Art's Character Record Sheet II

Thanks for stopping by to check out my latest Character Sheet. I've put in many countless hours of effort into this sheet, and I truely hope that you enjoy using it at the gaming table!

If you are simply curious as to what your character might look like with this sheet, check out the preview (note that this character has been built a bit unusually in order to illustrate some of the sheet's formatting), or get right to the download (but don't skip the Usage Agreement)!

Usage Agreement:

By downloading the file 'Character Sheet (Art)' you agree to abide by the following: You may make any changes to this sheet for your own personal use. If you incorporate sections of this sheet (wholly or in part) into your own sheet and then make your sheet available to others for download, you must clearly indicate proper attribution (no illegible fonts or font sizes) for the source of the section (or sections), on either page one or page two of your sheet. Proper attribution must include the section (or sections) and the Sheet Author which is defined to be any of the following: Character Sheet (Art); Art Urban; or SikSavant. Ta Da! That's it. I just want to recognize the authors that work so hard on these sheets; they really do deserve it.

Attribution Example 1: "Weapon, Equipment, Coin, and Spell sections by SikSavant"
Attribution Example 2: "SikSavant for the Weapon, Equipment, Coin, and Spell sections"

Installation Preamble:

If you have an older version of this sheet, please be aware that the files contained in the download will overwrite the files of the previous version. If for any reason you want to retain the older character sheet, then I recommend renaming the old files before performing the installation as outlined below. You can always rename them to <filename>-ArtOld, for example, but you must rename all the "Art" files (inlcuding the one in parenthesis) to prevent overwriting each file.

Installation Instructions:

Download the file below, and extract (unzip) the contents. Copy all files found in the folder. Navigate to your installation directory for eTools 'C:\Program Files\Wizards of the Coast\eTools' (most likely). Then navigate into the folder 'XML\Character'. Paste the files here. There should be no overwrite warning unless this is not the first time you have installed this record sheet (see preamble above). Now when you run eTools and Print or Print Preview your character, you will have the option to use 'Character Sheet (Art)'.

Documentation

A few pointers that I hope will help you get the most out of this Character Sheet:

• Version Number: In the top-right corner of the front page, you will find the version number of the sheet that your character was printed with. This should help you to identify the sheet features (or bugs!) that were available at the time of printing.
• User Settable Variables: In the file named 'Global Variables-Art' you will find global variables used to control various display aspects of the sheet. Each variable is documented with its own comment block to help you decide if and how to change the value. Each variable's comment block lists the acceptable values it understands. You will need a simple text editor, such as NotePad, to change these variables.
• Print Margins: This Character Sheet has been designed to be printed with "printer-zero'ed" margins. Understand that each printer is different in how the manufacturer implemented their paper feed mechanism, so not every printer will allow the same margins. For best results, I suggest the following:
  • Open Internet Explorer, and select the File>Page Setup menu item.
  • In the dialog window that results, enter '.6' for the left margin. Then enter '0' for the right margin and press the Tab key. Zero the entries for top and bottom margins in the same fashion. Your printer driver will assign the minimum allowable margins for these edges.
  • Further, you will probably want to delete the string of characters in the Header and Footer text fields. (I believe you can learn what all those special characters are by reading the IE Help file. If you don't want to lose them forever, you can copy/paste them both into a NotePad document first.)

Change History (Last updated on: 14-Oct-2005)

Version 2.0.14 (Changes courtesy of Ray Phay)

• [NEW]Global Variable added for Psionic Power Points so that they will be displayed on page 1 or page 3.
• [NEW]Psionic Powers will now display the DC of the power on the spell sheet. (Metapsionic feats are not applied as these are conditional to the user expending his psionic focus)
• [BUG]Corrected the DC adjustment for Spell Focus, Greater Spell Focus, and Epic Spell Focus.

Version 2.0.13

• [BUG]Martial weapon proficiency fix for 3.5 (untested).

Version 2.0.12

• [BUG]Light Load tag could sometimes appear as the actual load of the character, instead of Light.

