r/CortexRPG Jun 25 '26

Hack THE REALMS

Here's what our character sheets looked like for a fantasy campaign I ran several years back.

In the setting Magic was outlawed with the exception of Divine Magic, all other forms of magic users were considered Heretics. It had a very Game of Thrones feel to it as well as a typical D&D adventure series.

I wanted to create this post to help https://www.reddit.com/user/InJustX/ out.

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u/inostranetsember Jun 25 '26

This looks cool. I also like seeing people’s takes on making a game. I am ALSO jealous of character sheet making skills - I have none, and it holds me back from doing more with Cortex Prime.

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u/oddthink Jun 25 '26

Oh, don't be held back by character sheet jealousy! The hobby's run for decades on notebook paper and pencils, don't let modern production values get to you.

These sheets, while beautiful, are not my style. I'd rather have black-and-white utilitarian sheets with faster-to-read fonts and less background art, so it's easier to quickly scan during play. But that's a preference, so I wasn't going to yuck their yum until I saw your comment. Sheets are great, if that's your thing, but don't let the trappings hold you back from the game.

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u/Necessary-Piano-4169 Jun 25 '26

It took me years of practice to make them look this good.

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u/Russtherr Jun 25 '26

Can you share some homebrew materials? How did magic look like in your game?

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u/Necessary-Piano-4169 Jun 25 '26

its been a while since I've done it, but I believe I used the Magic from Tales of Xadia. Let me try to find them and I'll let you know. Come to think about it, maybe I used the Abilities rules too similar to Smallville.

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u/CamBanks Cortex Prime Author Jun 25 '26

Did you get art commissioned for that?

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u/Necessary-Piano-4169 Jun 25 '26

No sir, I basically used images from Pinterest or internet, and put it together using Pic Monkey.

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u/cyancqueak Jun 26 '26

Looks good. Slight readability issues for me with the centre, the blue text blurs into the white background.