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RPG Web Profiler: Store Character Sheets Online

Thu. December 21, 2006 

Courtesy of Ramza on the TT forums, here’s an option for storing your group’s character sheets online: RPG Web Profiler.

My most ambitious campaign website (described in TT’s second post ever, Running a Campaign Website) included online versions of all of the PCs. I made up a little text form for my players to fill in and update between sessions, and then converted them to HTML for the site. This worked very well — when someone forgets their sheet, or needed to play another player’s PC (our solution for absentees), their stats were there.

I haven’t tried it out, but RPG Web Profiler looks like a much better solution (and it’s free!). It allows you to post sheets online and limit access as you see fit — one person, a few people, the whole world. Has anyone tried this service out?

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6 Responses to “RPG Web Profiler: Store Character Sheets Online”

  1. Stuart on December 21st, 2006 9:15 am

    I have been thinking about the possibilities of using Google Docs and Spreadsheets for sharing character sheets and campaign material. I came up with the beginnings of a d20 sheet that people are welcome to steal.

  2. ScottM on December 21st, 2006 9:32 am

    I’ve used Campaign Blog to store my character’s sheet (Kogor), but haven’t talked the rest of my group into doing so.

  3. tsuyoshikentsu on December 21st, 2006 10:59 pm

    thetangledweb.net mirrors this, and it’s the one I use. I’ve got a good four or five PbP chars on that site.

    T

  4. hellibrarian on December 22nd, 2006 9:27 am

    we’ve got our PCs on our Yahoo Group and when someone can’t show we take turns playing their character for a little extra xp.

    the characters are on the group as exports from the Hero Forge spreadsheet. 4 out of 5 of our groups members regularly bring and use laptops at the game.

  5. Martin on December 22nd, 2006 10:11 am

    Plenty of options — thanks for the links!

    I wonder how hard it would be to make this a GMing wiki feature? Or even a new mini-forum?

  6. Ashy on January 1st, 2007 10:27 am

    I’m running it over on my website here (http://www.wowweezowwee.com/cs/) and it works great! I love it and it was simple to implement. :)