Submitting a new sheet to the character sheet github

Hello, My group has recently started an Exalted 3e campaign that we play through roll20. We weren't the biggest fans of the sheets that already exist for the system, as we prefer to use character sheets with built in roll functions rather than using chat macros. I figured I would try my hand at making a character sheet, and at this point I have something that I'm at least satisfied with.  I have been considering uploading my sheet to the github for public use, but wanted to make sure that it was acceptable to upload sheets for a system which already has a sheet in the repo.

If the current sheet doesn't have roll buttons, can't you just submit update to it where you added them to it? Adding roll buttons to existing sheet shouldn't negatively impact previous users of the sheet.

Oh, I wasn't planning on doing anything that would affect the original sheet or anyone using it. I was thinking more along the lines of what's been done with shadowrun 5e, where there are multiple independent sheets for the system.

They want to avoid it if possible, and usually the leeway with multiple sheets is made for more popular systems. If buttons is the only difference from your version to the old version, there is zero point in having two separate sheets, and I'm pretty sure roll20 will reject it to avoid extra duplications. I figured I would try my hand at making a character sheet, and at this point I have something that I'm at least satisfied with. So I assume there are things you have change, for you to be insisting uploading a new variation? Or did you start from scratch and code a completely new sheet without starting from the code of the existing sheet?

 I ended up using the original sheet and sheets from other systems as a reference, as making the sheet was my first experience with html/css. So I'm not sure if I could say I created it completely from scratch, but for the most part my sheet is completely different from the existing one, both visually and in terms of functionality.

I say go for it. There have been different attitudes from roll20 regarding multiple sheets for the same game: In the beginning, it was anything goes. Anyone could submit a sheet for any game, even if that game had multiple sheets already. It's because of this era that some systems have multiple sheets available. Then they changed the rule to "only one official sheet, and one community sheet - so max 2 sheets per game". Any sheets that already existed were allowed to continue, because they might have users already. During this period, if a sheet already existed for a game, and you submitted a new one, it would always be flatly denied. The only option was to build your changes into the existing community sheet. In the last few years, roll20 have softened their stance a little. They will now allow additional sheets for a game, but only if they consider there's a good reason for it. As I understand it, it's something like this: If you can make a case that your sheet adds value, and does things differently enough that your changes cant simply be added into the existing sheet without changing that sheet for its current users, it will be allowed. It's a good idea in your submission to say what this does differently than the existing sheet, and why it is better for it to be a separate sheet rather than simply adding its features into the existing sheet. But from my view of their responses to such submissions, they aren't overly strict about this - they have accepted every submission I've seen since the change (though I don't watch the github religiously - they might have objected to some). My impression is that they are willing to accept new sheets, if those sheets are different enough from the existing sheets, but not many people create new sheets for existing systems, and often when people have the idea to do so, they get discouraged by people in the forums used to the old way. So, there's no harm on offering your sheet and seeing if its accepted. I'd say go for it - the worst that will happen is they'll say no, and since you've already done the work you may as well try.

GiGs said: - they have accepted every submission I've seen since the change (though I don't watch the github religiously - they might have objected to some) This is not the case, otherwise I wouldn't have bothered with bringing up the possibility of rejection so firmly. Latest rejected duplicate: <a href="https://github.com/Roll20/roll20-character-sheets/pull/9293" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/Roll20/roll20-character-sheets/pull/9293</a>

Thanks, Andreas. It looks like either they have changed their stance again, or there is imperfect communication within the maintainers of the github. They really should communicate things like this better.

Where is a bunch of wiggle-room between "softened their stance a little" and "accepting every duplicate". They still do, there just have to be a good reason. OP probably has a good reason, given they remade the sheet, and added buttons to it. Had it only been same sheet with buttons added, it should be incorporated to the existing one. Just submit it, then we know what they say.

Seems like I should just give it a shot and see what happens. Thanks to both of you for the info and advice, it's much appreciated.&nbsp;