[Help] Character Sheet Questions

Ok, to start off, I am very new to Roll 20 and I am in no way HTML/CSS competent. I misunderstood the capacity to work on character sheets before getting a pro acct and did not realize it required HTML and such. So here is the issue I have: I am using a Palladium sheet for my game I am starting. I want to make some changes to it for three reasons: (1) several spelling mistakes within as well as spacing overlaps, (2) rearrangement to my groups preferred layout, (3) some alteration for custom rule sets and such. Before I go messing around, is HTML coding the only way to amend? If so, is there someone who can help me with this? On top of that, can the changes be done to existing sheets (i have already started an NPC for example) or does any work need to be redone onto the altered sheet? Thanks much in advance.

The sheet currently on roll20 is what you get, unless you get a pro account (maybe subscriber; I don't know cuz  I went pro right off).   If you have a pro account, you and copy the code off of github and use that.  You can then make changes to suit your game/personnel/etc. If you do not have a pro account, have friend that has a pro account, and still want to make changes, see if you can get them to make a game and grant you GM access.  It will still be up to them to make the changes with the code, but its doable (I have done it for others. I made, upon request, the first Palladium sheet, but have since "released it to the wild".  I would suggest finding the person making the most recent changes (there has been an immense amount of improvements since I touched it last), and start a conversation with them.  They may be willing to alter the sheet to better suit you (and others). I am very busy, and have promised two other sheets, but, if no other option exists, you can PM me and I will see what I can do.  Seriously, though, try to PM the fella who made all the changes; he has improved the sheet 10 fold off what I did .

Thanks for the info. I have a pro acct, but I have no knowledge what so ever of HTML and such in order to make the changes. Is that needed or is there another way to make the changes without being a coder...?

HTML and CSS is the only way to modify a sheet.

To that end it is possible to make sheets or at least adapt sheets with very little knowledge. Check out some basic online tutorials, a simple google search will provide them, and then create a new game and play around with the code to see what does what. In this way I was able to go from complete novice to complete novice +1 within a very short space of time. I have now managed to make a couple of very basic sheets as well as adapt a much more advanced one to suit my needs. You can do it, just believe in yourself... use the force Brent... and other such motivational things. Also, if you get stuck or just need pointing in the right direction ask on the forums, you've already had two very knowledgeable and helpful people stop by (CPP and Brian, not me obviously!) and they are always willing to share their expertise... often within minutes of people asking!! Good luck, it's actually a lot of fun bending the world to your every whim (on a digital level at least).

Thanks. I will try playing with it....

So, there is no way to change the sheet in the game I already started without starting an entirely new game? It does not seem like I can....

Go into your game settings and cut and paste  you new code into the custom sheet area as desired. I do it all the time when testing on my sheets. If all of the modifiers/attributes are named the same the character sheet should come over perfectly.This is assuming you are not swapping from something like GURPS to DND 5th edition?

Erich.... The CODE par t is exactly the issue. I have not used HTML in more than 20 years and have pretty much no knowledge of how to work it. And no, it is all about changing an existing character sheet to better suit my groups needs. No crossovers or anything involved.

You do not need to start a new campaign in order to change the sheet. As Erich said, you can change things from your campaign settings page. All characters will retain all of their attributes, so if the new or modified sheet uses the same attribute names, the players won't have to re-enter anything, either. (For example if the original sheet had @{strength}, that value will be in the field with name="attr_strength", but if you try to change it to @{str}, they'll have to put in a new value.)

I must be doing something seriously wrong then. I go into game settings and all I can do is select a sheet to use. I do not get any kind of access to the sheet, options to "cut and paste" anything, etc. What am I doing wrong? [Mod edit to remove unnecessary/accidental bad language]

Select "Custom" from the list of sheet, and copy the source of the sheet you're already using from&nbsp;<a href="https://github.com/Roll20/roll20-character-sheets" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/Roll20/roll20-character-sheets</a>

I thought I had tried that....but it seems to work now...maybe I did it wrong trying to follow the wiki.... Well, lets see what kind of a mess I can make with this...... Thanks for all the help and advice all! This is sure a supporting and cool bunch here...

Sorry 'bout that Brent; messed up by not telling you to select the custom setting. Is this the sheet you are currently using? Once you select the custom it will be blank. But if this is the Palladium sheet you are using you can go copy and past the html and css into the two sections accordingly. Then all of the current information will match perfectly. I have no idea how large this sheet is but it helped me to print out the code and see if I could follow what was happening and see where I wanted to make changes. For example I use a nonstandard character stat in my game so went into the sheet and found where and how to add it in. Hope this helps.