# Players' sheets

> Creating sheets for players and handing them out, choosing the main character, changing the owner and deciding what each person sees.

Page: https://docs.rpgdesk.com/en/mestres/fichas-dos-jogadores/

Each sheet has an **owner**: they and the game masters change the sheet; others, if they can see it, can only read it. Players can create their own sheets, but often the game master creates them and hands them out, already with the right owner.

## Create a sheet for a player

1. Right-click the player, in **Participants**.
2. Choose **Create a sheet for…** (or **Create another sheet for…**, if they already have one).
3. Give the character’s name and click the system. The **Sheet owner** is already the player.

*Screenshot:* The New sheet for Davi dialog: the name Bram, the owner Davi (Player) and the system Character, from the RPG Desk Basic Sheet.

The new sheet becomes the player’s **main character**, if they do not have one yet: its name shows on their card, and the sheet fills in the card’s bars.

From the library (**New item → New sheet…**), the game master also chooses the **Sheet owner**: themselves, someone in the room, or **Nobody: only the GMs edit it** (good for NPCs).

## Hand out, change the owner and choose the main character

In the player’s menu, in **Participants**:

- **Give … a sheet from the library…**: pick a sheet that is not theirs yet; it becomes theirs.
- **Choose …’s main character…**: when they have more than one sheet. **No main character** removes the main one.

In the library, right-click a sheet → **Change the sheet owner…** gives the sheet to someone in the room or to nobody.

## What players see

Sheets start **hidden** from anyone who is not a game master. Owners always see their own; other players only see a sheet you release with **Make visible to everyone** (right-click it, in the library). A hidden sheet also does not show the character’s name on the card for others.

> **Tip**
>
> Want the group to see each other’s sheets? Put the sheets in a folder and release the folder **and** the sheets: releasing the folder does not release what is inside.

## Parts only the game master sees

Some sheets have a part for game masters only, like the **GM** tab of the RPG Desk Basic Sheet. What you write there never even reaches the players’ browsers: it is not just hidden on the screen.

*Screenshot:* Aria's sheet as the game master sees it, on the GM tab, with the GM notes: Aria is the lost heir of Valdren.

Whoever makes the sheet decides which parts belong to the game master. See [Private parts](https://docs.rpgdesk.com/en/fichas/partes-privadas/).