I am a huge fan of OneNote for all my planning and game prep. It is hugely searchable I can open it on any of my devices at home or mobile. You can even search for things in other files on one note. SO say you have one folder with Campaign A notes and another with B. You can have OneNote search only files from A or, across both A&B for the info you are looking for. Great tool.
I use OneNote as well. Easy to copy and paste maps or sections of PDFs right into it and organize it like a digital notebook. We use Roll20 forums for between-session offline RP and session recaps. Used Obsidian Portal for awhile, it was 'fine'.
World Anvil has a new campaign manager that I've been using for my homebrew campaign. I really love how it organizes my information into a "DM screen." I totally recommend checking them out!
I recently discovered Chronica and have been using it to build out a new campaign. Very useful and well organized on both the GM and player-oriented level. Highly recommend checking it out!
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My company build a new software called Plexie that's a cross between Google Docs, Evernote, and Pinterest but with super simple collaboration and sharing abilities. It's purpose originally was for informal learning, but we've found a ton of DnD players are using it for story-boarding their campaigns. I'm completely ignorant to anything about DnD so I made an account here to see if anyone wants to try it, and let me know what you think.
I don't know if this is helpful, but I also created this character sheet (that will soon be a template).
You can sign up for free on our website, plexie.com. If you do, just let me know that you found it here. Any feedback is super helpful.
My company build a new software called Plexie that's a cross between Google Docs, Evernote, and Pinterest but with super simple collaboration and sharing abilities. It's purpose originally was for informal learning, but we've found a ton of DnD players are using it for story-boarding their campaigns. I'm completely ignorant to anything about DnD so I made an account here to see if anyone wants to try it, and let me know what you think.
I don't know if this is helpful, but I also created this character sheet (that will soon be a template).
You can sign up for free on our website, plexie.com. If you do, just let me know that you found it here. Any feedback is super helpful.
Thanks!
That sheet might need some styling love...
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Three year old topic but still very relevant today. Maybe more so given the explosion of people playing and DM'ing games since COVID hit.
How do I maintain my D&D campaign data today? I use MS Word and PDF docs, with a synced backup of it all that runs hourly. My data goes back to the early to mid 1990's. I would be crushed to lose any of it, either by accident or by theft.
Having said that, if there were an OFFLINE, purpose built D&D campaign management program that made it easier to use and maintain my campaign world data, I would consider spending the massive amount of time needed to plug everything into it. However, I do not want to use an ONLINE program because that tool can disappear in a heartbeat, and I certainly face the risk of having all of my content, ideas, adventures, etc. stolen and used by someone else without my permission. Intellectual Property theft is a major issue in todays world.
So again, if someone knows of an OFFLINE, purpose built, D&D Campaign Management software solution, please speak up!
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Campaign/combat/character sheet management tool for D&D5E
The website hasn't been updated much for a year but he app is far beyond what the website suggests now.
Integrates with discord but works nicely off line. Saves all your stuff in a flat file (xml) which you can backup.
I use it to play online with discord and roll20 and character sheets get written automatically to dropbox.
Totally free - hobby project.
Contains open game (non copyright) content only but email the address on website to get a link to a content file with all the other good stuff you can import.
Intellectual Property theft is a major issue in todays world.
Is it though? When has theft been a relevant problem for D&D campaign data?
There's no shortage of good ideas out there. It's very unlikely that your ideas are worth much of anything to anyone except you.
I point this out only because I don't think it's good advice to suggest DMs should focus on this when choosing a toolset. Don't worry about someone stealing your ideas. Worry more about how you'll access the data, whether you can transport it to other tools easily, whether it has all the features you want, etc.
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I use OneNote as well. Easy to copy and paste maps or sections of PDFs right into it and organize it like a digital notebook. We use Roll20 forums for between-session offline RP and session recaps. Used Obsidian Portal for awhile, it was 'fine'.
I like Scrivner for this too. One project per campaign.
this was EXACTLY what I have been looking for! Thanks!!!
I love that book!!!!!!
I appreciate the Sanderson references.
