This year I think Shadowdark has won me over as far as my responses go. It may be flavor of the month ultimately if some new, new hotness--as the kids say--comes along. Today, it is the most refined and streamlined version of D&D 5E that you can get. It's simple and effective. It also allows me to paraphrase the old English teacher's joke about essays--
How long should a "character sheet" be?
It should be like a lady's skirt, long enough to cover everything, but short enough to keep things interesting.
For a level 1 character, this is it. Maybe the talents/spells might expand by level 10--I would probably use cards of some kind for spells--but one sheet with everything in front of you is all that is needed. The gear is always going to be limited and there really isn't a 'bag of holding' type thing using Shadowdark RAW. I've really gone into K.I.S.S. mode for now, if a character sheet can be short and sweet like this one, it should speed up the process of players--and GMs for that matter, when they decide what to do.
This picture is based on the original Shadowdark character sheet and was generated at
At the time of this entry, the only drawback I have is that nobody has put one on Roll*20 yet.
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