There is a vast array of D&D 5e Character Sheets available from various sources and its easy to waste time and effort looking for the best character sheets for your D&D campaign. Here we catalogue what we believe are the best D&D 5e character sheets with options for basic character sheets, class specific character sheets, basic beginner sheets and kids DnD character sheets.
Standard D&D 5e Character Sheets
Wizards of the Coast offer a number of free standard D&D 5e Character Sheets alongside their free D&D rules, in a classic and alternative modern aesthetic, with options for printable character sheets that can be filled in by hand to form-fillable character sheets, which can be filled in on a computer using Adobe Acrobat or similar for a neater experience or for DMs to make premade characters. These may not be the best D&D character sheets for all players but they are certainly the most versatile.
Class Specific 5e Character Sheets
In our opinion the best character sheets for D&D are class specific character sheets. A class-specific sheet will ensure you only have the pertinent information for your particular character class for a more streamlined experience, with specific slots for tracking a Barbarian’s rage or a Sorcerer’s spells without any additional chaff for other classes getting in the way. These do cost a very small amount but are well worth the cost.
Class Specific D&D Character Sheets
Pre-generated Character Sheets
Wizards of the Coast also offer a ton of pre-generated characters of different levels for you to kickstart your campaign. Struggling for ideas for your next character or need to introduce a new player in an easy way? “Pregen” Character Sheets may be the solution you need.
WotC Pre-Generated DnD Character Sheets
Fast Character offer a pre-made 5th Edition character generator which will output a pre-generated character for you. Just fill in some simple options and they will generate you a character sheet to get you up and running playing DnD in seconds.
Fast Character Pre-Gen Generator
Dislexic & Visually Impaired D&D Character Sheets
While for most people, a standard character sheet may work perfectly, we feel that D&D should be inclusive to everyone, so here are our pick of the best character sheets for people with dyslexia or for the visually impaired.
These sheets are written in a large, bold typeface with symbols replacing much of the text, leaving out some of the less pertinent information in favour of readability and clarity, and are available for free in multiple languages including English, German and Italian.
Dyslexic Friendly D&D Character Sheets
D&D Character Sheets for the Visually Impaired
D&D Character Sheets for New Players
Filling in and reading DnD character sheets can be imposing prospect for new players so it is handy to have access to more basic versions with much of the superfluous information removed along with annotations to help with turn order, which stats are relevant to what actions and other handy features.
Here are our pick of the best D&D character sheets for new players.
Captioned Character Sheet – A Captioned version of the standard character sheet with annotation to help new players.
Basic New Player Sheet – A very simple character sheet which explains each action and applicable stats.
New Player Character Sheet – Different layout to a standard sheet, combining complimentary stats and actions into groups for ease of understanding.
More of the Best DnD Character Sheets
Child Friendly Character Sheets
Kids Character Sheet – A cool, child friendly character sheet with abilities explained in easy to understand ways along with simplified ability bonuses and colour coding.
Advanced Character Sheets
Do you like to have every single piece of information you need available in front of you at all times. Here are our favourite character sheets for advanced players.
Modular Character Sheet – Build the character sheet you want, with tons of options for customisation.
MorePurpleMoreBetter’s Fully Automated Character Sheets – Automatic stat calculations, lots of optional pages and spell sheets.
Online Character Sheets
While we have mostly focused on physical DnD character sheets for playing with friends around a table, it would be remiss of us to not mention online character sheets for use in online play. For online character sheets, there is no better in our eyes than WotC’s own D&D Beyond. This has a superb character creator with fully annotated stats and lots of cool features.
D&D Beyond Character Creation Tool
Pocket Size Character Sheets
We love the idea of D&D being as portable as possible and with that in mind, we really like small format character sheets that can be more easily tucked into a bag or pocket and take up less space at the game table. Here are our picks of the best pocket sized character sheets.
A5 Booklet Character Sheet – A handy half-sized character sheet in A5 booklet / zine format.
Pocket Character Sheet – A super cute printable character sheet that can be folded into a tiny booklet that fits in your pocket.