I do know of (and agree with) something good from 4e that Pathfinder could easily have (as a free extension)... a bit more fleshing on the character sheet of the character's persona and all.
Okay, really, this is probably little more than a 4th edition add on to the character sheets in order to convince the player that the game is still an rpg.... and not a true minis game... but it does bring up a good idea.
About a week ago one of my players said that he was able to look over the 4th edition books (as well as I) and said that this was the only thing he really liked... the standard character sheet had a box to draw a picture in (as with older D&D character sheets) and there was an area to describe allies, character personality, and so forth.
I told him this was no problem that I could hash together a similiar sheet as an add on, complete with a grabbed Pathfinder logo (naturally, unofficially used for our party only), and was intending to do this anyways for additional party possessions and so forth.
However, I think it might be a nice, seperate "third" page for character sheets that could be downloaded from Paizo's site, if the company or someone with approval wanted to build it up.
On that note, what all would everyone like to see on a third sheet?
(I'd like to see a picture, allies and enemies, organizational joins, land holdings/other possessions, etc.)
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Having a box for a character sketch or area to record things like allies, personality, and the like isn't new to the game with 4th edition, but it IS something I like to see on a character sheet since it encourages creativity to fill in those blanks. At the very least, expect the final character sheet to have somewhere you can record character traits...
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Having a box for a character sketch or area to record things like allies, personality, and the like isn't new to the game with 4th edition, but it IS something I like to see on a character sheet since it encourages creativity to fill in those blanks. At the very least, expect the final character sheet to have somewhere you can record character traits...
I like character boxes, it encourages the player to get into their character, making little decisions like "how do they wear their hair?"
On the other hand, the back of a character sheet is often blank...
Having a box for a character sketch or area to record things like allies, personality, and the like isn't new to the game with 4th edition, but it IS something I like to see on a character sheet since it encourages creativity to fill in those blanks. At the very least, expect the final character sheet to have somewhere you can record character traits...I like character boxes, it encourages the player to get into their character, making little decisions like "how do they wear their hair?"
On the other hand, the back of a character sheet is often blank...
Not mine, I always print char sheet on both sides of the paper. That way I have less papers to keep track of.
All the more reason to give us an 11x17 character sheet, so we have room for things like this.
James, please please please, at release could we have an editiable PDF character sheet. Preferably four pages with atleast a page devoted to character background.
Good ideas from all....
Really, personally I feel that an extra 3rd page, available as another freebie pdf file would do. Or maybe a basic character sheet file and then an expanded character sheet file... granted, I realize that this is not something that everyone would want.... but it would be nice to have one already formatted in the typical Pathfinder layout and feel...
(truthfully, I can make one now for my players, but I wouldn't have the exact same style as the rest of the Pathfinder sheets).
Well, there was space for these things left on official Eberron sheets for 3.5 as well...