diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8060659..13c0936 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@ typer = "^0.9.0"
 python-dotenv = "^0.21.0"
 rich = "^13.7.0"
 jinja2 = "^3.1.3"
+tw2-forms = "^2.2.6"
+mako = "^1.3.0"
 
 #"tg.devtools" = "^2.4.3"
 #repoze-who = "^3.0.0"
-# tw2-forms = "^2.2.6"
 
 
 [build-system]
diff --git a/ttfrog/assets/templates/character_sheet.html b/ttfrog/assets/templates/character_sheet.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1dd43d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ttfrog/assets/templates/character_sheet.html
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<h1>{{ character.name }}</h1>
+{{ form.display(value=character) }}
+<pre>
+{{ character }}
+</pre>
diff --git a/ttfrog/db/bootstrap.py b/ttfrog/db/bootstrap.py
index c1c17c5..37dec18 100644
--- a/ttfrog/db/bootstrap.py
+++ b/ttfrog/db/bootstrap.py
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ data = {
     'ancestry':  [
         {'name': 'human'},
         {'name': 'dragonborn'},
+        {'name': 'tiefling'},
     ],
+    'character': [
+        {'name': 'Sabetha', 'ancestry_name': 'tiefling', 'level': 10, 'str': 10, 'dex': 10, 'con': 10, 'int': 10, 'wis': 10, 'cha': 10},
+    ]
 }
 
 
diff --git a/ttfrog/db/manager.py b/ttfrog/db/manager.py
index cad2fb3..12cdf22 100644
--- a/ttfrog/db/manager.py
+++ b/ttfrog/db/manager.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from functools import cached_property
+import logging
 
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine
 from sqlalchemy.orm import scoped_session, sessionmaker
@@ -31,6 +32,13 @@ class SQLDatabaseManager:
     def query(self, *args, **kwargs):
         return self.DBSession.query(*args, **kwargs)
 
+    def update(self, table, **kwargs):
+        stmt = table.update().values(**kwargs)
+        logging.debug(stmt)
+        result = self.DBSession.execute(stmt)
+        self.DBSession.commit()
+        return result
+
     def init_model(self, engine=None):
         metadata.create_all(bind=engine or self.engine)
         return self.DBSession
diff --git a/ttfrog/db/schema.py b/ttfrog/db/schema.py
index df8f28c..995e453 100644
--- a/ttfrog/db/schema.py
+++ b/ttfrog/db/schema.py
@@ -5,18 +5,17 @@ from sqlalchemy import Integer
 from sqlalchemy import String
 from sqlalchemy import UnicodeText
 from sqlalchemy import ForeignKey
+from sqlalchemy import CheckConstraint
 # from sqlalchemy import PrimaryKeyConstraint
 # from sqlalchemy import DateTime
 
-
 metadata = MetaData()
 
 Ancestry = Table(
     "ancestry",
     metadata,
-    Column("id", Integer, primary_key=True, autoincrement=True),
+    Column("name", String, primary_key=True),
     Column("slug", String, index=True, unique=True),
-    Column("name", String, index=True, unique=True),
     Column("description", UnicodeText),
 )
 
@@ -25,6 +24,13 @@ Character = Table(
     metadata,
     Column("id", Integer, primary_key=True, autoincrement=True),
     Column("slug", String, index=True, unique=True),
+    Column("ancestry_name", Integer, ForeignKey("ancestry.name")),
     Column("name", String),
-    Column("ancestry_id", Integer, ForeignKey("ancestry.id")),
+    Column("level", Integer, CheckConstraint('level > 0 AND level <= 20')),
+    Column("str", Integer, CheckConstraint('str >=0')),
+    Column("dex", Integer, CheckConstraint('dex >=0')),
+    Column("con", Integer, CheckConstraint('con >=0')),
+    Column("int", Integer, CheckConstraint('int >=0')),
+    Column("wis", Integer, CheckConstraint('wis >=0')),
+    Column("cha", Integer, CheckConstraint('cha >=0')),
 )
diff --git a/ttfrog/webserver/application.py b/ttfrog/webserver/application.py
index 10be26c..c681686 100644
--- a/ttfrog/webserver/application.py
+++ b/ttfrog/webserver/application.py
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ from tg.util.bunch import Bunch
 
 from wsgiref.simple_server import make_server
 import webhelpers2
+import tw2.core
 