I recently discovered Chronica and have been using it to build out a new campaign. Very useful and well organized on both the GM and player-oriented level. Highly recommend checking it out!
https://www.chronica.ventures/
“Born to Tabletop and RPG”
Whoa, Chronica is amazing. So far it looks like it's got everythinge I've been looking for.
DM: The Cult of the Crystal Spider (Currently playing Storm King's Thunder)
Player: The Knuckles of Arth - Lemire (Tiefling Rogue 5/Fighter 1)
This a really cool! Thanks for pointing this out!
Is there a way to export/import characters between this and DNDB? I haven't seen one yet - but I haven't had time to dig into this too far.
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Im so sorry that everyone seems to have ruined your collection
For running a 5th edition D&D game on a Windows laptop/pc, check out https://blackcatfamiliar.org
Unlike the other tools on this board it is
- completely free
- codifies the huge D&D 5th edition open game for example it understands class abilities
- manages combat, without taking away any power from the DM
- contains hundreds of open game monsters, items, spells and character abilities
- allows encounter design suitable to party strength and a particular environment in seconds
My company build a new software called Plexie that's a cross between Google Docs, Evernote, and Pinterest but with super simple collaboration and sharing abilities. It's purpose originally was for informal learning, but we've found a ton of DnD players are using it for story-boarding their campaigns. I'm completely ignorant to anything about DnD so I made an account here to see if anyone wants to try it, and let me know what you think.
I don't know if this is helpful, but I also created this character sheet (that will soon be a template).
You can sign up for free on our website, plexie.com. If you do, just let me know that you found it here. Any feedback is super helpful.
Thanks!
Could I get a clean copy?
Im pretty sure everyone modified your doc page
Max
That sheet might need some styling love...
--[ Natural 20 - that's how I roll! ]--
We've stopped this OGL madness, but stay vigilant, they tried it once, they can try it again.
Hey, I know this is 3 years on, but would you happen to have that document saved?
Three year old topic but still very relevant today. Maybe more so given the explosion of people playing and DM'ing games since COVID hit.
How do I maintain my D&D campaign data today? I use MS Word and PDF docs, with a synced backup of it all that runs hourly. My data goes back to the early to mid 1990's. I would be crushed to lose any of it, either by accident or by theft.
Having said that, if there were an OFFLINE, purpose built D&D campaign management program that made it easier to use and maintain my campaign world data, I would consider spending the massive amount of time needed to plug everything into it. However, I do not want to use an ONLINE program because that tool can disappear in a heartbeat, and I certainly face the risk of having all of my content, ideas, adventures, etc. stolen and used by someone else without my permission. Intellectual Property theft is a major issue in todays world.
So again, if someone knows of an OFFLINE, purpose built, D&D Campaign Management software solution, please speak up!
Husband, Father, Veteran, Gamer, DM, Player, and Friend | Author of the "World of Eirador" | http://world-guild.com
"The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules." ~Gary Gygax
What you want is what this is designed for
https://blackcatfamiliar.org
Campaign/combat/character sheet management tool for D&D5E
The website hasn't been updated much for a year but he app is far beyond what the website suggests now.
Integrates with discord but works nicely off line. Saves all your stuff in a flat file (xml) which you can backup.
I use it to play online with discord and roll20 and character sheets get written automatically to dropbox.
Totally free - hobby project.
Contains open game (non copyright) content only but email the address on website to get a link to a content file with all the other good stuff you can import.
Hi all, I am currently developing an off-line campaign management application that runs on Windows 10 called Crusader.
The software is free to download and use. You can get it at: https://davidmaltais.studio
On the Roadmap page of the site, you can submit comments and/or a suggestion to improve the app.
I'm creating that app because I couldn't find anything that fit my needs. It might just be what you're looking for.
Looks promising, thanks for sharing!
The Supreme Chancellor
Is it though? When has theft been a relevant problem for D&D campaign data?
There's no shortage of good ideas out there. It's very unlikely that your ideas are worth much of anything to anyone except you.
I point this out only because I don't think it's good advice to suggest DMs should focus on this when choosing a toolset. Don't worry about someone stealing your ideas. Worry more about how you'll access the data, whether you can transport it to other tools easily, whether it has all the features you want, etc.