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Character Sheets LINKS-COMPLETE
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2004 8:49 am
by MADMANMIKE
EDIT 12-11-15 Okay, I don't spend much time around these boards anymore, so I haven't been keeping an eye on this thread. The truth is, you can just as easily do a google search and find what you want as dig through this thread.
My current character sheet designs are linked in my sig. If you're so inclined, I'd suggest starting at the end of this thread and working your way backwards through the posts for other designs, as the links are more likely to still be good.
I'm pretty much always open for commissions, so if anyone wants me to make a design fillable, drop me a note on my DeviantArt page.
EDIT 4-2-11 Thanks to CoalitionMerc for finding the working links, his post repeated here:
EDIT 1-16-06 I've collected all the live links from throughout the thread here in the first post for easy reference.
..Alright, alright, it's not all of them; I still haven't finished my Rifts versions of the Legal and Letter sheets, but when I do I'll update the links. Mean time, here they all are:
REVISED Official Sheets
Legal Character Sheets
Letter Character Sheets
Megaverse Character Sheets
2.5x5 Minion cardsCutting Room Floor Character Sheets**The Rifts pages and Palladium Fantasy Pages are all mine. The rest are not.
..Character sheets by others:
eterna2's 5page sheetCheese's friends .doc character sheetsdemos606's .wpd & 8 page Splicers.pdfZanrain's 4 page .pdfSun Phoenix's Item Location.pdfWolf_Starbuck's 7 page FILLABLE .pdfShorty Lickens' excel Sheet-Mike >8]
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2004 7:17 pm
by Goliath Strongarm
*bumps because its a useful post*
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GS
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 11:51 am
by Sun Phoenix
I made this a few years ago, still kinda useful i think. Anybody play Castle of the winds?
Item Location Sheet
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 12:52 pm
by Nekira Sudacne
I'm sorry I just find it funny you all spent your time doing this. just use a blank sheet of collage ruled paper.
don't get me wrong if you enjoy doing it that's reason right there I've just found those sheets to be more trouble than they're worth.
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 1:24 pm
by MADMANMIKE
Sun Phoenix wrote:I made this a few years ago, still kinda useful i think. Anybody play Castle of the winds?
Item Location Sheet
..Not familiar with it myself. Sheet looks good, although the link doesn't seem to work for me; had to cut it down and follow the path through your site.
..Nekira, were you not raised amongst civilized people? Or is this lashing out for my post on your thread in Sound Off?
..I'm not taking offence, but you should learn some tact.
..As to reasons to do it, adding order to the chaos of the universe is a good thing, and the several hundred dollars Palladium Books paid me for my old designs was a good reason too.
..The more I read your posts, the more I think you have Asperger's Syndrome too.
-Mike >8]
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 2:17 pm
by Nekira Sudacne
MADMANMIKE wrote:Sun Phoenix wrote:I made this a few years ago, still kinda useful i think. Anybody play Castle of the winds?
Item Location Sheet
..Not familiar with it myself. Sheet looks good, although the link doesn't seem to work for me; had to cut it down and follow the path through your site.
..Nekira, were you not raised amongst civilized people? Or is this lashing out for my post on your thread in Sound Off?
..I'm not taking offence, but you should learn some tact.
..As to reasons to do it, adding order to the chaos of the universe is a good thing, and the several hundred dollars Palladium Books paid me for my old designs was a good reason too.
..The more I read your posts, the more I think you have Asperger's Syndrome too.
-Mike >8]
no, I'm not mad. I don't even know what post in sound off your refering too. I don't hold grudes.
I was just saying I find it humous that people bother with organised character sheets because the concept is so alien to me. I've never used one and never saw a need.
it's not BAD. as I said, if you LIKE doing so that alone is all the justification you need. do so and with my blessings
it's funny because I personally find it uncessesary, not that it is in any way or shape wrong or incorrect, mearly differeant than my style
that is the only point I was trying to make.
oh and one more thing. . .
what's Asperger's Syndrome
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 2:19 pm
by Nekira Sudacne
ok, I just ran a google on it to find out what that syndrom is, and that DOES discribe me almost perfectly
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 2:44 pm
by MADMANMIKE
..Commonly misdiagnosed as schizophrenia, bi-polar/manic-depressive, obsessive compulsive. Also noted for exhibiting a marked lack of concern for the potential emotional impact of one's actions on others.
