Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition

Well thats a PYT
It also shows how changed the game actually was and a few details that were concealed so far. I can hardly wait for the release.

We can see that the paladin longsword is +3 which only affect the hit and not the damage. unless the person that filled it did it wrong, because the strength modifier before adding 1/2 level is +5 and there is in the damage table a +5 which i think is that one and a +3 that could be inearent from another feature on the second page that we don’t see or he putted the sword bonus there, we can’t tell

It says right next to the guys sword D8+8. I think he’s already got that counted in…

What interests me is that this side of the character sheet includes none of the special attacks? The only abilities it mentions are “lay on hands” and “dragon breath”.

Hopefully the back of the character sheets includes a big section where you can put down your special attacks!

This new sheet although cool looking and refined from earlier DND editions is some what bothersome.

First of all, i would like to point out that all this time we have heard that DND is simplifying to introduce new payers. WHAT THE HELL IS SIMPLE ABOUT THIS!! Everything requires so much more preparation. Even though it has enough space to write alot about your character (unlike third edition and 3.5) can you imagine the kind of preparation that is required to advance your character, like this add 1/2 level thing, let alone starting a new character.

Now because i can’t see the entire sheet, i don’t know for sure, but i am seeing some odd and misplaced +3’s and +2’s. I am pretty sure that i can clear that up. In the advance player’s handbook it says that skill training in varieties of weapons will affect the attack and damage of your weapons. if you look at the attak bonus section you can see an odd plus 3 under a sign that says PROF. i would guess that it means proficiency.

in a summary for my comment i would like to say that in order to make any fair judgement we should see the other side of the sheet.

finally they release the entire character sheet. and i pesonally have had my worries put at ease. the addition of so many more magic item slots really makes me think that the items you will be gaining will be valuable at each level of play.

and we can see that the powers you weild will be many, in all regards. i do find it interesting that like in online games and other games like them each class now has a set of skill and powers, if you will, that make them do what they do, even better.

one player is sold, the DND 4th edition has met all my expectations for a game as time tested as this one. play on!

Omg… I just cant wait till friday

The sheets are good expect that the excel ones only have the first page of the standard sheets. Would love to have a complete excel 4th Character Sheet so I can track my guys digitally.

Those editable sheets (Excel and PDF) are a huge help!

Thanks!

Why can’t i save the filled data on the fillable pdf? Is this an universal pdf feature or just a setting on this individual pdf? If latter, could someone please fix that.

If Ron R. can expand his sheet to do with Powers the same as he has done with Feats (maybe mimic the back of the character sheet like he does with the front), he will be my prsonal god.

Any chance of exporting this in open-office format?

How about power, rituals, magic items and other equipment lists? It would be very useful.

Ron R.’s sheet is fantastic… but I have one question about entering ability scores: how?

The instructions say the number in green includes racial modifiers, but the number I see there is the same before and after selecting a race. Additionally, the modifiers it puts into the abilities when selecting a race don’t stick around when I go to fill in a score. It doesn’t seem to add them together anywhere.

Am I missing something horribly obvious?

Using the Excel spreadsheet:

If you select a Eladrin Cleric you get shorted one trained skill. As a cleric you get Religion + 3 other trained skills, and as an Eladrin you get one more trained skill. The green number is showing as “3″ not “4″ when you select this combination.

One issue I noticed is when fighter is selected the armor choices do not include Plate. There is a way to fake the system out by selecting paladin first, assigning plate, and then switching back to fighter. Fighter may be drawing from the wrong table.

Great sheet otherwise. I appreciate your efforts.

How to you get the field to fill in in the “Damage Workspace”?

Workbooks is great!! But in paladin abilities, there are a few misspellings: Devine Mettle should be Divine Mettle & Devine Strength should be Divine Strength. Also, one can list their shield under other equipment but not armor nor weapons.
Thanks

As a reply to Mike in post #15.
Plate is not listed as an armor proficiency for fighters.
See pg. 75 PHB.

Ron R.’s Amazing Excel Character sheet has a bug. For some characters, it gives you too many stat points. Try making a character with these stats 16,14,12,12,12,10 before racial adj. It’s 2 points too many but allows it. Select the Dragonborn race and you keep the extra points. Change the race to Eladrin and it adds up correctly.

Great sheet.

Any chance of getting a change log included in the ZIP file so I know if I should bother transferring my sheet from one version to another as the sheet is updated? I just spent an hour updating my character onto version 14 last night and now 15 is out

Hi Jon B,
The sheet takes racial bonuses into account. If you spend your points and then change your race, the point total will change because your racial adjustments change.
Ron R.

Great spreadsheet. It really helped me understand the process of character generation since the PHB has details all over the place.

If I may point out an error in the Feats formula. On the hidden Sheet2 cells M323:M330 with the Vlookup function. It should have a FALSE added to the function:

=VLOOKUP(Feat1,$M$96:$O$319,3,FALSE)

For example: If you select the Armor of Bahamut feat it will not return the correct feat description unless you do.

