is divided into 2 columns. The left column is a ‘Power Index’, listing powers by At Will, Encounter, Daily, and Utility. The right column has sections for (from top to bottom): Action Points, Movement, Senses, Attack and Damage Workspaces, and Basic Attacks.
4: 2nd page: Skills, Feats, Magic Item Index (including slots), Race Features, Class/Path/Destiny Features, Languages Known, Rituals.
5: Weapons & Equipment, as well as a classic 1e-style Wealth section
Then it gets on to the less essential ‘Character Folio’ pages:
6: Title, description, illustration, and ‘Comrades in Arms’ (which’d be good for that horse and your animal companion)
7: History
8: Allies, Enemies, Family/Clan History
Then back to a good page:
9: Advancement (a place to list hit points, score increases, powers, and feats added or swapped at each level)
And again to the fluff:
10: Stronghold/Hideout (mostly a piece of graph paper to map said location)
11: Dominion (Hex paper to map it!)
12: Campaign Notes/Legends & Lore
13-16: Adventure Journal (same on each page)
17: House Rules (mostly blank with lines)
18: top half is a nice, simple one-fold table card to put your init, passive skills, and defenses on. Bottom half is the OGL.
19: Armor table and castle-and-village illustration
20: Back cover
The good: I really like the layout
The small disappointment: it’s not form-fillable, and in fact, the 1st page is a single image. Any form-building is going to need to be done on one’s own. On the bright side, copy and paste is enabled, so that is possible.
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