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🔗 Organizing Obsidian for D&D - Linking
Links are one of the most popular features advertised by RPG campaign management software. Obsidian provides powerful linking capabilities.
🫥 Empty Rooms
We fill our games with interesting worlds, dungeons, and stories. Empty rooms are a simple yet powerful tools we can add.
🎲 Don't Optimize the Fun Out of Your Game
When we focus on productivity at the expense of the experience, we risk destroying the fun.
An Obsidian Philosophy for Life
In this article, I propose my own philosophy to help guide how we use Obsidian for RPGs like Dungeons & Dragons.
🗺️ Organizing an Atlas for D&D in Obsidian
How to create an atlas to organize your D&D location notes in Obsidian.
🎉 RPG Resource Repository New Website
I've migrated the old RPG Resource Repository (formerly just a Github repository) to a new home at https://open.phd20.com.
🤔 Reflections on the 8 Steps of the Lazy GM
Reflections on my time using and pondering the 8 Steps of the Lazy GM.
🧙♂️ NPC Paradigm Shift
NPCs can transform your Dungeons & Dragons experience. With a new mental model, we can change the game and have more fun.
🌏 A Living World Every Session
The ability for players to interact meaningfully with the setting is important in RPGs like Dungeons & Dragons. We need a way to make the world feel alive around the player characters.
🎭 The Best Villains
Become a Patron and get exclusive resources for Obsidian & TTRPGs. The Best Villains A good villain elevates our Dungeons & Dragons game by creating fun...
🧙♂️ My Obsidian Setup for D&D
Let’s take a look “behind the screen” at my setup for Dungeons & Dragons. This is how I organize my world and campaigns within Obsidian.
🔓 How to Share Your D&D Vault in Obsidian
Whatever your motivations, Obsidian comes with options for sharing TTRPG vault contents. But the nature of its design offers us the opportunity to reexamine how we share in our games. And that’s worth considering.
🧐 Make Each Session Better Than the Last
Most game masters want to improve their craft. They want to make better monsters, craft better worlds, and run better games. But with the inundation of online advice that can feel overwhelming. By inspecting our own games, we can learn and grow for the future.
⏳ 4D Combat
Combat is the largest “engine” or “subsystem” within the Dungeons & Dragons 5E rules. One under-appreciated aspect of combat encounter design can transform your experience.
📝 How I Prepare for D&D with Obsidian
When it's time to plan my next Dungeons & Dragons session, I fire up Obsidian. But then what? Here's a behind-the-screen look at how I prepare for D&D using...
🎨 Creative Origins
All of the articles and advice we read on running Dungeons & Dragons, while useful, can’t replace what you bring to the game. Your experiences, inspiration,...
🎲 Power of Polyhedrons
In RPGs, dice can transcend the players and game master as the ultimate arbiter and creator of outcomes. Without rolling dice (or insert other resolution...
The Elusive Game
🧌 The Elusive Game We’ve all thought about running the perfect game of Dungeons & Dragons . A game that maximizes everything we desire in a TTRPG and...
Beyond the Plot in D&D
🧙♂️ Beyond the Plot in D&D In a game where the game master only presents plot, much of the value of our hobby is lost. The opportunities for players to...
