I know this video is old at this point but I just found it and it has been super useful. Creating a whole thing from scratch is harder than it looks I've found out when trying to do this lmao with your whole explanation I can start small and build to what you have. The template thing especially will be very helpful. Thanks!
Thanks Bruno! Yes, I might do a re-make of this. I think a very lightweight start is useful. You can go super deep in Obsidian straight away, but it's a bit like world building an entire world from the start rather than gradually letting it unfold.
Thanks for sharing! I just found Obsidian and I am porting in Notes and Google Drive notes into it. I really like the way you do this and hope you have more videos like this planned for using Obsidian in your campaign.
This video was helpful! Thank you. An issue I have with Obsidian - possibly a big one - is that it isn't **just** markdown and your files aren't truly portable. Take the internal links for example - the information about the linked file location is stored somewhere within the Obsidian vault, but not in the markdown file itself. If you open one of your files in plain text, you'll see that the file location isn't in there. Which means either those things break when you use some other markdown editor, or you're dependent on a conversion program that somebody wrote. Curious if you have thoughts on that!
@@apolaine Well, the fact that wikilinks are common in other apps doesn't matter if the file locations aren't stored in the link (which they aren't). If you take one of your MD files that has a link to [[interesting_note]] and open it in another wikilinks-style editor, that editor won't know what subdirectory interesting_note.md is in. Obsidian stores that stuff on the backend. So you definitely need an exporter. And has Obsidian provided an exporter? Nope. You're dependent on third parties. Which all goes to say, defaulting to relative markdown links is probably the way to go unless one finds them too verbose/ugly to deal with. I think that's the most portable, future-proof option, for people who care about that.
@@apolaine Not super relevant, but as far as I can tell, the vault file index is stored in the Obsidian system files, not .obsidian (which is in the vault directory and seems to only contain config information). Anyway, I appreciate your thoughts on the links!
First, this was really helpful for showing me what I want the final product to look like. Do you have any videos planned to show how you actually went about building this setup? Second, your voice is perfect for ASMR, just saying.
Thanks for sharing this - such a helpful video. I hadn't realised how powerful Obsidian is but I'm now thinking of using it for my current group where we're playing Ghosts of Saltmarsh. Odd question, does your Numbers tracker auto-populate?
@@elliscoopey1520 Ah, no I have to update it when characters level up or take damage (if I want to track that). Some folks do it all in Obsidian now using the Data Folder plug-in. But it doesn't scrape from DnD Beyond.
Is there a way to open an image to another window? Usage: DM runs the game from his screen but wants to show the players a picture. Is there an addon that can open the image to a separate window so it can be shown on another screen?
I know this video is old at this point but I just found it and it has been super useful. Creating a whole thing from scratch is harder than it looks I've found out when trying to do this lmao with your whole explanation I can start small and build to what you have. The template thing especially will be very helpful. Thanks!
Thanks Bruno! Yes, I might do a re-make of this. I think a very lightweight start is useful. You can go super deep in Obsidian straight away, but it's a bit like world building an entire world from the start rather than gradually letting it unfold.
Thanks for sharing! I just found Obsidian and I am porting in Notes and Google Drive notes into it. I really like the way you do this and hope you have more videos like this planned for using Obsidian in your campaign.
This is fantastic. I just started running an AGE system game and started using obsidian...this has given me many ideas to implement!
Really appreciate these videos, Andy! Much appreciated!
Thanks! Things have evolved a lot since back then. I should do a few new ones.
This was super helpful and the video was clean and high quality ,thank you!!
This video was helpful! Thank you.
An issue I have with Obsidian - possibly a big one - is that it isn't **just** markdown and your files aren't truly portable. Take the internal links for example - the information about the linked file location is stored somewhere within the Obsidian vault, but not in the markdown file itself. If you open one of your files in plain text, you'll see that the file location isn't in there. Which means either those things break when you use some other markdown editor, or you're dependent on a conversion program that somebody wrote.
Curious if you have thoughts on that!
@@apolaine Well, the fact that wikilinks are common in other apps doesn't matter if the file locations aren't stored in the link (which they aren't). If you take one of your MD files that has a link to [[interesting_note]] and open it in another wikilinks-style editor, that editor won't know what subdirectory interesting_note.md is in. Obsidian stores that stuff on the backend. So you definitely need an exporter. And has Obsidian provided an exporter? Nope. You're dependent on third parties.
Which all goes to say, defaulting to relative markdown links is probably the way to go unless one finds them too verbose/ugly to deal with. I think that's the most portable, future-proof option, for people who care about that.
@@apolaine Not super relevant, but as far as I can tell, the vault file index is stored in the Obsidian system files, not .obsidian (which is in the vault directory and seems to only contain config information).
Anyway, I appreciate your thoughts on the links!
First, this was really helpful for showing me what I want the final product to look like. Do you have any videos planned to show how you actually went about building this setup? Second, your voice is perfect for ASMR, just saying.
So awesome! Maybe a stupid question, but how do I create folders within folders…? Do I do that in my Finder file explorer? I’m on a mac!
I realise I didn't reply to this. I guess you found the answer, but yes, you can do it in the finder or within Obsidian itself.
@@apolaine I did find my answer! But thank you for replying, better late than never! :D
i am excited for this, commenting before watching LUL
Nice, thanks for all the info
Awesome! Thank you for making this content
Wait, you have a plugin that renders markdown in Apple Preview on MacOS? That’s fantastic! What is the name of the software?
@@gabrieljgrant_ which bit were you referring to?
Thanks for sharing this - such a helpful video. I hadn't realised how powerful Obsidian is but I'm now thinking of using it for my current group where we're playing Ghosts of Saltmarsh. Odd question, does your Numbers tracker auto-populate?
Do you mean the initiative tracker? Yes, there's a whole way of setting that up in plug-in.
@@andypolainepersonal7216 I mean your Numbers Encounter Tracker. I like the simplicity of it, and would like to reproduce it for my own game.
@@elliscoopey1520 Ah, no I have to update it when characters level up or take damage (if I want to track that). Some folks do it all in Obsidian now using the Data Folder plug-in. But it doesn't scrape from DnD Beyond.
Is there a way to open an image to another window?
Usage: DM runs the game from his screen but wants to show the players a picture. Is there an addon that can open the image to a separate window so it can be shown on another screen?
@@apolaine And what an amazing job he's done already. My needs are fulfilled!
Is there any source for german D&D markdown files?
Sorry, forgot to answer this. You might find something here: www.dnddeutsch.de/werkzeuge/
Does this sync with iOS by chance?