TOYBOX: October 2025

When playing online, I generally use ICVTT or similar simples VTTs, using paper and pens for any information that I want to keep on hand. Some players seem to prefer to have their character sheet on the screen, so, I generally make some fillable character sheets that they can use alongside the program, in another tab.

I have recently discovered Elemental, a universal RPG with a balance of detail and simplicity on the spot for what I want for scenarios for which I do not want to learn new rules system, or for scenarios using a system I do not like.

So, I made some charsheets. Here is how the result looks like. Read further to find the files for your own use.

There are two ways to use those files:

- simply open the pdf file directly in your browser (I use Chrome) and fill it, noting any changes during play and saving the result at the end of the session (don't forget to save).

- or, if you want to replace the illustration by the portrait of the character, you can open the odt file with LibreOffice or OpenOffice and modify the image before exporting the pdf.

Nothing complicated with few easy steps to follow. Here is how to do that:

1- Simple PDF charsheets, without illustrations: open and use

This is a no-brainer. You open the pdf file (with Chrome or any other program that let you modify and save modifications to a pdf file).

If you are using an online VTT in a browser (like ICVTT or Owlbear Rodeo...), you can open it in a tab alongside your VTT display.

PDF ELEMENTAL CHARSHEET IN ENGLISH

2. Charsheets with character illustration, open the ODT file and export to PDF

From that image, you can see that there is a space for an illustration of the character, which means that there is an image field in the odt form (obviously).

To fill that image field with an image of your choice (more or less square images are going to work best, other proportions will work though).

Open the odt file with Libre Office :

- odt file of the charsheet in Libre Office -

Check that you are not in design mode (Form Menu > Design Mode):

Double click on the illustration field and choose an illustration, ideally more or less square (to avoid empty space padding the image, but it will work with any proportions of image).