From: Auberon [jskln1@uas.alaska.edu]
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 1999 6:04 PM
To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com
Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Character sheets

Brian Betty wrote:
> 
> This is a general inquiry: has anyone had trouble using the BP character
> sheets?

A little - the biggest problem I've encountered is that with some
characters, there aren't enough lines in the skill section.

> I find I get lost in all those round shapes and the inverse block printing,

Actually, I don't mind that at all.  For me, it manages to be attractive
without being unreadable.  But I also tend to find things on the page by
relative location, rather than by reading.

> and the skills listing format is harder for me to use than a standardised
> format (one that lists ALL the skills). I like to get used to a
> standard-list sheet because I always know where a skill is located;

I agree provisionally; when, as GM, I look up an appropriate skill to
what I want or what the player's asking, I use the character worksheet
to look the skill up by category.  It seems that for speed in finding
the skill I tell them to use, an alphabetical skill listing is best for players.

> incomplete lists confuse me. I also have a hard time organising additional
> information about a character, like racial abilities, into the spaces
> provided. I'd rather have info on jumping, swimming, throwing, etc. all on
> the page so I can minimize book-flipping.

Honestly, I never bother copying that stuff over; for as often as I use
it, looking it up in the book is more efficient.  If the Biohazard Guys
wanted to offer up an editable copy of the character sheet, I could send
back distilled sheets with with skill listings and racial info (hint, hint).
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