Dungeons & Dragons Character Record Sheets: Roleplaying Game Character Sheets, 4th Edition [Paperback]

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Book Description

Publication Date: July 15, 2008 | Series: D& D Accessory

Official character sheets for the 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons® Roleplaying Game.

Encased in a handy pocket folder, these official Dungeons & Dragons character sheets contain all the information players need to build, run, and track their 4th Edition D&D Roleplaying Game characters. Each character sheet is double-sided and designed for optimal playability. In addition, these character sheets are designed to support characters of all classes and levels.

Product Details

• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast; 4th edition (July 15, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786948531
• ISBN-13: 978-0786948536
• Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 9 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #532,872 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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106 of 109 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars 32 pages? Hardly..., July 15, 2008

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ROBERT W. SAINTJOHN "I am The Pumpkin King" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dungeons & Dragons Character Record Sheets: Roleplaying Game Character Sheets, 4th Edition (Paperback)

"Page Count: 32"

Let's examine those "32" pages, shall we?

A Sleeve: Separate full color front and back cover, all about marketing. Blank on the inside. But I guess that's 4 pages, right?

A Folder: Full color front and back cover art. The front art is is the same as on the sleeve, without the text. The back is part of the decorative 4E D&D glyph/mark, and lots of blue. The insides of the folder? A blank space with 7 lines on one side, and the 4E XP table on the other. I guess that's another 4 pages.

The Sheets: 4 two-sided character sheets... 2 portrait style (same as on the WOTC site), and 2 landscape style. Yes, **FOUR** Character Sheets, total. 8 pages.

The Cards: 8 two-sided sheets, lightly perforated, each with 8 cards split between Magic Items, Utility, Daily, Encounter and At-Will Powers. Blank, so you will have to fill in your own details based on your character. So I guess that's arguably another 16 pages.

And there you have it: 4 + 4 + 8 + 16 = 32 pages. Yes, you have to count the disposable cover and its completely blank flipside to get to a 32 page count.

At this rate, I'm surprised they didn't count each of the individual cards as a two-sided page, and jacked the total page count up to 144 pages. Heck, I could get a sharpie and write on the shrinkwrap, and that's another 2 pages right there!

Seriously, 4 two-sided character sheets and 8 two-sided sheets of cards... that's 24 pages and that's being generous, but probably playing by ISBN rules. It's pushing it to throw in each side of the folder as "a page". But it's beyond the pale to count a disposable sleeve that tells me to "Get More at D&D Insider" as another 4 pages.

WOTC, if you were my girlfriend, I'd dump you. And my wife would probably punch you. Then punch me for giving you money. Don't get me wrong, I love 4E. But I can't help but think that the product marketing guru at WOTC has a sign featuring a quote by PT Barnum hanging on their cubicle wall. Please, don't produce more rip-offs like this again, even at $10. It just hurts your reputation, and leads to reviews like this.

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What The Devil, July 18, 2008

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FBRobertson "fbrobertson2" (SC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dungeons & Dragons Character Record Sheets: Roleplaying Game Character Sheets, 4th Edition (Paperback)

Ok. I do like, to some extent, the new 4th edition rules. Be that as it may, this suppliment is almost worthless. Yes I do like the Power Cards that you can write various powers on. HOWEVER. If I recall, in the past, Character Record Sheets suppliments would have a pretty decent amount of stuff for you. The first edition CRS has character generation information, along with key definitions of parts on the sheets, along with lists of spells (which, I guess, the Power Cards replace, but still, the original lists were far more specific instead of blank cards you write on). The second edition CRS suppliment also has character generation information, a fairly good amount of sheets (from character sheets forward). The third edition, I could be wrong, had both general character sheets and class specific character sheets (again, I think that is what it held, hadn't used 3rd edition for a while sooo). What do you get here? The product costs roughly 10 dollars. I would consider 65% of what you get with this product is the cost is the artwork. 20% of what you get with the product is the name D&D. 15% of what you get with the product is the actual "character sheets and power cards." That is to say...Yes, you do, as I said before, get blank Power Cards. But. Horrifyingly. You only get a few character sheets. Count them, 4 character sheets. Weee. Do not buy this product. It is this: Worthless. Photocopy the character sheet in the Player's Handbook.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Nice folder I purchased., July 16, 2008

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Fred Dailey (Maryville, TN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dungeons & Dragons Character Record Sheets: Roleplaying Game Character Sheets, 4th Edition (Paperback)

Pretty much what everybody else is saying. You get 4 character sheets and the power cards. Or you can download the character sheet from the WotC web site and pick up a pack of 100 index cards at your local discount store and write out the same information.

Oh the folder. You can carry you character to the game in it. I think it will really impress your friends, heck your DM might even give you and extra 5 XP because he feels sorry for you.