The Character Archaic (1975)

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Title: The Character Archaic
Item Code: n/a
Type: Fantasy aid
Copyright: 1975
Authors: Pete & Judy Kerestan
Artwork: Brad Schenck
Place of Publication: n/a
Format: 29 three-ring loose leaf pages
ISBN: n/a
Cover Price: n/a
Mass: 162g
Dimensions: length 27.8cm, width 21.5cm, thickness .4cm

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Title: The Character Archaic
Item Code: n/a
Type: D&D fantasy accessory
Copyright: n/a
Authors: n/a
Artwork: n/a
Place of Publication: n/a
Format: one sheet, folded
ISBN: n/a
Cover Price: n/a
Mass: n/a
Dimensions: length 35.5cm, width 21.6cm, <.1cm
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This example is included here in the interests of completeness. It was found neatly folded into a 1977 Character Record Sheets (side tear, brown cover).

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Title: The Character Archaic
Item Code: n/a
Type: Generic fantasy accessory
Copyright: 1975, 2nd printing April 1977
Design: Pete and Judy Kerestan
Artwork: Morno
Place of Publication: San Luis Obispo, California, United States
Format: pad containing cover sheet, character label sheet, combat summary sheet, quick reference sheet, Wizard's Tomb map sheet, 17 character sheets
ISBN: n/a
Cover Price: n/a
Mass: 130g
Dimensions: length 35.5cm, width 21.7cm, thickness .2cm

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The pad is top tear for the first few sheets and side tear for the character sheets. It appears that labels are to be affixed to the top left box of the character sheets. The Combat Summary Sheet is identical to the Combat Summary Sheet found in the 1st print of The Dwarven Glory, except the color here is brown instead of black. The character images for this printing of The Character Archaic are completely different from the character images found in the red-cover example above. They do correspond, however, with the lone character sheet found neatly folded into a 1977 TSR Character Record Sheets (side tear, brown cover).

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I have a copy of Character Archaic that is similar to the red textured version in the first post. The sheet count is as follows:

1 blank white sheet
1 Character Roll Call
1 Creature Encounters
1 Combat Matrix
1 Wizard's Tomb
6 green character sheets
3 light yellow character sheets
14 gold character sheets

for a total of 28 pages + 2 cardstock covers.

Is it worthwhile to try and sort through these by counting how many of each particular sheet there is based on the colour and character picture?

It should probably also be noted that at the bottom of the inside back cover it says "Distibuted exclusively by TSR Hobbies, Inc.".