Character Sheet/Templates Project

Dinger · Ensign Joined: 14 Jan 2017 Posts: 32 Location: Edmonds, WA

So I got a weird idea to start a rebuild of the 2nd edition revised character sheet with Adobe Illustrator and InDesign. Currently this is what it looks like as a pdf that does not have fillable fields, and I am working to build in fillable fields for a second version.

Im also thinking of possibly redoing the compiled templates that is currently available onto this sheet so everything is uniform, with a uniform reference to where it was originally located. Mainly so that the legacy ones from First Edition match as well as the ones that have the equipment etc listed on a second sheet will take only 1 page instead of 2. (Oh god this is a scary amount of work)

I am hoping to get this set up for single sided as well as back to back printing (and I think the footers might need to be reversed so that when it prints the page numbers will appear on the correct outside margins, but that will be as easy as just swapping them in the master spreads)

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Link to large screenshot of Character Sheet
Link to large screenshot of Compilation Index
Link to large screenshot of Compilation Sheets

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Here is the spreadsheet I am building the table of contents and index from, if anyone is able to help locate the sources for the unknowns it would be of great help

As I do have the original excel file I have set this spreadsheet that people can edit it.

Spreadsheet

Whill · Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2020 11:40 pm Post subject:

Looks great! Looking forward to watching this project develop.
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Dinger · Ensign Joined: 14 Jan 2017 Posts: 32 Location: Edmonds, WA

I might try and seek help from members just because I do not have a full copy of acrobat so I cant OCR the current PDF, and with the current restrictions here I cannot take the print out to the librar and use the huge scanner to make an OCR'd PDF.

Im also thinking of making an organization change and categorizing the sheets by their source so all the 2nd ed would be grouped, all the tales of the jedi companion ones grouped

Whill · Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2020 12:20 am Post subject:

Dinger · Ensign Joined: 14 Jan 2017 Posts: 32 Location: Edmonds, WA

I am a big fan of indexes, made sure to retain one when I edited the D6 force powers pdf to make it more printer friendly ($7 at the library = 70 B&W or 14 color copies a week) as well as make sure that no force power spanned across multiple pages so its more user friendly

cheshire · Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2020 7:33 pm Post subject:

I can OCR it. I've got access to a copy of Acrobat Pro.

Just let me know when you need me to run it through, and I can send it back to you. It only takes a moment to do.
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Dinger · Ensign Joined: 14 Jan 2017 Posts: 32 Location: Edmonds, WA

Any time would work, Im still building the backbones I will need for compiling (the current work on the sheet will be modified a bit here and there in regards to special abilities, equipment etc sections)

Also just uploaded a spreadsheet Im building the table of contents and index from, there are some entries that appear without any source markers that I am hoping to track down information

Dinger · Ensign Joined: 14 Jan 2017 Posts: 32 Location: Edmonds, WA

So I was able to get the 2nd Edition Revised and Expanded character sheet as done as my tools allow.

InDesign cannot change the direction the text fills in the Player Name box on the side, and cannot make it so you can load an image into the character portrait section

Tossed the PDFs up on Google Drive and the fillable fields will not be visible unless downloaded

Interactive PDF (Fillable Form Fields)
1st Edition Character Sheet
2nd Edition Character Sheet
2nd Edition Revised and Expanded Character Sheet

Normal PDF
1st Edition Character Sheet
2nd Edition Character Sheet
2nd Edition Revised and Expanded Character Sheet

Dinger · Ensign Joined: 14 Jan 2017 Posts: 32 Location: Edmonds, WA

*Quick Update*

I found on D6 Holocron's wiki what looks to be all of the templates but typed up in full copy and paste format so That should make things a bit easier.

I almost have a toned down character sheet ready for data entry, I just wanted to get the fillable PDFs done first.

Also in the first post I have a link to a spreadsheet that I will be using for making a Table of Contents and Index. There are some templates that I can not source which book they came from and are currently marked as unknown. Any help with that would be greatly appreciated.

Whill · Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 4:05 am Post subject:

Most of your unknowns are from Platt's Smuggler's Guide and Rules of Engagement: The Rebel SpecForce Handbook. Once you look those up and fill in your chart, it will be easier for me to source the rest for you. Thanks.
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Dinger · Ensign Joined: 14 Jan 2017 Posts: 32 Location: Edmonds, WA

Thanks, I will get those in place tomorrow, its about bedtime here, the character sheets took longer than I expected

Dinger · Ensign Joined: 14 Jan 2017 Posts: 32 Location: Edmonds, WA

I have it narrowed down to 14 unknowns now and the online document is updated.

The Mon Calamari Mediator, Mon Calamari Pilot, Mon Calamari Technician, Quarren Deep Hunter, Quarren Miner, and Quarren Street Hustler all look to be on 1st Edition templates, spanning 2 pages as its the front and back of the page.

Brash Smuggler and Faithful Co-Pilot show just the text of the template and no other Identifying info for source.

Alliance Observer and Privateer Captain only have "Chapter 9: Campaigns" on the header to give a hint where to look.

Whill · Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 6:04 pm Post subject:

Dinger · Ensign Joined: 14 Jan 2017 Posts: 32 Location: Edmonds, WA

Looks like I totally glossed over the Rebel Conspirator while I was populating that section of the sheet.

I will open up GG8 to look through it, Between the D6 Holocron Wiki and the Template compilation Volume 1 I have a few that appear in 1 source and not the other, I suspect on the wiki might be conversions from D20, or from fan made source books.

Spreadsheet has been updated, thanks for the help so far.

Im also going to look through the 1st Ed Core book to see if there are any templates there that never made it over to any newer editions and are missing from my list

Whill · Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 11:27 pm Post subject:

You're welcome. All the templates from the 1e core made it into R&E or the GM screen revised.

Now there are a few with multiple variations. Some only have some minor tweaks to the text. But Failed Jedi template in in 2e Blue Vader and the one in GM Screen (which is based on the 1e core template) are two different templates, both called Failed Jedi.

In 2e Blue Vader they had those skinny two-a-page templates so needed less text. The Brash Pilot was rewritten for that book too, but I think that was the basis of the Rookie New Republic Pilot in R&E.

See this for notes on typo corrections and more about the R&E templates.
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