..It takes many years of practice to behave in a way that is considered "normal", and even then, people who get beyond a few hours of one's presence begin to see the quirkiness.
..Also standard issue Autistic symptoms including higher intelligence, greater math skills and a necessity for repetition on some level or another.
..So join the club. There are several closet Asperger's Syndrome carriers here, the only open ones are myself and the more extreme example, CyberPaladin85.
-Mike >8]
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 9:32 am
by MADMANMIKE
forvalaka wrote:Does anyone have a good NPC sheet for quick reference? I used to have one pagers that I could possibly dig up and revise. The recipe cards work well, but it would be handy to have something bigger so that more information can be written down. Also a sheet that can handle multiple NPCs (like a dog pack or Coalition squad, with quick statistics for a leader and grunts) would be extremely handy as well.
forvalaka
..I have some 2.5 by 5 cards I designed for Minions. If you use my minion rules (in my sig) you can generate the stats pretty quick;
Here's the worksheet...
..C'mon guys, I know there're more character sheet designs out there, start posting them!
-Mike >8]
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 9:40 am
by MADMANMIKE
..Oh, and on the
Cutting Room Floor, under
Character Sheets, Under Rifts,
The Game Master Experience Log (Back) is for NPC quick stats.
-Mike >8]
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 4:29 pm
by MADMANMIKE
..Hey, ancient doesn't necessarily mean bad; the Official Rifts Character Sheets were done with PageMaker 5.0 on a Mac IIci, with a blazing 25MHz processor and a whopping 16MB of ram. Watching the page load when I changed magnification was dreadful, like 30 seconds each time.
..The Palladium Fantasy sheets were done with the same, but the OCC titles on them were imported from TypeStyle. That's the original, which came on two 800k disks, and actually had a registration setup that was written to the discs so you can't copy the program from them after you've registered it on disk; you could copy it and then register it on your comp, although when it came out most people were still doing the floppy-disk-shuffle whenever they switched apps, as an 80MB hard drive cost several hundred dollars....
-Mike >8]
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 6:33 pm
by Syndicate
Hoorah!!! Nice stuff! I've used (and still do) the character sheets Mad has created. I'm always on the lookout for "spiffyer" character sheets. Thanks yo...
Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2004 3:22 pm
by Nekira Sudacne
Zanrain wrote:You can open an Acrobat file using Photoshop. It might do some strange things however. Mine came up with a transparent background, but that's easy enough to fix.
photoshop. . .?
Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2004 8:32 pm
by MADMANMIKE
..That depends on your version of PhotoShop. I only have 5.0LE, and it won't do it.
..They are all designed in PageMaker 6.5, which is where I do my typing on them. I don't have a full version of Acrobat, if I did, I'd make them type on documents. Sorry. If anyone has the time and the inkling, along with PageMaker, I'll send them the originals to make them type on .pdf's....
-Mike <8]
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2004 2:57 am
by MADMANMIKE
Septicrazor wrote:Got it to work with photo shop 7, it was a bit tedious making a seperate layer for every new entry but it came out looking okay. It seems a bit out of focus compared to the plain sheet opened in reader, not sure what the deal is.
SR
..In PageMaker I take the character sheet design and place it on the Master pages; then I can just create a text box over each line and type away. Layering would be such a total hassle, and make the doc huge...
..Somebody once sent me a character sheet that was done in Acrobat so you could just type in the fields, but I can't remember who it was...
-Mike <8[
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2004 5:40 pm
by MADMANMIKE
Lynx8882 wrote:Just curious Mike what do you have for ATB sheets? anything ?
Lynx
..there's a version of the revised Rifts Character Sheet in that link with a bio-E section on it, but I haven't yet gotten to designing it in my letter and legal style. I think Systems Failure, Chaos Earth and Ninjas & Superspies need their own as well. Maybe Phase World too...
