OC Character Sheet Stats — Make a Stat Chart for Your Original Character

    Most OC reference sheets have a stat block somewhere: a row of bars, a list of numbers, or a hand-drawn hexagon. Turning that block into a proper radar chart gives your original character a profile people can read in one glance — and it takes about two minutes.

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    Why a stat chart belongs on your reference sheet

    A paragraph of description tells a reader your OC is impulsive and physically strong but bad in social situations. A stat chart shows it — a shape that bulges toward strength and collapses toward charisma. Readers absorb it before they read a word.

    It's also a design tool for you. Filling in the axes forces decisions you might have left vague, and an outline that's high on everything is a visible sign of a character who hasn't been given real limits yet.

    Which traits to use for an OC

    Pick six traits that matter for the stories your OC appears in. A few sets that work:

    Combat or action OCs: strength, speed, durability, technique, intelligence, willpower.

    Personality-led OCs: confidence, empathy, humor, temper, loyalty, independence.

    Roleplay and fantasy OCs: magic, combat, stealth, knowledge, charisma, luck.

    Mix freely — three physical and three social axes is a common and effective combination. Just make sure higher always means more of the trait, and avoid axes where every character in your cast scores the same.

    Scoring without making your OC overpowered

    The most useful discipline in a stat chart is a budget. Decide that your six scores must add up to a fixed total — 36 on a 0–10 scale gives an average of 6 per axis — and every point you add somewhere has to come out of somewhere else. That single rule kills the flat-10 hexagon that makes an OC read as unearned.

    Score relative to the cast your OC exists in, not to fiction in general, and set your anchors first: who in that world is a 10 on strength, and who is a 1? Everything else fits between them.

    Comparing OCs and showing character growth

    Add one item per character and overlay them to see how your OC sits against canon characters or against a friend's OC in a shared setting. Two or three outlines is the readable limit; use split view for a whole roster and you'll get a tidy grid of small charts, one per character — ideal for a group reference sheet.

    For development, chart the same OC twice: 'before' and 'after' their arc. Overlaying the two makes growth explicit, and it's a genuinely good post on its own.

    Export it for your sheet

    Export a high-resolution PNG to drop straight into a reference sheet, carrd or profile, or an SVG if you want it crisp at any size in a layout program. You can also copy a share link so collaborators or RP partners can open the chart and tweak the numbers themselves. Free, no signup, and nothing leaves your browser unless you choose to share.

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