Who’s Got the Sheets?

Much of the advice in this chapter assumes that you, as GM, have
access to the character sheets during the planning process, or at least
are maintaining a detailed GM Control Sheet. Some GMs ask the play-
ers to leave their character sheets with them, both because it helps them
plan and because then the players can’t lose them. However, there are
situations (for instance, a campaign in which GM duties rotate through
the group) where that’s impractical – and some players really don’t like
to give up that much control. You should at least have a control sheet
with each PC’s primary abilities, updated as major changes happen. It’s
not as good as having the actual character sheets, but it’s much better
than trying to plan and run the game blind. Of course, a photocopy or
digital copy is even better!