-from ttfrog.webserver import controllers
+from ttfrog.webserver.controllers import RootController
 from ttfrog.db import db
 import ttfrog.path
 
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ def application():
     config.update_blueprint({
 
         # rendering
-        'root_controller': controllers.RootController(),
+        'root_controller': RootController(),
         'default_renderer': 'jinja',
         'renderers': ['jinja'],
         'tg.jinja_filters': {},
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ def application():
         # helpers
         'app_globals': app_globals,
         'helpers': webhelpers2,
-        'tw2.enabled': True,
+        'use_toscawidgets2': True,
 
         # assets
         'serve_static': True,
@@ -51,7 +52,9 @@ def application():
         'sqlalchemy.url': db.url,
         'model': db,
     })
-    return config.make_wsgi_app()
+
+    # wrap the core wsgi app in a ToscaWidgets2 app
+    return tw2.core.make_middleware(config.make_wsgi_app(), default_engine='jinja')
 
 
 def start(host: str, port: int, debug: bool = False) -> None:
diff --git a/ttfrog/webserver/controllers/__init__.py b/ttfrog/webserver/controllers/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4f55f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ttfrog/webserver/controllers/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from .root import RootController
+
+__ALL__ = [RootController]
diff --git a/ttfrog/webserver/controllers/character_sheet.py b/ttfrog/webserver/controllers/character_sheet.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08a0e84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ttfrog/webserver/controllers/character_sheet.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+from tg import expose
+from tg import TGController
+from ttfrog.db import db
+from ttfrog.db.schema import Character
+from ttfrog.webserver.widgets import CharacterSheet
+
+
+class CharacterSheetController(TGController):
+    @expose()
+    def _lookup(self, *parts):
+        return FormController(parts[0]), parts[1:]
+
+
+class FormController:
+
+    def __init__(self, slug: str):
+        self.character = dict()
+        if slug:
+            self.load(slug)
+
+    def load(self, slug: str) -> None:
+        self.character = db.query(Character).filter(Character.columns.slug == slug)[0]._mapping
+
+    @expose('character_sheet.html')
+    def _default(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if kwargs:
+            db.update(Character, **kwargs)
+            self.load(self.character['slug'])
+        return dict(page='sheet', form=CharacterSheet, character=self.character)
diff --git a/ttfrog/webserver/controllers.py b/ttfrog/webserver/controllers/root.py
similarity index 77%
rename from ttfrog/webserver/controllers.py
rename to ttfrog/webserver/controllers/root.py
index 84eef31..bec9a01 100644
--- a/ttfrog/webserver/controllers.py
+++ b/ttfrog/webserver/controllers/root.py
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ from tg import expose
 from tg import TGController
 from tg import tmpl_context
 from ttfrog.db import db
-from ttfrog.db.schema import Character
+from ttfrog.webserver.controllers.character_sheet import CharacterSheetController
 
 
 class RootController(TGController):
 
+    sheet = CharacterSheetController()
+
     def _before(self, *args, **kwargs):
         tmpl_context.project_name = 'TableTop Frog'
 
diff --git a/ttfrog/webserver/widgets.py b/ttfrog/webserver/widgets.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5cb71ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ttfrog/webserver/widgets.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import tw2.core
+import tw2.forms
+from tg import lurl
+
+
+class CharacterSheet(tw2.forms.Form):
+    class child(tw2.forms.TableLayout):
+        name = tw2.forms.TextField()
+        level = tw2.forms.TextField()
+        ancestry_name = tw2.forms.TextField(label='Ancestry')
+        id = tw2.forms.HiddenField()
+
+    action = ''