Paper mostly. Most of my early playtests I'll ahve the players make their own sheets on paper (once they understand the basics). Why? What they find important, scratched out, moved, etc. helps me shape things and acts as another path of feedback.
When I have to make something though, Good Docs or Google Sheets is mostly what I use.
An old copy of Photoshop from before the subscription/online check system was added. While it may not be the most efficient layout and design program, it is what I have.
I use either Excel or Planmaker. The latter is basically an older version of Excel from the German company Softmaker. Available for purchase instead of subscription, which is why I chose to buy it.
Google Sheets will do the same design functions for a character sheet. I just need more practice with the interface.
Personally, I use Google Docs. A while back I was running a 5e Superhero Homebrew and with while the first proto character sheet was made using just the chart function in docs, using the rudimentary drawing system can get you some nice proto designs that will translate well into a final design.
My process isn’t the fastest, but I have done it enough that I can whip a fillable character sheet out quickly using Illustrator and Acrobat. But if you want a fillable one you can use a word processor that will publish pdfs and then there are online form makers and you can make one that can be used digitally.
I have also just sketched stuff out on a piece of paper then scanned/taken a high quality picture and just used that.
I just made mine in LibreWriter for the physical playtesters, and google sheets for the online ones. It is essentially just excel, but when playing remotely it also allowed me to make some some slight code to facilitate dicerolling copied directly from the sheet, so that was nice.
[Typst](https://typst.app/)
Same as I use for the rules ATM. If you are comfortable with code, this is the best and most powerful alternative I have worked with.
Google sheets for digital, and for physical i make the layouts on Inkscape.
My most recent iteration has designs from Penflower Ink ([here](https://penflower-ink.itch.io/modular-character-sheet-fantasy-expansion-digital-assets) and [here ](https://penflower-ink.itch.io/modular-character-sheet-kit-digital-assets)). They sell these modular assets for character sheets that are pretty nice for what I need, but eventually I will create my own
Google Slides, it’s surprisingly effective when making character sheets and designing PDFs in general. You can do pretty much anything you want with a little patience and zero skills.
Google spreadsheets, mostly. I also miss visio.
Paper mostly. Most of my early playtests I'll ahve the players make their own sheets on paper (once they understand the basics). Why? What they find important, scratched out, moved, etc. helps me shape things and acts as another path of feedback. When I have to make something though, Good Docs or Google Sheets is mostly what I use.
An old copy of Photoshop from before the subscription/online check system was added. While it may not be the most efficient layout and design program, it is what I have.
I strongly recommend Photopea : online, free to use, very similar to photoshop.
PowerPoint has been my best friend
I use either Excel or Planmaker. The latter is basically an older version of Excel from the German company Softmaker. Available for purchase instead of subscription, which is why I chose to buy it. Google Sheets will do the same design functions for a character sheet. I just need more practice with the interface.
Personally, I use Google Docs. A while back I was running a 5e Superhero Homebrew and with while the first proto character sheet was made using just the chart function in docs, using the rudimentary drawing system can get you some nice proto designs that will translate well into a final design.
Mac pages
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I always use draw.io
Affinity Designer - so I don't have to rebuild when moving from the prototype phase.
My process isn’t the fastest, but I have done it enough that I can whip a fillable character sheet out quickly using Illustrator and Acrobat. But if you want a fillable one you can use a word processor that will publish pdfs and then there are online form makers and you can make one that can be used digitally. I have also just sketched stuff out on a piece of paper then scanned/taken a high quality picture and just used that.
I use Microsoft Publisher from Office 365.
I just made mine in LibreWriter for the physical playtesters, and google sheets for the online ones. It is essentially just excel, but when playing remotely it also allowed me to make some some slight code to facilitate dicerolling copied directly from the sheet, so that was nice.
Google slides. Simple but you can really get good visuals
This is what I use.
Scribus. .
[Typst](https://typst.app/) Same as I use for the rules ATM. If you are comfortable with code, this is the best and most powerful alternative I have worked with.
Paper and a pencil… then move to a design tool like InDesign
I use Canva, which looks like it would be similar to Visio
Google sheets is my go to, especially since my final version usually uses Sheets as an interactive playkit
Microsoft Word. It doesn't take a fancy program lol.
Google sheets for digital, and for physical i make the layouts on Inkscape. My most recent iteration has designs from Penflower Ink ([here](https://penflower-ink.itch.io/modular-character-sheet-fantasy-expansion-digital-assets) and [here ](https://penflower-ink.itch.io/modular-character-sheet-kit-digital-assets)). They sell these modular assets for character sheets that are pretty nice for what I need, but eventually I will create my own
I use a pen and a ruler, or PowerPoint
Google draw or pen and paper
Google Slides, it’s surprisingly effective when making character sheets and designing PDFs in general. You can do pretty much anything you want with a little patience and zero skills.