Every character starts on a sheet. Most people print the official one, lose it, print it again, and end up with three versions of the same fighter in three different bags.
Here are the free options we make, what each is good at, and when to use which.
The one that fills in the browser
The character sheet at rpgcreator.net/sheet is four pages that fill in on screen. It works out your modifiers, saving throws, skills and passive perception from your ability scores and your proficiency ticks, so the arithmetic stops being your problem.
It saves to the browser as you type. No account, no email, nothing sent anywhere: clear your browser data and the sheet goes with it, which is also why there is an Export button. Print it and you get four clean A4 pages.
Use it when you want to build a character at the table and print it after.
The one you can fill in any PDF reader
The fillable PDF is the same sheet with 781 form fields laid over it. Open it in Preview, Acrobat, or whatever your phone uses, type into the boxes, save the file.
The PDF cannot do arithmetic, so the modifiers are fields you fill yourself. That is the trade: it goes anywhere, works offline, and attaches to an email.
Use it when your table shares sheets as files, or when you want a blank you can print a stack of.
The one that plays
The living sheet is for during the session. Every bonus on it is a button: tap your Athletics and it rolls the check. It holds hit points, spells, inventory and death saves, and it has an avatar forge if you want a face on it.
RPG Creator is the bigger one: your whole roster, campaigns, encounters and quests, with the dice built in.
Both keep everything in your own browser, and both are free.
Which to use
| You want to | Use |
|---|---|
| Build a character and print it | The browser sheet |
| Fill it on a phone or email it | The fillable PDF |
| Roll from the sheet during play | The living sheet |
| Run a whole campaign | RPG Creator |
| Roll dice with your table | The 3D roller |
Filling it in, briefly
- Ability scores first. Roll them, or use the standard array, or buy them by points. Best ways to roll ability scores covers what each method does to your numbers.
- Modifiers. Subtract 10, halve it, round down. The browser sheet does this for you.
- Proficiency. Tick what your class and background give you. Add your proficiency bonus to those, and nothing else.
- Hit points. Your class hit die plus your Constitution modifier, at first level and every level after.
- The bits people forget: passive perception, initiative, speed, and your spell save DC if you cast.
Print the blank, fill the browser one, or play from the living sheet. They are the same sheet underneath.
