Chaos Campaign and Starterbook Pilot Dossier
One of the vital and entertaining parts of a Chaos Campaign as well as either of the Starterbook campaigns is managing your Mechwarriors. There are a variety of events that would require you to shift around your pilots between ‘Mechs. Pilots get injured. ‘Mechs get destroyed. New and better ‘Mechs are either bought or salvaged. Sometimes, a different mix of pilots and ‘Mechs just makes sense for one mission over another.
I got tired of constantly erasing the pilot data off all of my record sheets when I shifted around my pilots. I was also afraid as the campaign missions become more heated, I’d forget what pilot had what damage. I came up with a way to keep a record of each pilot separate from the ‘Mech record sheet.
Make a small cut with an exacto knife just above the Mechwarrior data section on your ‘Mech record sheets. With a small cut and a #1 paper clip, you can swap out pilots at will between missions.
Blank Pilot Sheet (PDF, 60KB)
I modified a Classic Battletech record sheet with multiple Mechwarrior Data sections. Cut them out for your force and use a blank to hold them all between missions. When a pilot gets injured and he needs a few missions to rest you can put him aside for a track or two to heal up.
I am looking forward to using this tool in my campaign and I hope some of you out there find it useful as well.
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I think its a great idea, and it looks alot better in person. I’ve been trying to think of a better way to do it, and tried a few methods, but they’re all a pain in the ass. Cardstock for one, or putting the mechsheet in a sleeve of sorts.
It seems a bit wonky looking, but it’s more well thought out then it first looks.
Thanks for the input Quigs.
When I was thinking of all the ways I could implement this idea I threw out a lot of them because more complicated ideas were, well, complicated.
For the amount of time required to whip out the paper clips, it does the job.
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