Front Worksheet

The FRONT worksheet is the primary worksheet used in Character creation. It is there that your Character comes to life. It is also the primary page you should print for your Character (assuming you do not use a LapTop to play dynamically.)

There are several sections to the FRONT worksheet.

The Front Worksheet (Printed)

The Front worksheet has two main sections: One which is printed, and an off-sheet section, used to enter additional informations. Lets start with the printed section:

The Class Section

Example of the Class Section (Front worksheet)

The Class section contains your Character's name, its total levels and then a breakdown of all classes and class levels, including Epic levels. The sheet allows creation of Godlike Characters which exceed the 20 level limit defined in the Player's Handbook. To create an Epic Character, first you must fill out all levels so that the total is exactly 20. Once that is achieved, you can add class levels ONLY in the Epic level section.

The image shows an Epic Character named "Darius Gorky". Note that the non-Epic Class levels total exactly 20 (8+5+7). So new levels are added to the "Epic" levels. The Total class level of any Epic character, is the sum of both "Level" and "Epic" levels - in this example, that character is a 8th level Wizard (Evoker), a 5th level Psion (Seer), and a 7th level Cerebremancer. When either a Wizard or Psion class is selected, the School or Discipline must be specified in the Customize worksheet ("Evocation" and "Seer" in this case). While a Psion must have a discipline, you can select "None" for the Wizard's school to have a non-specialized Wizard (we will get back to Wizards in a moment). The gray box at the top left of this image is the Total character level. The little red triangles are comments: In Excel, if you stop your cursor on a cell with one of those red triangles, a comment box will appear. Read it at least once - comments are meant to HELP you understand the Sheet better.

This is a good time to explain how to fill the Sheet: Gray areas are places where the Sheet has a formula which computes something. Except for a few cases [which will be mentioned as we go along], you cannot change the content of the gray areas. For instance, in the previous image, the "29" is presented in a gray box and is the sum of all levels (Non-Epic + Epic). White areas and white boxes are places where you can enter data (and formulas!) (Entering a non-valid value will most likely result in an error message being displayed). There are several types of input zones: You are now familiar with the line & descriptor below it (like "Level"). In the case of Class selection, a list box showing all the available classes will pop up allowing you to make your selection (Do I need to specify you have to 'click' in a cell to make it the active cell?). Cells like the "Level" in the example above, will accept only numbers, or else an error will be reported.

A Wizards and a Psion are selected

When adding the Wizard class, The Sheet initially assumes you have no specialty. For a Psion, you need to specify which discipline you will be taking. Remember that you need to use the Customize worksheet to set these. And this is also true for Clerical Domains!

The Race Section Example of the Race section (front worksheet) The name of the Registered User, the HD [Hit Dice] for each of the selected classes, the character's Race, his size and ECL [Effective Character Level] are part of this section. The User can also select his character's alignment, his Deity and selected domains. Finally, the Gender, Age, Height, Weight, Eyes/Hair/Skin can also be entered. Note that the character's weight is important specially if a Mount is used (because the weight of the Character will be added to the weight the Mount is carrying)

The XP section: XPs for an Epic level PC! The Experience section (XP) displays the total number of XP for the character, as entered in the XP Worksheet. Note that if you create an NPC, you can directly override the XP formula by the amount you wish (or simply ignore it!!) - In this case, the background where the XP are displayed is going to switch to white (to indicate the formula has been overridden!)