Version 2.0.11

• [BUG]Better code to detect and suppress Page-3 printing when it is blank.
• [NEW]New code routines to caclulate many of the Sheets numerics. These routines do a better job of divorcing the math from it's presentation, and offers higher code reusability. However, it is possible new bugs have been introduced, in an effort to make the routines data-independant and generic.

Version 2.0.10

• [BUG]Lines separating each weapon group somehow got removed - fixed.
• [BUG]Composite bow names and their strength bonus displayed better for 3.5.
• [BUG]Spell Resistance text in spellbook handles 3.5 formatting now.
• [BUG]Saving Throw text in spellbook discards 'object' and 'harmless' subtext as redundant.
• [NEW]Barbarian Rage block can no be displayed on page-1 or page-3.
• [NEW]The Barbarian Rage and Turn or Rebuke Undead blocks now default to page-1 instead of page-3 as before. Most folks don't have so many weapon groups as to make this is impractical.

Version 2.0.9

• [NEW]Turn Undead block should now work for custom classes that contain the word 'Cleric' or 'Paladin' in the new class' name. If your class name contains 'Paladin' you will still be subjected to the "Cleric of a lower level rule" as per any Paladin under 3.5.
• [NEW]Swim skill modifier legend should report correct 3.0 vs 3.5 text in the legend at the bottom of the skill table.

Version 2.0.8

• [BUG]Turning Check value now only grants +2 Turning bonus when Knowledge (Religion) ranks are 5 or higher, not the total skill value.
• [NEW]Variable 'suppress-zero-rank-skills' expanded options. This can now be set to two additional values: 'craft' (suppress Craft zero rank only); 'perform+craft' (suppress Perform and Craft zero rank only).

Version 2.0.7

• [BUG]Ranged weapon increments beyond the fifth increment were being calculated wrong. This only affected the new 'use-ranged-headers' display option (introduced in 2.0.5).

Version 2.0.6

• [NEW]Variable 'suppress-zero-rank-skills' ('no' by default). This can be set to one of three values: 'no' (do not suppress); 'perform' (suppress perform zero rank only); 'all' (suppress all zero rank skills).

Version 2.0.5

• [BUG]Skill block could sometimes hilite consecutive rows.
• [NEW]Familiar/Mount/Companion racial abilities now displayed.
• [NEW]Animal Companion alignment now displayed.
• [NEW]Animal Companion languages now displayed.
• [NEW]Variable 'ua-use-spell-points' ('no' by default). Adds a spell point track, and spell point cost information to the spellbook. Based on the information in Unearthed Arcana. Does not presently account for Bonus Spells becoming Spell Points due to Class Features (such as Dragon Disciple).
• [NEW]Variable 'use-ranged-headers ('yes' by default). New formatting option for displaying ranged weapon increments. While this does double the number of lines needed for this information, it is easier to follow.

Version 2.0.4

• [NEW]Spell-like ability listings should also now work for Psionic abilities.
• [BUG]Alternate Speeds are no longer presumed to be Fly, and display correctly now.

Version 2.0.3

• [BUG]Natural armor for mounts/familiars should stack with racial natural armor (Thrombin fix).
• [BUG]Epic attack and save bonuses are now added to familiars and paladin mounts (Thrombin fix).
• [NEW]Prepared spells behave better when prepared in higher slots, and when prepared as domain spells (Thrombin fix).

Version 2.0.2

• [BUG]Weapons, Armor, and Sheilds with multiple qualities now display with a comma separator.
• [BUG]All speeds for Animal Companions now display.
• [NEW]Variable 'animal-companion-page'. Allows Animal Companions to be displayed on page 1 or page 3.
• [NEW]Variable 'turn-rebuke-page'. Allows the Turn Undead block to be displayed on page 1 or page 3.

Version 2.0.1

• [NEW] Suppressing the display of +/- for skills that have no Misc modifier value.
• [NEW] Spell-like abilities now display in a compressed format under Special Attacks.
• [NEW] Animals now have separate special attack and qualities sections, with spell-like abilities displayed in a condensed format.
• [BUG] Special qualities and special attacks now display.

Version 2.0

• Original Release: no changes.

Download Section

For use with eTools version 1.4 (or higher)

• Download Character Sheet (Art) [.zip]

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