Hi Robert,
Thanks for finding the Bahamut feat bug.
Armor of Bahamut thinks it’s out of alphabetical order because the Armor Proficiency feats next to it has an extra space between the first and second words. I will fix this in the next update.
Ron R.

An excellent character sheet, thanks so much for the work on this!

One suggestion: If you rename the file from .xls to .xlt Excel will treat it as a “Template” file so that any time someone chooses “Save” it will instead do a “Save As” as a .xls or .xlsx file.

This protects the blank sheet from being copied over by someone writing a character and choosing “Save”. Users can do this themselves, but it might something you’d want to do with your posted file.

Ron, I have a concern about the warlock.

In your sheet, it only allows you to choose the powers that are associated with your pact.

In the PHB, it states that a warlock can choose any of the powers, but only gains the bonus to the power if he has the appropraite pact. Similar to the way a rogue gains a bonus to his power when he is the trickster or artful dodger type.

I though you should know this.

There’s a bug with Warlocks. On your sheet once you pick one of the Pact (Fey, Stars, etc) it locks out which Powers you can pick. For a Warlock each Power is associated with one of the Pacts, but it isn’t limited to only that Pact. Any Warlock can pick any Power associated with any Pact. The only Powers that are “set in stone” based on your Pact are the At-Will Powers.

I also didn’t see any of the Warlock specific Feats listed (Improved Dark One’s Blessing, Improved Fate of the Void, Improved Misty Step) regardless of which Pact I picked.

Thanks for the fixes on the warlock!

Only one slight thing with the warlocks left…the at-wills. Still only allows you to choose the two associated with your pact.

Other than that…I have not been able to find anything else wrong with your sheet.

AWESOME JOB Rob….awesome job!

Dear Ron,

This excel sheet is absolutely amazing !
It helps my D&D group and me a great deal with our gaming experience.

A big thanks from my dutch friends and me !

Any tips on printing the Excel sheets out and making them fit nicely on paper? When it’s set in portrait the attacks and feats get cut off, when in landscape the skills cut. Any suggestions anyone?

Way to go, nice spacing and print-ability. Works really well, leaves enough space for all needed info, and cleans up any campaign.

Great worksheet - Loving it! Only glitch I noticed at all was for a human that takes the Human Perseverance feat, it doesn’t update the saves.
Thanks!
John

Question abou the Attack and Damage Workspace areas. Any chance that the number of weapons that can be represented will be expanded? For instance, if I have a two weapon fighter (long / short sword) who also has a bow…

Second question - any reason the damage stats for the weapons don’t carry over the same way the attack stats do when listing the weapons? (at least not on mine…)

Sorry if this may have already been covered. Everything else on the sheet is great - thanks!

How do we send a paypal donation to Ron R. for his efforts.

I’d rather send him a donation than spend $20 for the official character sheets!

I have always believe in paying artists (musicians, writers, painters) for their works or they may not make any more.

I am also a child of the “Age of Shareware” of the internet. I have a lot of personal C++ libraries in a lot of code floating around cyberspace.

Thanks,
GB

Ron,

Is there a way to add custom material to the sheet. Things such as races, items, powers, and feats?

I am no expert in excel, but would like this option.

Very nice, it shows up how much better it is over the original character sheet shown at the back of the phb.

thanks!!!

I’ve been using these since Version 7. Fantastic. We are starting to build up more weapons and such. Would be nice to almost move or add additional Damage and Attack Workspace. I know the purists will say don’t make it look any different but it would be nice if you had 3-4 Weapons to Choose from to be able to see all the modifiers etc.

Thanks!

The excel sheet has an error in the surge value calculation. It produced a value of 8 from 28 hit points which should be 7.

First off, the excel sheet is ridiculously awesome. As a DM making NPCs is a pain, but this has simplified everything.

Only suggestion/question I have is this: In higher levels, the amount of feats stack up beyond the available space. Would it be possible to automatically lengthen all the fields as they’re used to capacity or just make a version for paragon/epic tiers with more slots?

Thanks!

The character sheet is terrific.

A few additions I would like to see:

When a magic item adds to a skill check (sylvan armor, for example) it should add the skill+ automatically.

Multiclass feats do not currently add powers (The Warlord’s Inspiring Word with the Student of Battle Multiclass feat for example) to the drop-down lists. That would be a nice thing.

Is there a way to import the data from an older version like 15.15 to a newer version like 21?

Ron you did an AMAZING job with your character sheet. I was totally blown away. I did find a bug with HP though. It seems that at higher levels CON Abil Mod is not being included in Total HP. Keep u pthe FANTASTIC work.

I haven’t figured out how to get more powers and feats rows to show up past level 13.

I am getting file corupt messages when trying to unzip v21

If you select warrior of the wild, you do not appear to get a choice of an additional skill.

In the excel sheet version 21:
I was trying to make an elf fighter and had the following problem.
For Fighter’s weapon talent the option for two handed weapon is not included. Good Job on the sheet.

Hi Ron R.

I just like to say your Excel Character sheet is Amazing. And Like to know were can I find updates? Would it be here, or do you have an other website? I would like to get an updated sheet with the newer spells for the wiz.