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New Fragged Empire sheet

I'm currently working on a brand new fragged empire character sheet, as the current one lacks features and (in my opinion) is lacklustre. I don't think it would be better to overwrite the old one, since my one is using different attribute names, so would it be ok to have two sheets for the same system?
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Andreas J.
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The Roll20 team seems to prefer to only have one sheet/system for anything but the most popular systems like D&D or PF. What stops you from keeping the same attribute names, so you upgrade the existing one? You can create a sheetworker that transfers attribute values from old names to your new names so existing games aren't affected and you could use your probably better naming convention. I was going to  quote the  [FAQ]Character Sheets thread about the one sheet/ one system rule but: As of September 2016, we will no longer be accepting new character sheets that are simply alternate translations of already-existing character sheets. If the encouraged "one sheet/one system" is as I understand it, that could be rephrased to make clearer.  EDIT: wing-it (Roll20 Dev Team) mentions  here  the "one sheet/one system" preference.
 You can create a sheetworker that transfers attribute values from old names to your new names so existing games aren't affected and you could use your probably better naming convention. How would I go about that? I've only made my own custom sheets in the past, but realised that the FE community wants a new character sheet, so I've been making sure it's up to standard. As a result, I haven't looked at anything like this in the past. As for the second point, I had seen that and figured since it wasn't a translation and other systems seem to have multiple sheets, it'd be okay.
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Andreas J.
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Private Dodson said: As for the second point, I had seen that and figured since it wasn't a translation and other systems seem to have multiple sheets, it'd be okay. Yeah, I remember  here the one sheet/one system being mentioned as a response to an identical situation not long ago. That should be clarified in the FAQ. Someone who have any idea about sheetworkers have to help you on the conversion side, but rest assured it have been done and there are  documentation  about sheet workers.
Right, okay, after looking through that thread, I see what you mean about the Dev's stance on one sheet/one system. I guess I'll look into workers and see what I can do, as I'm going to need to replace my autocalc fields by the looks of things anyways. Worst comes to worst I suppose I could change the attribute names to the old ones, as my sheet is somewhat based on the old one. Thankyou for your help! :)
Huh, I only just found this important piece of advice on the character sheet git. Don't Duplicate Work We only need one sheet for each system. For some major systems like Pathfinder or D&D, we may allow more than one sheet if they are different enough, but contact us in advance before you spend a lot of time working on a new sheet for a game we already have a sheet for. We should focus on improving existing sheets, not creating totally new ones. Along those lines, this is a community effort, so if you want to help improve an existing sheet, just jump in and do so.