..Unfortunately I'm going through a rough time at work right now, so it's all I can do to prepare for my weekly games and try to sleep four hours a night...
-Mike <8[
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2004 5:41 pm
by MADMANMIKE
Rifter_Richeta wrote:Mike....your Megaverse Character Sheet is weird.
I don't currently have a color cartridge in my
inkjet printer....and didn't think I'd have to since
the shoot looks like black and white and grayscale
to me....
But when I tried to print it......crap.
None of the shading printed. Only "some" of the
text.
What up wit dat, yo?!
..Most inkjet printers actually use the color cartridge to do grayscale.. I discovered this with my DeskJet 812C some time ago. That bites...
-Mike <8[
Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 9:12 pm
by Dave the dragon
Nekira Sudacne wrote:ok, I just ran a google on it to find out what that syndrom is, and that DOES discribe me almost perfectly
At the risk of spoiling your "specialness", that description descibes 90% of the gamers I know. Add in light sensitivity (from never being outside) and you have what i call "Gamers disease".
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 5:22 am
by MADMANMIKE
Dave the dragon wrote:Nekira Sudacne wrote:ok, I just ran a google on it to find out what that syndrom is, and that DOES discribe me almost perfectly
At the risk of spoiling your "specialness", that description descibes 90% of the gamers I know. Add in light sensitivity (from never being outside) and you have what i call "Gamers disease".
..It goes alot deeper than social ineptness, although the nature of the advanced mathematical ability leads most with Asperger's to being gamers.
..Think of it like this. If there was a club for people who could fly, don't you think the people who could do so naturally would be likely to join? Fan Boys generally are just socially inept, as Asperger's depth of analytical thought forces the person with Asperger's Syndrome to see the foolishness behind being a fan boy.
-Mike >8]
Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 6:52 am
by GundamChief
good sheets, helps save time to write (though I think mine are okay!)
I think it is just stupid, why be a fan when you can just do it.
I joined these boards so that I can talk about the games with other people who also play and learn more. I often find myself however unable to join in a conversation (or in this case a post) not so much that I don't know what they are talking about or don't have the knowlage but because I don't want to make myself feel stupid by saying something that has nothing to do with the subject. Most of my posts I have made, I've learned for some reason end threads. example: a conversation made in the rifts section about robots or something, it goes on and has 89 posts, suddenly I post and it ends right there.
Okay it's apparent that I have A.S. (Practical anouncment)
and I'll just stop here.
Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 3:12 pm
by MADMANMIKE
GundamChief wrote:good sheets, helps save time to write (though I think mine are okay!)
I think it is just stupid, why be a fan when you can just do it.
I joined these boards so that I can talk about the games with other people who also play and learn more. I often find myself however unable to join in a conversation (or in this case a post) not so much that I don't know what they are talking about or don't have the knowlage but because I don't want to make myself feel stupid by saying something that has nothing to do with the subject. Most of my posts I have made, I've learned for some reason end threads. example: a conversation made in the rifts section about robots or something, it goes on and has 89 posts, suddenly I post and it ends right there.
Okay it's apparent that I have A.S. (Practical anouncment)
and I'll just stop here.
..Don't feel too bad, it happens to me all the time. I've killed alot of threads myself.
..The difficult thing is to say what's on your mind anyway, regardless of the likely outcome. But force yourself to do it, as sometimes people will surprise you with their responses; that is, just because we know alot, doesn't mean we know everything.
-Mike <8]
"Veritable Fountain of Worthless Information"
Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 8:08 am
by MADMANMIKE
..That's pretty cool..
..The reason nobody has included a skill list in the past is because Palladium has expressly forbid the creation of any skills lists..
-Mike <8[
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 3:48 am
by Syndicate
Zanrain wrote:Oops!
This is unoffical though right?
I sure as heck hope so...your character sheets rock as well...
All these great improvements to character sheets should be posted in the back of a Rifter...or at least post the link.
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 11:01 pm
by NMI
Asperger's Syndrome ??? Hmmm sounds interesting.
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 2:11 pm
by MADMANMIKE
The Deific NMI wrote:Asperger's Syndrome ??? Hmmm sounds interesting.
..
