I'm introducing some new players to 5e this weekend, and I decided to take a swing at a player reference sheet. There are a million of these things available through a Google search, but I wanted to create one with a little visual flair in the hopes that it would help to intrigue the players. Ideally these are used when a noob has a question during someone else's turn, and they're able to find an answer on their own.
I had a few criteria:
One sheet, two sided
Concise explanations with PHB page numbers for more detail
Fit the combat stuff on one side
Dense information, but not too small for older eyes
An accessible layout, with visual markers
A little bit fun
I used a three-column layout, knowing I'd have a lot of small tables, and made some art to break up the wall of text. I also provided links to DnDBeyond in case this gets used as a digital file.
I'll be testing it out on my new gamers. I hope you find it helpful as well.
