Paying for sheets

I have seen posters mention they are willing to pay to have a sheet made. How would this transaction be arranged? If the price is not exhorbitant, I would be interested in comissioning a sheet.

Hi Mondo, It might help to mention a few things about your expectations when requesting a new sheet, free or otherwise. What game system?  Is this a variant of an existing sheet or system? If there isn't a similar Roll20 sheet and it's a published system, can you post an example of the game's official character sheet? Is this going to be a community sheet or just something you will use privately? Is this a basic sheet (simple rolls and little to no sheet calcs/automation) or something more complex (complex roll template and lot's of sheet calculations/automation)? Dark mode? Translation code? Answering some or all of these questions and adding any additional info you feel is important should help potential sheet authors determine if they are interested and promote further communications to work out the details. ie expectations and compensation, if that's part of the agreement. (total cost and form of payment) IME this can be done through a simple agreement via documented communications, but I'm sure some authors use a detailed contract to protect both parties. I haven't done that personally. The more complex a sheet is, the more time it takes to build. More time = More $$$. Simple sheets can be done in a week, but more complex sheets can take months. Commissioned sheets probably run from $25-$60h depending on the author's experience (Roll20 has many unique considerations). A basic sheet at the lower end of experience will probably be under a $1K, but more complex sheets can easily be 3-6x's that IME... If commissioning a sheet seems too steep; make a public request and hope that someone creates a sheet as a labor of love. It happens. Create a sheet yourself.  Many of Roll20's sheet authors started with little to no knowledge of HTML/CSS/JS. I would highly recommend GiGs website for anyone considering building a sheet themselves. Hope this helps.

I very much agree with everything said. Creating a character sheet is often a time-intensive project requiring coding knowledge and skill. You can develop the skills on your own, it just depends how much time and effort you want to invest into it. vÍnce said: Hi Mondo, It might help to mention a few things about your expectations when requesting a new sheet, free or otherwise. What game system?  Is this a variant of an existing sheet or system? If there isn't a similar Roll20 sheet and it's a published system, can you post an example of the game's official character sheet? Is this going to be a community sheet or just something you will use privately? Is this a basic sheet (simple rolls and little to no sheet calcs/automation) or something more complex (complex roll template and lot's of sheet calculations/automation)? Dark mode? Translation code? Answering some or all of these questions and adding any additional info you feel is important should help potential sheet authors determine if they are interested and promote further communications to work out the details. ie expectations and compensation, if that's part of the agreement. (total cost and form of payment) IME this can be done through a simple agreement via documented communications, but I'm sure some authors use a detailed contract to protect both parties. I haven't done that personally. The more complex a sheet is, the more time it takes to build. More time = More $$$. Simple sheets can be done in a week, but more complex sheets can take months. Commissioned sheets probably run from $25-$60h depending on the author's experience (Roll20 has many unique considerations). A basic sheet at the lower end of experience will probably be under a $1K, but more complex sheets can easily be 3-6x's that IME... If commissioning a sheet seems too steep; make a public request and hope that someone creates a sheet as a labor of love. It happens. Create a sheet yourself.  Many of Roll20's sheet authors started with little to no knowledge of HTML/CSS/JS. I would highly recommend GiGs website for anyone considering building a sheet themselves. Hope this helps.

vÍnce said: Hi Mondo, It might help to mention a few things about your expectations when requesting a new sheet, free or otherwise. What game system?  Is this a variant of an existing sheet or system? If there isn't a similar Roll20 sheet and it's a published system, can you post an example of the game's official character sheet? Is this going to be a community sheet or just something you will use privately? Is this a basic sheet (simple rolls and little to no sheet calcs/automation) or something more complex (complex roll template and lot's of sheet calculations/automation)? Dark mode? Translation code? Answering some or all of these questions and adding any additional info you feel is important should help potential sheet authors determine if they are interested and promote further communications to work out the details. ie expectations and compensation, if that's part of the agreement. (total cost and form of payment) IME this can be done through a simple agreement via documented communications, but I'm sure some authors use a detailed contract to protect both parties. I haven't done that personally. The more complex a sheet is, the more time it takes to build. More time = More $$$. Simple sheets can be done in a week, but more complex sheets can take months. Commissioned sheets probably run from $25-$60h depending on the author's experience (Roll20 has many unique considerations). A basic sheet at the lower end of experience will probably be under a $1K, but more complex sheets can easily be 3-6x's that IME... If commissioning a sheet seems too steep; make a public request and hope that someone creates a sheet as a labor of love. It happens. Create a sheet yourself.  Many of Roll20's sheet authors started with little to no knowledge of HTML/CSS/JS. I would highly recommend GiGs website for anyone considering building a sheet themselves. Hope this helps. Answered my question perfectly! Thanks!

I may also be announcing a project that would provide an alternative route in the next week or two.

That sounds like an interesting project. I had an idea for streamlining this and massively reducing the cost (after the first sheet) based on the idea that many sheets are based on very similar rules, but I've had to massively cut back my contributions due to health issues, so I'm interested to see what Scott has come up with.