Wired Magazine Article
..
Autism-Spectrum Quotient Test
-Mike >8]
Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 10:24 am
by Guest
wow...such a long thread for a simple subject... *eyes hurt from reading* But anyways, i enjoyed revised character sheets, though it's gonna but a damper on my printer.
Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 5:03 pm
by Hallsofvallhalla
i love mike
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2004 8:25 am
by MADMANMIKE
Hallsofvallhalla wrote:i love mike
..Yeah, welll....er... uhh... I like you too, G.....
-Mike >8]
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 11:09 am
by Fargoth
Well it appears that creating new character or GM management sheets is OK in most cases dependant on the information on the sheets. Earlier someone voiced an opinion that some of the sheets seemed too small and busy. I agree with that sentiment which is why I’m designing my own NPC cards. I would like to submit the front side of the card for group review, but before I do that I’d like to ensure that this is legal and encouraged by the powers that be.
If my endeavor continues I would like to solicit ideas and critiques from this group to better the NPC cards. I will also be putting the final version of the cards into Adobe Fillable format.
Regards,
Paul
www.fargoth.com
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 1:32 am
by MADMANMIKE
MADMANMIKE wrote:forvalaka wrote:Does anyone have a good NPC sheet for quick reference?
..I have some 2.5 by 5 cards I designed for Minions. If you use my minion rules (in my sig) you can generate the stats pretty quick;
Here's the worksheet...
..C'mon guys, I know there're more character sheet designs out there, start posting them!
-Mike >8]
Character Sheet
Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 9:14 pm
by Wolf_Starbuck
I have my character sheet as part of my sig - it is set up as a form document, so you can fill it in directly from Adobe Acrobat, and print it out! Hope you guys like it!
Me too...
Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 9:26 pm
by Wolf_Starbuck
Hallsofvallhalla wrote:i love mike
Ya.. Mike's cool!
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 1:41 am
by eterna2
Rifts Character Sheet (381kb)
Here is my custom Rifts charactersheet
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 6:40 am
by MADMANMIKE
Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 4:30 am
by eterna2
thanks
Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 11:09 am
by MADMANMIKE
strykr wrote:forvalaka wrote:Does anyone have a good NPC sheet for quick reference? I used to have one pagers that I could possibly dig up and revise. The recipe cards work well, but it would be handy to have something bigger so that more information can be written down. Also a sheet that can handle multiple NPCs (like a dog pack or Coalition squad, with quick statistics for a leader and grunts) would be extremely handy as well.forvalaka
This should work for you, too. I made these today from a template I use in my Palladium RPG games. But they could be customized for some quick play.
After filling the data I want I put a couple of printouts in a sheet protector and use a dry erase marker for quick notes. (ie, damage, ppe used, extra equipment or whatever I need for a spot change).
Let me know what you think!
http://www.ontera.net/~strykr/rpg_stuff/npc_sheets.pdf
..Nice, I like it. Short and sweet, to the point. Only thing I might change is the leading; it's a little tight. Maybe reducing the font size while leaving the leading as is would do it...
-Mike >8]
Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 11:13 am
by MADMANMIKE
evilgeek wrote:you know, I know a guy that is currently being treated for asperger's syndrome... he plays in some guys White Wolf game at the local U. Boy, is that kid high strung. Anyone can usually tell he's got something wrong with him within a few minutes of being around him.
..It's difficult to overcome without the right experiences/resources. I had several severe trauma's both as a child (houses burning down, molestation, moving away from friends, abused at school) and as a teen (moved away from friends, pigeon-holed in remedial classes, first love disappeared, second killed by drunk driver). Coming to terms with all of these things made the other problems easier.
..If he's had a sheltered life, which is probable considering, than he hasn't had the tools to become more normal. I think the internet allows a person's development to languish as well, so he may never get there...
-Mike <8[
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2004 9:38 am
by Display-Name-Alpha
My Character Sheets
I take no credit for the creation of these... my friend Zach did.
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 6:25 am
by MADMANMIKE
..Still haven't done ATB; I have it, and would like to do one that is more specific for it, but just haven't had the time. I have a weekly rl game, and two online games that have been terribly neglected. Likewise, I have a new route at work and haven't yet gotten my hours down below 60. In fact, in the first two weeks on the route I worked over 150 hours.
