I'm a big fan of Folio's and love Pathfinder, adopted the system before it hit beta and was just a bunch of 3.5 AP's I've run 3 AP's and have played in 4, when I heard paizo was making a folio I was excited, but that died when i bought the actual product, shrink wrapped so I didn't know exactly what I was getting the coating on the actual character sheet makes it impossible to fill out in a crisp, clear manner and erasing on it is a joke after about the third box I filled out, I just stopped and bought the less expensive Gamer Ingenuity folio and have kept using them instead.

It's nice to have lots of space for each section of a character sheet. I liked that I had a whole page for skills, feats, spells... However, I wish there were more spaces for craft, perform, and other fill-in-the-blank skills. Not a huge gripe, just something that would have been nice to have.

I only purchased the PDF copy, so I can't speak on the quality of the paper or the folder flaps being big enough.

It amuses me that people are angry about the PDF being secured. It's well within Paizo's right to protect their files from changes. If you REALLY NEED a fillable form, bypassing the security is the easiest thing in the world if you know where to look. But... since I like to fill out that stuff by hand, it's not a deal breaker for me.

No major complaints from me. Suits my purposes, a few things I would have done differently, but nice presentation.

This product fails on many levels:

1. As a folio, the pockets are too narrow to hold 8.5"x11" paper without bunching.
2. The price is too high to seriously consider buying one folio per character.
3. The pages do not copy well, due to the light grays that are used throughout the booklet.
4. The Eidolon sheet has absolutely no space for listing Evolutions, rendering it useless.

Most Paizo products are well-engineered and an excellent value. This is an unfortunate exception. Unless you play Pathfinder Society games and want the nightly reroll, I would recommend against this.

I just purchased my 2nd physical copy of this product. The first I use regularly at Pathfinder Society games, and the second just acquired for my secondary character.

The layout has been very beneficial with defenses and attacks in one view and skills in another, and I much enjoy the tracker in the back to remind me how my character got this way. I find that writing and erasing are easy to do with minimal damage to the paper.

I also much enjoy the quick reference throughout regarding Common Conditions, Skill Check DCs, and Actions in Combat.

A few pages are unnecessary to me, however, and just take up space. Everything about appearance and personality and history, etc., as well as the spellcasting section have no personal meaning to me since I rarely play magical characters (too much paperwork, imo), though this might aid if I decide to go that route.

The biggest grief I have is the fact that the cover page, while having some coating to it, is not wet-erase compatible as originally assumed. However the coating prevents easy writing in pencil. And I'm sure dry-erase would not be removed easily if let to sit over long periods of time. I was right in copying it on a piece of paper to be replaced as needed.

Otherwise, I much enjoy the product and use it often. I would recommend it for people who wish to invest much time in their character to be worth the price. The free-reroll in PFS play isn't bad, either.

I highly enjoy the design that went into this product. I have had a chance to inspect a physical copy as well as the pdf(which was the one I purchased)

The physical copy is nice, though like alot have said, the first page is hard to erase anything off of. At $10 though I passed on it to be able to print out as many as I wanted with the PDF copy.

The first 2 pages of the PDF copy I dont bother printing, as its a waste of ink, but the artwork is nice & a contents page at least lets me know where to glance to find things.

The design is definitely cover heavy as others have said, but since I dont mind that aspect(since I love the design work put into it) its not such a concern for me.

Also for myself, I dont mind too much that it isnt editable within the PDF. I usually just fill my sheets in by hand anyway. But for some I can see this would be a major issue. I was a bit bugged that it had a contents page, but no bookmarks attached. A forgivable oversight since its only 20 pages.

Overall yes it could use some spit & polish, but I like it. For myself I have access to free printing services anyway, so take what i say with a grain of salt, if you do end up having to print out alot of sheets on your own dime your mileage may vary.