I must admit I really, really like the format and layout of the DNDB sourcebooks and campaigns. I was browsing the Explorers Guide to Wildemount recently and thought about how much I would like to port my homebrew world into this format.
Obviously, there is a lot of homebrew you can create on DNDB, but is there a way to build your own setting/adventure using the same lovely layout and formatting?
I think either sticking with World Anvil or moving to OneNote would be your best options for paging and searching things easily, and in OneNote you can push images to the background and create links to other pages within the pages to make a "table of contents" and stuff like that. There's a decent amount of formatting flexibility in the desktop app, it just takes a bit of work/practice.
I used both World Anvil and OneNote, and I personally found World Anvil to be a little clunky, where as OneNote was much faster to build content in and to navigate around in when in session. Also, unless it's changed significantly in the last year or two, the export tool on World Anvil was absolutely awful, which made me feel like my content was sort of trapped there. The big caveat being that I never had any intention of using World Anvil to present material directly to my players, or share it with other people. (Sorry, I know that's not the question the OP asked, but just wanted to throw in my 2 cents.)
It's a neat idea, if DnD, probably not until the next edition comes out, but if one could organize their homebrew library, and encounter builder product into sourcebook/adventures (and make it content shareable).
Also really appreciated the World Anvil/One Note discussion. I get a sense that WorldAnvil is frustrating to export because it believes WorldAnvil should be the de facto "host" of your game's lore. It's arguable that that stuckness also encourages community growth within WorldAnvil; but I'm just baby stepping with it now. I've heard OneNote is a lot more nimble, but I was looking at the start for a toolset that had a community all sorta doing more related things built into the product.
All that said, I hope what the OP asked for is something that was in the pregaming thinking of the whole robust D&D Beyond toolset. I'm one of those folks who definitely see no need for a VTT experience, but if DDB was more useful in organizing my lore and game world like it does the sourcebooks, I'd be more likely to stick around. It's sort of what I think a lot of DMs wanted in the "campaign" tool.
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[...] if DDB was more useful in organizing my lore and game world like it does the sourcebooks, I'd be more likely to stick around. It's sort of what I think a lot of DMs wanted in the "campaign" tool.
Seconding the improvements/features for the campaign tool, that would be a huge boon.
I must admit I really, really like the format and layout of the DNDB sourcebooks and campaigns. I was browsing the Explorers Guide to Wildemount recently and thought about how much I would like to port my homebrew world into this format.
Obviously, there is a lot of homebrew you can create on DNDB, but is there a way to build your own setting/adventure using the same lovely layout and formatting?
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Not within DnDB, but I'm sure there's a third party software somewhere that'll allow you to format your homebrew the way you want.
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I'm currently using World Anvil which is decent enough. I just think the DNDB format is super slick.
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Novels Published: Reynard's Fate, Kita's Honour, Okoth's War and Callindrill
I think either sticking with World Anvil or moving to OneNote would be your best options for paging and searching things easily, and in OneNote you can push images to the background and create links to other pages within the pages to make a "table of contents" and stuff like that. There's a decent amount of formatting flexibility in the desktop app, it just takes a bit of work/practice.
I used both World Anvil and OneNote, and I personally found World Anvil to be a little clunky, where as OneNote was much faster to build content in and to navigate around in when in session. Also, unless it's changed significantly in the last year or two, the export tool on World Anvil was absolutely awful, which made me feel like my content was sort of trapped there. The big caveat being that I never had any intention of using World Anvil to present material directly to my players, or share it with other people. (Sorry, I know that's not the question the OP asked, but just wanted to throw in my 2 cents.)
If you're looking to create pages that are more "official" looking, you can also checkout https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/
It's a neat idea, if DnD, probably not until the next edition comes out, but if one could organize their homebrew library, and encounter builder product into sourcebook/adventures (and make it content shareable).
Also really appreciated the World Anvil/One Note discussion. I get a sense that WorldAnvil is frustrating to export because it believes WorldAnvil should be the de facto "host" of your game's lore. It's arguable that that stuckness also encourages community growth within WorldAnvil; but I'm just baby stepping with it now. I've heard OneNote is a lot more nimble, but I was looking at the start for a toolset that had a community all sorta doing more related things built into the product.
All that said, I hope what the OP asked for is something that was in the pregaming thinking of the whole robust D&D Beyond toolset. I'm one of those folks who definitely see no need for a VTT experience, but if DDB was more useful in organizing my lore and game world like it does the sourcebooks, I'd be more likely to stick around. It's sort of what I think a lot of DMs wanted in the "campaign" tool.
Jander Sunstar is the thinking person's Drizzt, fight me.
Seconding the improvements/features for the campaign tool, that would be a huge boon.
As far as I know, no. But there’s probably a way to suggest that to DNDB. You could also type it up or write it by hand.