I spent a long time wandering through the internet looking for character sheets that would make character creation a little more straightforward, and maybe take some of the uncertainty out of leveling up (saving me cumulative hours of flipping through the first 50 pages of the PHB).
This exceeded my expectations. Shattered them.
I recommend this to everyone I know who plays 5e. It is so dramatically superior to every other character sheet I could find that it feels like doing them a favor. Beyond its intuitive design and handy automation, the sheer amount of data stuffed behind the scenes here is breathtaking. Every basic item, every spell, every feat, every race and class and subclass, is simple to use and understand. Including UA content as it comes out is just one (staggering) example of the degree to which this goes above and beyond.
I can't imagine anyone objecting to this sheet for anything but the most personal, aesthetically based reasons. I guess the sheer number of options might also dissuade someone looking for something simple, but the truth is this IS simple. It's probably agonizingly complex behind the scenes, but creating a character is as simple as can be. Even if buttons terrify you, it's a pretty solid sheet just to print out and fill in by hand.
It's not perfect. Damn close, but not quite. For reasons that are probably far beyond my understanding, spell sheet generation is a little slow. It's a known problem, and you're warned on the sheet, but it's the only thing that really takes more than a second or so to generate. It makes messing around with spells when you're still experimenting with builds a bit of a chore. One option is to just generate all the spells for a class and keep track of which ones you actually know, which I find works out ok. Don't let this minor inconvenience dissuade you for a moment though. This sheet towers above its contemporaries. The thought and care that has gone into it blows me away, and I wish they included a link to this page on the inside cover of every Player's Handbook.
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