Heya Sandra, welcome to the forums! First off, if you bought the book at SkyCon we had a promotion where you send us a selfie (
[email protected]) with your purchase(s) and we'll send you complimentary PDFs. I think photocopying the archetype boards is a great start, and we have no problems with that kind of reproduction of the book (personal use). Once you guys are vested in the game, players buying the PDFs really help out an indie studio like Pendelhaven.
Are you guys married to creating your own dwellers for the first game? If not, might I suggest the
Fafnir's Treasure pre-gens that have built in cheat sheets on the individual character sheets. These hold the players by the hand, and answer questions that they would normally be asked to the GM (who is trying to figure out their own stuff). The download is free and can be found here:
http://www.fateofthenorns.com/WP/portfolio/downloads-2/Then once everyone has a handle of the 5 basic archetypes, they can choose to make the one that resonated with them.