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A Smart (BtB!) AD&D 1E Character Sheet

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This is a follow-up to my previous post . Ok... so I couldn't stay away. It warmed my heart to see people find the other character sheet so useful, enough so that they plan to use it! But not everyone wants my opinionated houserules messing with their game. I went ahead and made a by-the-book version of the character sheet. You can find it  here . To be specific on the changes made from last version: Switched to BtB weight-based encumbrance (modified by Str). Armour selection also automatically adjusts movement based on "bulk". BtB weapons and armour tables. I kept weapon versus AC values as a toggle option and updated the values. The character sheet is now printer friendly! Here is a downloadable pdf version of it. Let me know if you catch any errors, and happy gaming!

A Smart AD&D 1E Character Sheet

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I've been preparing for an upcoming AD&D 1E campaign. One of the things I learned from Anthony Huso's  wonderful blog is that in order to run such a campaign (and with such scope and scale), you need really good  resources. To that end, I put together an AD&D 1e character sheet here  (using Google Sheets) that is quite powerful. I've done everything I can to automate the complex bits of AD&D that slow the game down. That's a recurring theme for all my prep: find ways to facilitate fast gameplay. I also made an equipment list, a character creation guide, and some player and DM reference sheets, but those are posts for another time. You'll notice there are a few template options: the first is a general use character sheet; the second has a thief skills table; the third has a turn undead table. There's also a Data sheet, which is used for the automation. I committed some sins in making this sheet -- deviations from the holy doctrine of the MM, PHB, and