Questions tagged [character-sheets]
For questions about character sheets, documents used to keep track of the main mechanical and narrative attributes of a player character.
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Is it possible to use LaTeX to create RPG-related PDFs, such as character sheets or adventure modules?
Many people swear by Scribus as the best tool for creating RPG-related materials, but hold on a second. What about using a classical programming-style typesetting language like LaTeX for this purpose? ...
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What is different about the 2024 character sheets?
Along with the recently released 2024 Player's Handbook, there are newly drafted pre-printed character sheets.
I’m interested to know what changes are necessitated by the rules update, and which ...
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What are Advances used for in Eat the Reich?
On the Eat the Reich character sheet, there are three things listed under the heading "Advances". They look a lot like abilities, but there's a checkbox next to them, and as far as I can ...
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What do you put in the tiny box labeled 'inspiration' on a 5e D&D character sheet?
I'm creating a D&D character on the character sheet generator by Levi Blodgett. I'm not sure what to put in the 'inspiration' box. I don't understand how your inspiration for your quest could fit ...
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What version of Bloodlines & Black Magic has a "LCK" attribute on its character sheet?
What version of Bloodlines & Black Magic is this character sheet for? It has a "LCK" attribute in addition to the usual d20 STR, CON, DEX etc. Contrariwise, the version of Bloodlines ...
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What modern RPG is this leaked character sheet from?
This article about leaked classified documents notes the interesting inclusion of a hand-written character sheet for a roleplaying game, which seem to have been included either accidentally or as a ...
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Are there official character sheets for the Skills & Powers book?
The AD&D 2E (2.8) Player's Options books, specifically the Skills & Powers book, have character build information, but not the character sheet to parallel the build.
Is there a character sheet ...
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Easy Tracking of Sliding Ranges on Character Sheets
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I am making an RPG that uses poker/Yahtzee like hands from die rolls instead of the normal "dice+mods vs target number" paradigm for determining effects of character actions. Each ...
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How to fairly add a homebrew skill?
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I want to add some extra skills to D&D 5e but can't figure out how to do it fairly in terms of awarding proficiency.
How do I add additional homebrew skills to D&D 5e?
Why I want to add ...
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What game does this Character sheet belong to?
I spotted a character sheet in someone's character folder, which looked rather interesting. It has a rather interesting cursive script and... I guess it's Art Deco decorative strokes added to it, then ...
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What information was on the the "Reflections: A Game of Dueling Samurai" character sheet?
Reflections: A Game of Dueling Samurai plays in multiple rounds of conversations between two players. During each of those rounds, each player chooses a goal they're trying to get out of the scene. ...
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I could not find a LaTeX character sheet code for 5e D&D that would work without errors [closed]
I'm looking for LaTeX code for a 5e D&D character sheet because there is not enough room for equipment in the original.
I found some, but they did not execute well so I'm looking for one that ...
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How to track Will on Nobilis 3rd edition character sheet?
Reading the Nobilis 3rd edition book, I noticed the character sheet at the end does not include any place to write the current Will of the character.
I understand that Nobles will still use mortal ...
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How do you use the spell tracker on Lamentations of the Flame Princess character sheet?
On the official character sheet of Lamentations of the Flame Princess (and on some fan-made sheets as well), the spell tracker looks like this:
How am I supposed to use this? I noticed that there's a ...
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What are the dots in the skills section of the standard character sheet for? [closed]
I'm filling out a pdf character sheet for my character who is a high elf wizard and I'm not sure how the skill box works. I've got all my saving throws done but I'm really just confused with the dots ...
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