So, whilst not doing the test prep that I ought to be doing, I'm going to write about games. Yay!
One of the things that I realize has changed for me over the past 6-7 years or so is my opinions towards character sheets. Or, rather, what is written down about an RPG character (I've always been fond of lined paper as a medium, but that's not what I'm talking about.)
It used to be that I loved having details -- height, weight, age, eye color, skin color, nationality, and the like, all over the sheet. I never used the stuff, I just dug having it around, you know.
Now, I am totally the other way around. If it isn't about the game right here right now and having a big effect, I just don't really see what it is doing there other than distracting me from the important stuff.
I think that this may be the result of exposure to games like Over the Edge and Dogs in the Vineyard where even the trivial stuff is game mechanically important if you want it to be. That's the theory, at least.
What do your character sheets look like?
