Playing with a Supers! layout for here

SYSTEM: Supers!

I like the layout of characters that gets used in a lot of the Supers! stuff, but the list is, well, really list-y, and the graphically interesting stuff is beyond my capability on a blog. But one of the character sheets is mostly in my reach...

Dice	Resistances	Cost
2D	Composure	1
3D	Fortitude	2
3D	Reaction	2
2D	Will	1
Dice	Aptitudes	Cost
3D	Mechanics	2
Dice	Powers	Cost
6D	Elemental Control (fire)	6
1D	Elemental Form (fire)	1
4D	Flight	4
Dice	Advantages	Cost
1D	Charismatic	1
1D	Leadership	1
Dice	Disadvantages	Cost
1D	Mental Hindrance: Hothead	-1
1D	Public ID	-1
Total (20D character)		19

I mean, it still looks very list-y, but it's easier to do the math.

Fiddling with it:

Pyroguy (Tommy Drizzle)
Dice	Resistances	Cost	Aptitudes		Cost
2D	Composure	1	3D Mechanics		2
3D	Fortitude	2
3D	Reaction	2
2D	Will	1
Dice	Powers	Cost	Dice	Advantages	Cost
6D	Elemental Control (fire)	6	1D	Charismatic	1
1D	Elemental Form (fire)	1	1D	Leadership	1
4D	Flight	4	Dice	Disadvantages	Cost
			1D	Mental Hindrance: Hothead	-1
			1D	Public ID	-1

Second one is a little less elongated, which I like, but might have problems on mobile devices and is not as easy to do the math for.

In a layout program, I'd consider doing a list-like thing, then a second column that's mostly picture space and disadvantages at the bottom:

Dice	Resistances	Cost
2D	Composure	1
3D	Fortitude	2
3D	Reaction	2
2D	Will	1
Dice	Aptitudes	Cost
3D	Mechanics	2
Dice	Powers	Cost
6D	Elemental Control (fire)	6
1D	Elemental Form (fire)	1
4D	Flight	4
Dice	Advantages	Cost				Dice	Disadvantages	Cost
1D	Charismatic	1				1D	Mental Hindrance: Hothead	-1
1D	Leadership	1				1D	Public ID	-1

You'd put your standard stuff or your changing stuff either beneath or to the side.

Of course, the numbers are small enough (1-8, really) that you could do it more graphically:

Composure	Fortitude	Reaction	Will
0 0	0 0 0	0 0 0	0 0
Aptitudes			Cost
Mechanics (0 0 0), Leadership (0 0)			3
Dice	Powers		Cost
0 0 0 0 0 0	Elemental Control (fire)		6
0	Elemental Form (fire)		1
0 0 0 0	Flight Complication: Only in fire form		3
Advantages			Cost
Charismatic (0), Leadership (0)			2
Disadvantages			Cost
Mental Hindrance: Hothead (0), Public ID (0)			-2

That might just be a paper-only or layout-only idea. I've used zeroes here, but you'd use bullets instead.

We could combine the list and the table, but you'd probably lose in terms of calculation:

Name: Secret ID		Composure x Fortitude x Reaction x Will x		Cost
				6
Aptitudes	Cost	Powers	Cost
Academics 3D Mechanics 2D	3	Elemental control 6D (fire) Elemental Form 1D Flight 3D Complication Only in fire form	9
Advantages		Disadvantages	Cost