Re: 4ed Character Sheet
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2018 2:57 am
Hey there,
Long time Earthdawn player/GM -- first time poster. I have been thinking about creating a new 4th edition character sheet for my players. They all currently keep one of the stock character sheets, but then resort to a blank sheet of paper/high-quality notebook/back of envelope to track damage, status, money, spells in matrix, etc. Outside of doing tricks like putting plastic over the part of your sheet where you record current damage, it just seems too hard to keep a character sheet neat when you're constantly erasing and re-writing.
So my plan is as follows:
Sheet (A) with all the essential stats for quick reference (attributes, defense, weapon/attack rolls, talents, common spells, etc.)
Sheet (B) with lots of empty space to keep a tally of current status: damage, inventory, wounds, spell matrices, etc.
Sheet (C) with all the stuff you don't need to reference quite so often (character description/backstory, thread items, full grimoire)
Sheet B is transient, and can be swapped in for a new one with minimal effort (I guess copying over the inventory is the only annoying thing). Most of the time (certainly in combat!), players will only need to use sheets A and B. Due to lack of space, I'll probably need three versions:
Version 1: Magicians (since sheet A will have spells)
Version 2: Beastmaster/Cavalryman (sheet A will have animal/mount quick stats)
Version 3: Everyone else
My question for you all is: is there a particular feature that you wish an Earthdawn character sheet would have? Particularly when it comes to usability?
As an example -- I'm planning to add a row for attack/damage rolls with particular weapons. This is inspired by the 2nd Step program http://www.secondstep.dk, which prints this out; it makes it so nice to have attack and damage rolls for each weapon right there. I also plan to have a spot to record the actual dice you roll for each step (we play with the variant where you just subtract/add from the roll rather than adjusting steps all the time!)
Appreciate any suggestions.
Long time Earthdawn player/GM -- first time poster. I have been thinking about creating a new 4th edition character sheet for my players. They all currently keep one of the stock character sheets, but then resort to a blank sheet of paper/high-quality notebook/back of envelope to track damage, status, money, spells in matrix, etc. Outside of doing tricks like putting plastic over the part of your sheet where you record current damage, it just seems too hard to keep a character sheet neat when you're constantly erasing and re-writing.
So my plan is as follows:
Sheet (A) with all the essential stats for quick reference (attributes, defense, weapon/attack rolls, talents, common spells, etc.)
Sheet (B) with lots of empty space to keep a tally of current status: damage, inventory, wounds, spell matrices, etc.
Sheet (C) with all the stuff you don't need to reference quite so often (character description/backstory, thread items, full grimoire)
Sheet B is transient, and can be swapped in for a new one with minimal effort (I guess copying over the inventory is the only annoying thing). Most of the time (certainly in combat!), players will only need to use sheets A and B. Due to lack of space, I'll probably need three versions:
Version 1: Magicians (since sheet A will have spells)
Version 2: Beastmaster/Cavalryman (sheet A will have animal/mount quick stats)
Version 3: Everyone else
My question for you all is: is there a particular feature that you wish an Earthdawn character sheet would have? Particularly when it comes to usability?
As an example -- I'm planning to add a row for attack/damage rolls with particular weapons. This is inspired by the 2nd Step program http://www.secondstep.dk, which prints this out; it makes it so nice to have attack and damage rolls for each weapon right there. I also plan to have a spot to record the actual dice you roll for each step (we play with the variant where you just subtract/add from the roll rather than adjusting steps all the time!)
Appreciate any suggestions.