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Anyone use Obsidian or other "node-based" note system

Started by Summon666, May 06, 2023, 08:58:54 AM

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Zalman

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October 06, 2023, 02:30:51 PM
I finally got on board and checked out Obsidian. To be fair, it's my first stab at using any node-based note taking app, but I'm blown away by it.

I don't think I'd use it for running a game, but for world building it's amazing: any idea goes on a note -- I don't have to place the idea in the world yet, that can come any time, and the app even notices backlinks or purely implicit relationships. Links are phenomenally easy to generate too.

The only plugin I'm using so far is the Advanced Tables one.

I'm also transferring my rules-light system to Obsidian notes, and I created a little app on AWS to serve my Obsidian vault as an SRD for my players. Since everything under the hood is markdown, it was pretty simple!

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Venka

#16
October 06, 2023, 02:41:59 PM
I use Standard Notes, but Obsidian does seem to have a lot going for it.

BadApple

#17
October 06, 2023, 03:05:28 PM
I use a program called CherryTree.  It's free (at least on Linux) and is an excellent note taking tool that's not too heavy or obtuse to learn.  https://www.giuspen.com/cherrytree/
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the crypt keeper

#18
October 06, 2023, 05:01:19 PM
Microsoft Onenote has been my favorite campaign organizer for a while now. Simple, clean, plenty of support.
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Eirikrautha

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October 06, 2023, 06:34:41 PM
Quote from: Zalman on October 06, 2023, 02:30:51 PM
I finally got on board and checked out Obsidian. To be fair, it's my first stab at using any node-based note taking app, but I'm blown away by it.

I don't think I'd use it for running a game, but for world building it's amazing: any idea goes on a note -- I don't have to place the idea in the world yet, that can come any time, and the app even notices backlinks or purely implicit relationships. Links are phenomenally easy to generate too.

The only plugin I'm using so far is the Advanced Tables one.

I'm also transferring my rules-light system to Obsidian notes, and I created a little app on AWS to serve my Obsidian vault as an SRD for my players. Since everything under the hood is markdown, it was pretty simple!

Yep.  I use Obsidian to take notes in the campaigns that I am a player in (and its graph function has exposed a conspiracy or two), to catalogue my own settings and rule systems, and to organize rules and houserules.  My only complaint is that there is no way to turn what you do into a complete PDF.  You can make a PDF of any single note, or you can imbed all of your notes on a single note and make a poorly organized and ugly-looking combination PDF.  But what would really make Obsidian amazing is if you could make PDFs from a collection of notes that you could clean up in an editor.  But I still find it very useful...
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