The Ability Score Section The six Ability Scores are listed on this section, accompanied with the their corresponding Ability Modifier. These cannot be changed (gray background). To set your initial ability scores for your character, use the similar section found in the area on the right of the Front page (simply scroll right to go to that area). This has been done to save space on the printed section. Sometimes an ability score will be blank because of certain situations. For instance, an Undead does not have a Constitution score. In this case, the "CON Constitution" tag will be replaced by "NO Constitution" and no values will appear for Constitution. The same applies when the character has no STR, DEX or INT. The Ability Scores The Adjustment section for Ability Scores - Off-Sheet The Hit Points Section The Hit Point section for a low level character The HP section displays the total Hit Points your character has. The Hit Point themselves are entered on the XP Worksheet. You can adjust this value simply by using the "Adj." box provided. The section on the right is for use by those who wish to "mark off" lost experience points - again using a transparency and water soluble pen, this becomes even more useful (and re-usable!). Those who play Dynamically, will prefer to use the LapTop worksheet to adjust their Hit Points during play. Check the Advanced User Guide page for information on how to tweak the numbers used to produce the current Hit Point breakdown. The Speed Section The Speed section will display the available speeds of your character. The Base speed is from the Race, while the carried Gear may reduce the speed of your character. The "Effects" box displays any bonus gained to Land Speed from any effects (like the Haste Spell!). The other movement speeds are also listed: Burrow, Climb, Fly and Swim. For the Fly movement type, the maneuverability will appear above the Fly Speed. The Speed section You can manually adjust any of these movement speeds simply by using the appropriate "Adj." boxes found in the Off-Sheet section of the Front Worksheet: Adjust any of the Speeds in the Off-Sheet section If your character has no other movement types other than Land speed, you can Hide the other speeds using the appropriate option on the Options section of the Front Worksheet. This is most useful for Printed Characters who do not start out with any of these other movements types! The Armor Class Section Armor Class (the details are not shown) The sheet will automatically compute the Armor Class of the Character, based on all available information: Base (including natural armor), Armor worn, Shield held, Dexterity, Size, Dodge, Natural, Deflection, Other and Adj. (Note: only part of total Armor class is shown on the image on the right). If your character has the Dodge feat, and you would like to always see the Dodge bonus applied to your Printed Character, simply goto the LapTop worksheet, and add "Dodge" to the Active Effects table: This will force the Sheet to always add the dodge bonus to your character (assuming you had already selected Dodge as one of your feats on the Back worksheet!) The Adj. cells can be used to adjust your AC as needed. Note that the check boxes found on the LapTop worksheet called "No Armor" and "No Shield" will also modify your AC here, if they are selected. Touch Armor Class The Touch Armor Class is computed from the details of Armor Class, but it excludes all Armor bonuses, the Natural armor and Shield bonus Flat-Footed Armor Class The Flat-Footed Armor Class is computed from the details of Armor Class, but it excludes any Dexterity bonus and Dodge bonuses the character might have. The Grapple Section The Grapple section Calculated form your base attack, your strength modifier, your size and any relevant feats and effects. Use the "Adj." cell to adjust the value, if required. The Initiative Section The Initiative section The Initiative is calculated using your dexterity modifier and any effect which your character might have (like the "Improved Initiative" and "Superior Initiative" feats). Use the "Adj." cell to adjust. The SR Section Indicate any Spell Resistance your Character has from any sources. The Damage Reduction Section The Damage Reduction (or DR for short) area displays up to 5 different DRs that the Character has. The DR adjustment area found on the Off-Sheet section can be used to adjust the DR, as seen in this example. 12th level Barbarian with a Mantle of Faith DR vs Evil is manually adjusted by +1 The Leadership Section The Leadership area is used to display the total leadership score of the Character. Use the "Adj." cell to adjust. The Leadership section The Armor Check Penalty Section This Armor Check Penalty is applied to the skills marked with the * symbol. The Armor Check Penalty The Saving Throws Section The Base Attack Section The Melee/Ranged attack Sections The Weapon Sections There are 6 attack sections available in the FRONT worksheet. These are useful to define the weapon 'load out' of your character. You can use as little or as many as you wish for your Character. The first two Attack sections are "linked" together in case you are using the two-weapon fighting technique. The Attack mode The Attack mode is how you are using your weapon. It is composed of two parts; the first part is the Full/Single Attack selection - If you click on the "FULL ATTACK" (as seen on the image on the right), you will see a list box appear in which you can select either Full Attack or Single Attack. Basically, the Full attack will tell the Sheet you wish to see all available attacks from the selected weapon. The Single Attack selection will tell the Sheet you only wish to see ONE attack from that weapon. What is the difference you might ask? Well, sometimes you might want to see your attack total, without any penalties applied from multiple attacks: For instance, lets say you use a bow and have a ranged attack of +5. If you add the feat "Rapid Shot", you will get an extra attack, so the sheet will show "+3/+3" to indicate you have 2 attack, but include a -2 penalty from the rapid shot feat. If you then decide to switch to "Single Attack", you will see your attack back to +5 (ignoring the extra attack from the Rapid Shot, and it's penalty). The second part of the Attack mode, is how you are holding your weapon - your choices are listed if you click on the "two-weapons (primary)" as shown on the right: One-Handed: Melee weapon used with only one hand Two-Handed: Melee weapon used in two-hands. Note that the weapon must have a strength multiplier higher than 1.0 to benefit from the 50% strength bonus as defined in the rules. Two-Weapons (primary): Melee weapon used with the primary hand, while the off-hand holds the second weapon (defined in the second attack section). Available only in the first attack section. Two-Weapons (off-hand): Melee weapon used in the off-hand. Available only in the second attack section. Ranged: Ranged weapon (the Ranged attack bonus will be used instead of the Melee attack bonus) Double Weapon: The weapon is to be used as a Double weapon (ex: Gnome Hooked Hammer) The Weapon Here you select the weapon you wish to use. Note that when you click this cell, the list box arrow becomes visible and can be clicked to show the list of all defined weapons. The custom weapons you define will always be shown at the end of this list. The Range For any weapon with a range, this is where the range increment is listed. Note that if you have the "Far Shot" feat, the Sheet will automatically adjust your range increment accordingly. The Damage Type Indicated the type of damage the weapon causes. The Description Flavor description for the weapon The Note Allows you to enter notes for that weapon - you can use it to track ammunition for projectile weapons! The Adjustments The Sheet allows you to modify the attack and damage of a weapon. Simply enter the new values for those as needed. For instance, if you have a +2 long sword, simply place '2' in both Attack Adj. and Damage Adj. The Total Attack and Damage Displays, for your selected weapon, the total attack and the total damage. Note that this number is the sum of all bonuses and penalties incurred. As mentioned previously, if "Single Attack" is selected, some penalties will not be included. When "Full Attack" is selected, the Sheet will display all of your attacks, if you have more than one, using the 'slash' character between each attack number (i.e. +2/+2/+2 which means 3 attacks at +2 each). The Critical The Sheet lists the critical threat range and the critical damage multiplier. Note that if the character has the "Improved Critical" feat, the Sheet will automatically adjust the threat range as needed.