A5 Size Character Sheet for Cardstock

[Cosmosis]

Hi Everyone, I designed an A5 size (approximately 5x8") character sheet to print out on cardstock and keep in my gaming notebook. In designing these, I strove for legibility and a clean layout that puts the core information on each page. I thought I would share it here in case anyone else is interested or might find this useful. If so, or if you have feedback or comments, please let me know!

Download a PDF of the A5 Character Sheet

If I have time in the near future, I will make a form-fillable version of this as well.

[Stone Dog]

This is one of the best looking versions I've encountered!

It is clean, easy to read, nicely organized. Well done!

[Cosmosis]

Thanks @StoneDog!

[sadie]

That is nice!

[Cosmosis]

sadie wrote:

That is nice!

Thanks, @sadie - that means a great deal coming from you and your amazing Dyslexic Sheets (which are beautiful!).

[Sethbrown]

This is perfect for me! Have been looking for an A5 character sheet for a while and had been really struggling to find anything worthwhile. Going to print a bunch of these out ASAP.

One question - have you considered doing portrait mode v landscape? They would work a lot easier in a notebook with portrait style.

[Sethbrown]

Ok, having made a couple of characters I've noticed four things:

1. It'd be nice if there was a bracket for your proficiency level in the Saving Throws box, similar to how Perception has it.

2. There's no armor proficiency area. Don't have any recommendations on where that would fit, unfortunately. Maybe somewhere on the second page.

3. It'd be nice if there was a page with more spells boxes so you wouldn't have to print out multiple of the spell sheet to fit all your spells. A page with just the "Spells" box would be great.

4. I still prefer vertical sheets, but I am happy with this one so far.

[Cosmosis]

Thanks for all the great feedback, @Sethbrown! I'll take a gander at your recommendations when I get a chance. I did want to pop in here to post that I finally made a form-fillable version, too.

Here is the link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=11iF8pFzkDB4CItlJOwpkDujiiBId3DUU

Oh, and honestly, I am not sure why I went with landscape format. I think I just wanted it to sit on the table a little more easily and not extend upward into the play area too much. Strange? Perhaps. :)

[Cosmosis]

Looking over your wonderful suggestions, @Sethbrown, and I think I can definitely tweak the sheet to incorporate a bracket where needed (not sure why I didn't put one there originally). And a great point about the Armor Proficiency: I *think* I can get rid of the "notes" section under Saving Throws, move Perception up into that space, and then shift Weapon Proficiencies over to make a same-sized box for Armor Proficiencies. I'll try it out over the next few weeks and see if it works.

Thanks, again!

[Sethbrown]

Awesome! I went and bought some A5 paper and printed out a bunch of these already and have been using them to GM with. Looking forward to any future updates!

[Sethbrown]

Thought any more about making portrait versions of these so they fit inside notebooks easier and more intuitively?

[Sethbrown]

Hey @Cosmosis, was just crossing my fingers that you maybe had done a portrait-mod version of these sheets. Otherwise, I may have to sit down and see if I can figure out how to make these on my own D:

Did you just create these up in photoshop?

[Sethbrown]

A buddy helped me out by pointing me to Scribus which let me move the components around.

Not perfect, but here's my attempt at making portrait versions. Would love to hear your input!

[_Kuro_]

Do you think you will update this awesome character sheet to the remaster?
I am currently looking at all the options for character sheets and yours definitely is one of my favorites.