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Cardstock character sheets, that is. Does anyone else out there print their character sheets on cardstock? Our group stumbled upon this little gem accidently, when friends printed out a character on my home printer while I was in the middle of a combat mapping experiment, and they love it! They comment on how much they love it nearly every session we play now. This combined with HeroLab (and the ability to add a character portrait) has been a major upgrade to how we handle our characters.
Anyone else?
I have a few characters on card stock, by accident much the same way you describe.. It's nice in that I get a lot more life out of my sheets because erasers don't seem to harm card stock as much. (On normal paper, it's not unusual for me to have to move my character to a new sheet 4 or 5 different times just because the paper wears through or gets smudgy.)
The downside is that I tend to have 2-page sheets and keep them on a clipboard when I'm at the table, so it makes flipping pages uncomfortable. Which is why I don't do so often. Usually only with characters that I really love and expect to live a long time.
I have a few characters on card stock, by accident much the same way you describe.. It's nice in that I get a lot more life out of my sheets because erasers don't seem to harm card stock as much. (On normal paper, it's not unusual for me to have to move my character to a new sheet 4 or 5 different times just because the paper wears through or gets smudgy.)
The downside is that I tend to have 2-page sheets and keep them on a clipboard when I'm at the table, so it makes flipping pages uncomfortable. Which is why I don't do so often. Usually only with characters that I really love and expect to live a long time.
Our group prints out double sided card stock character sheets, then places them inside plastic sheet covers. This allows quick mods (Such as damage taken in a fight) to be written down using dry erase markers that wipe clean.
I started printing mine out of cardstock years ago, when I got tired of erasing through them.
Try using some natural colored cardstock (the off-white, non-bleached stuff) instead of the white stuff, looks very nice.
I´ve been putting my character sheets in clear plastic sleeves for years, and write upon them with a dry-erase marker. That way, normal paper character sheets last quite long. But I think I will use cardstock for a few choice characters as well now.
Stefan
Although I don't use cardstock, I find that using 'magic' tape over the areas like hit points allows you to write and erase to your heart's content without ruining the paper.
This tip works great on both cardstock and regular paper.
Hiya.
Yup, been using either 110-lb or 32-lb paper for character sheets for about a decade or so now. The card-stock is nice, but if your character sheet is more than 2 pages (ex: spell lists, equipment pages, etc.), then I go with the 32lb as it fits easier/better into plastic sleeves. :)
I have a few characters on card stock, by accident much the same way you describe.. It's nice in that I get a lot more life out of my sheets because erasers don't seem to harm card stock as much. (On normal paper, it's not unusual for me to have to move my character to a new sheet 4 or 5 different times just because the paper wears through or gets smudgy.)
You should invest in a good eraser
For any beloved character of mine, and for any game I GM, I always use cardstock character sheets. As Ressy said, on off-white, natural "colored" paper, it makes it look like they're on parchment, giving a real good "in-game" feel for some extra immersion too.