[Contest] Roll20 Presents: Design A Moldvay D&D Character Sheet

As announced today, our next Roll20 Presents will be kicking it old school with Moldvay edition Dungeons and Dragons. We’re going to need the coolest sheet we can get and we’re giving the community a chance to take up this mighty quest. What we need: a character sheet with all the bells and whistles for the 1981 Moldvay edit of Basic Dungeons and Dragons. Our specific requirements can be found here: <a href="https://goo.gl/tYGcsG" rel="nofollow">https://goo.gl/tYGcsG</a> What you can win: if we pick your sheet to use for the show, you’ll get 3 months of Pro subscription credit and many glorious shout-outs. Learn more about the +5 sword that is Pro-level subscription here: <a href="https://app.roll20.net/account/supporter" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/account/supporter</a> Submit your sheets for judgement via GitHub by August 24th at 12pm PDT Good luck, sheet-crafters!

Very exciting! Thrilled about bringing the focus to Old School Moldvay-era BASIC D&D! I hope some of the innovations from the Character Sheet contest will come to availability for all Roll20 D&D Basic gamers. Looking forward to see what the Character Sheet "Auteurs" make for this, mixing the old school appearance and simple stats, with the power of Roll20's rolling and chat-text output. Thanks skinnyghost! Planning to tune in for the sessions whenever you introduce/discuss this game, and when it's eventually broadcasted. p.s. If anyone needs a "sheet tester" before the contest deadline, I will be happy to help someone with your entry.

Should be a year, not three months. $30 for what could be days worth of work, testing, editing, and graphics design?

Looking forward to this, I've been running B/X D&D exclusively on Roll20 for over a year now and currently have two active B/X campaigns going. I too hope that a B/X character sheet will be made available to everyone.

HoneyBadger said: Should be a year, not three months. $30 for what could be days worth of work, testing, editing, and graphics design? Methinks bragging rights are the reward, and the subscription is just something tacked on to make it official. &nbsp;Not that I would turn down a year's subscription...

The plan is definitely to release the sheet as a public asset. Moldvay for all!

And here I was just about to try to convert X1: The Isle of Dread to 5E. :)

I love old school D&D. I have a rulebook from 1988. I thought that this might be fun. To do a beautiful and graphically informative character sheet. Then I realised it would have to be done in the limits of my skills in html or with huge amount of time spent on studying how to get things my way. :/ I can't art my way through this...

@skinnyghost are there more specifics regarding submitting a sheet? Just create a new folder in Sheets repo or somewhere more specific?&nbsp;

Kevin the Barbarian said: @skinnyghost are there more specifics regarding submitting a sheet? Just create a new folder in Sheets repo or somewhere more specific?&nbsp; Yep, sheets repo it is! Just throw it up in GitHub when you are done. Making sure to label it is&nbsp;Moldvay D&D so we know what it is for.

Do you want a sheet that's the closest possible to the PDF linked ? (with the green background and everything)

Natha said: Do you want a sheet that's the closest possible to the PDF linked ? (with the green background and everything) Maybe! It doesn't have to match exactly! Whatever makes you think "Old School"

It should look like a sheet of graph paper, with a coffee stain. Thats what all ours back in those days looked like. And written in pencil.

id do it but i joined in at 4e

Poison said: It should look like a sheet of graph paper, with a coffee stain. Thats what all ours back in those days looked like. And written in pencil. THE REALNESS

Do sheets that don't meet all the requirements can be submitted ?&nbsp; Because some of them (requirements) seem quite difficult to achieve (imho), even when using the API (and I guess that using the API is not what the Roll20 team wants in this case ?).

Natha, Any and all submitted sheets will be considered!

Well, I did what I could with my not-so-extensible free time and limited skills :&nbsp; pull request It needs some polishing and improvements by the real Roll20 pros&nbsp;(on the automation/roll side, not all the requirements are met) and some english-is-my-mother-tongue proof reader ..., but I'm happy to have tried. Enjoy (or not ;) ) !

...yer missing the coffee stain. &nbsp;Here is one you can add! &nbsp;

Coal Powered Puppet said: ...yer missing the coffee stain. &nbsp;Here is one you can add! &nbsp; Excellent, thanks ! I might add it to my own version of the sheet but it's too late for the contest I guess ;)

Totally not going to make the deadline. &nbsp;:(

I worked over the weekend on this (for too many hours)... still working. &nbsp;:-) EDIT: &nbsp;Not going to happen. &nbsp;Damn you real world obligations... &nbsp;Can't wait to see the cool designs. &nbsp;Cheers.

I know, right? &nbsp;The contest started as soon as my college did (strangely enough, I'm taking a computer class to help me get better at character design). &nbsp;Ah, well. &nbsp;Best wishes to whoever wins.

This contest has ended. The winner will be announced after a review period. Thanks to all who entered!