..But slowly I am getting my ducks in a row and will be getting around to it.
..Splicers, I don't have yet, so I can't project a date for that one. I do have Chaos Earth, but haven't gotten to that one either. That leaves BTS and Systems Failure, both on the list as well....
-Mike <8]
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 10:17 pm
by MADMANMIKE
..My boss did a ride-along with me last week on Wednesday. Basically added about two hours to my day, not including the wasted hour and half taking a lunch break.
..I drive a Frito-Lay truck and deliver and stock chips in three average sized grocery stores (one once, the other two five times a week), the high school cafeteria (twice a week), two shops at the Vo-Tech (twice a week), a Family Dollar, Big Lots and eight convenience stores. Two of those get hit three times a week, and one gets twice, so I have quite a few stops.
..It's a one man job. It doesn't require dedication so much as tenacity.
..If I don't work 55 hours in a week I feel like I'm on vacation.
-Mike >8]
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 8:39 pm
by vsper
Serial Experiments Cheese wrote:My Character SheetsI take no credit for the creation of these... my friend Zach did.
Cool non-pdf sheets thanks
vsper
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 4:36 am
by demos606
My early Word Perfect Splicers sheet, I'm still working out a few.... issues with pdf and word. I'll get em posted soon as I tame the blasted text boxes.
http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-splicers
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 10:08 pm
by Tyran Lockheed
In response to evilgeek's comments about a VB character generator, I'm currently working on a slightly related project. It's not a character generator, per se (although it could eventually evolve into one), but it's a web-based GM tool to help keep track of characters/character sheets once the character has been created. The characters are stored in an online database, and there are a variety of web pages available for GM's to use to keep track of and modify characters. (Things like click 'single shot' under a character to decrement their ammo by one ... I hate keeping track of ammo via individual character sheets!)
Currently, I've just created the fields, and the GM/player has to fill them in (so that I'm not publishing any sort of Palladium copyrighted material) ... but like someone mentioned above, I'd also be interested in chatting with one of the powers that be to determine exactly what we are and aren't allowed to do while developing tools for the online community of Palladium gamers.
Once I've got the rest of bugs out (and I'm just starting the beta test phase with our PBeM group), I'll be opening it up to the public and posting here for some more guinea pigs/beta testers/feedback providers.
-Tyran Lockheed
Ivy and Chrome PBeM
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 1:06 pm
by Display-Name-Alpha
vsper wrote:Serial Experiments Cheese wrote:My Character SheetsI take no credit for the creation of these... my friend Zach did.
Cool non-pdf sheets thanks
vsper
no problem.
Re: Character Sheets
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 9:34 pm
by MADMANMIKE
BRASS wrote:The thing I find with those PDF character sheets listed is that the spaces between the lines are too small. You end up writing so small that unless you have a fine pen you can't make out what you've written when you need to find it quickly in a game.
I'd rather see a character sheet fit onto one page. I hate having to flip over when I'm playing.
..Soo.... You want less on the sheet but you want it all on one page?
-Mike
Re: Character Sheets
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:53 am
by Entiago
BRASS wrote:The thing I find with those PDF character sheets listed is that the spaces between the lines are too small. You end up writing so small that unless you have a fine pen you can't make out what you've written when you need to find it quickly in a game.
I'd rather see a character sheet fit onto one page. I hate having to flip over when I'm playing.
bah, write smaller.
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 4:27 pm
by Sentinel
I find that with a .05 MM lead mechanical pencil, I can write down any information on any of the official sheets, regardless of format and line size.
I myself perfer a double sided sheet, no more than three sided, as it gets to be a logistics nightmare when running many characters at once.
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 3:53 pm
by Nxla666
3 sided
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 4:36 pm
by Nxla666
I know what a 3 sided dice is, its the referernce to a 3 sided char. sheet by Sentinel that prompted the response.
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:16 pm
by Nxla666
Actually after reflecting I knew what he meant but for a moment I had this image of a triangular character sheet that just didn't make any sense.
