Character sheet prototype

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48 days ago by David J Prokopetz
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A prototype character sheet (designed by Wendy Ribston Pippin) has been added to version 0.6.2. This is a single page variant suitable for one-shot games where nobody has anything particularly complicated going on; an expanded version suitable for games where the advancement rules are in play will be forthcoming. As this is a first pass, we'd love to hear your feedback!

Note: This character sheet is form-fillable, but some interactive features – for example, the drop-in character portrait spot – may only work in PDF viewer apps which have full scripting support (i.e., probably not your web browser).

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Bookwyrm_1336 days ago

Just rolled up a character for Eat God! My thoughts on the process:

Thoroughly enjoyed drawing cards for character generation. Now I'm thinking about a deck of cards as a rules toy.

I could see immediately the potential for cartoon logic of the character I rolled up (a floating mote of light that can summon limbs out of pure spite, in case you're curious) so a job well-done there!

Not gonna lie, I thought the two slots below each Trait were for Form and Expression, not for the Always/With Effort division of the Forms. Then I double-checked the reference character sheet.

Took me longer than I'd care to admit to realize that 1/3 of each heart represents one point of Stress.

I had to edit Creed, Expression, and some Form rules text to fit within their respective boxes (but I might just be griping because I don't like being concise).

In contrast, I greatly appreciate how long the full Name section is.

I'm also a big fan of the fact that (if my math is right) the sheet is exactly half the size of a full sheet of paper, meaning you can print two of them on one page!

A couple questions I had:

Is there anywhere to chart Obstinacy on the character sheet?

Is there anywhere to put descriptions of your Expressions like the ones shown in the rules or is that reserved for more long-term play?

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David J Prokopetz36 days ago

In order:

  1. The Form and Expression slots are actually labelled as such, though the text of those labels could probably standard to be darker.
  2. The document's built-in metrics are for an 11"x8.5" page, or US letter in landscape format; the central division is to make it foldable for easy transport. You could do them two to a page, but you'd need to write awfully carefully; we have an internal rule against making write-in spots on print-and-play props less than 10mm tall because a lot of people just plain can't write that small.
  3. This sheet is built on the assumption that you're using tokens to track Obstinacy as recommended in the game's introduction. There's probably enough space to write it in at the bottom of the Rebellious Arts box if you wanted to track it on paper, though.
  4. Long-form Expressions could easily take up a quarter of the page all by themselves; that's one of the things that will be left for the extended character sheet.
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Bookwyrm_1335 days ago
  1. Should have worded this better - I meant the slots below the Form and Expression spaces with the u-shaped and anchor symbols.
  2. Okay fair - I'm used to having to crunch everything into the D&D 5e equipment slot, so this is a nice change of pace!
  3. That's what I get for skipping directly to the character creation rules.
  4. Figured as much - will need to warn my players, though.

Thanks for clearing things up! Gonna go schedule a game now.

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