Obsidian - Templates

[@OyvindSolstad]

It's smart to change the ID on leaflet maps. Because if you draw on a map, and the ID is used on another map, both maps get the drawings. So maps should have unique IDs. PS. Love these videos. I know Obsidian well, but always wanted to play games like that.

[@markissleepy]

Love the idea of the encounter template - definitely stealing that! Thanks!

[@AlexGidra]

Thank you for great videos. Right now I'm moving my notes mostly handwritten to Obsidian and your guides I consider most useful. Is there GitHub repository for templates with may be general vault structure?

[@JoshPlunkett]

@@AlexGidra i have a vault available to my patreons which includes templates, structure, themes and tools.

[@olivialatimer4203]

Hi Josh! Just finding these now and have been following along with Lets learn Obsidian 1 & 2. I am really excited with what I have thus far from your instruction but am having a hard time following what videos to be watching next or where to look? Watching this one I am realizing I dont have realmworks and can't keep up with your instruction without it. Any tips on where to look in your content for a very new obsidian beginner (a brand new DM and a long time player) from the Let's Learn Obsidian 2 video?

[@JoshPlunkett]

Oh this is such an old video. I organise everything here now. www.obsidianttrpgtutorials.com You absolutely don't need realm works. These early videos was me learning my way too. Jump into the site and start with the getting started section. Jump into community and supprt too. We have a very active discord server.

[@Gastronomya]

It can be done like a wiki infobox? Being in the side?

[@JoshPlunkett]

@Gastronomya yes. Lots of us use the its theme which has a infobox feature that makes side aligned tables.

[@Gastronomya]

@@JoshPlunkett Oh great. Is there a video where it can be learned? Im still pretty new

[@JoshPlunkett]

@@Gastronomya sure just search my channel for its wiki style callouts

[@Shango]

How are the variable names in the template used to render the page that appears in view mode? There's so much that is not being shown.

[@JoshPlunkett]

Are you referring to the header data? Anything at the top that appears between a --- and a --- is the header section where you define metadata/tags. It won't be rendered but can be used in other things like dataview.

[@Shango]

@@JoshPlunkett No, not the header data. That's the only part that I *DO* understand. I'm not seeing the markdown that renders the page in view mode. How are the variables in the headers used to render it?

[@JoshPlunkett]

​@@Shango Oh that's all dependant on the plugin. In this video I'm using TTRPG Statblocks primarily which basically provides documentation on all the variables that it recognises. All I did was copy that into a template to save me looking it up each time. Javalent (the developer) does something in the background to weave all that text into the pretty stat-block. No idea how any of that works sorry.

[@Shango]

Let me explain it with more specific info. @09:07, you have the template for "Bob the Beast" and you're changing the information in the template. On the line that has "fage_stats: [number, number, number, ...]" and you've changed "number" to 10, 12, 14, 12, 10, 8. In view mode @09:08 that translates into STR 10, DEX 12, CON 14 ... etc. OK where is the markdown that renders the view mode of that page? How is it taking the "10" from the header and putting it in that rendered view to show up after "STR"? Where is the markdown that indicates that "STR" needs to displayed in bold, etc, etc, etc. Where is the markdown that shows the graphical red lines? Where is the markdown that indicates the big bold red letter "BOB THE BEAST" in the rendered view mode? None of that is in the header. So where is it?

[@JoshPlunkett]

@@Shango no idea. That's all handled by the plugin in the background somewhere. I would assume it's in the .obsidian/plugin/statblock folder. If you want to understand how that works I would recommend speaking jumping into the official discord. They have a channel dedicated to plugin development and javalent is very active there.

[@jginfographics]

Hi Josh, Do you still use the TTRPG Stat Block plugin in your current set of templates? If not, what have you done instead? Thanks.

[@JoshPlunkett]

Yup religiously.

[@alphaomega8616]

Are your various templates available somewhere?

[@JoshPlunkett]

Sure I gave them available here. www.patreon.com/posts/ttrpg-templates-59509023 Also my patreons get access to my vault so they can't see how I do things.

[@barneychadwick8911]

Josh! Amazing stuff as always dude! I have a cheeky ask, are you planning on releasing the V.2 versions of the templates for folks to download for their own vaults? I'm always keen to bring your touch of expertise to my chaotic attempts to understand obsidian! :P

[@JoshPlunkett]

Yes that's absolutely coming. I spent yesterday cleaning alot of it up. I'm starting to implement the metadata into them also.

[@barneychadwick8911]

@@JoshPlunkett ahhh! I should have known. Of course the TTRPG Obsidian GOAT is on it! Cheers josh, just signed up to your patreon too as extra thanks!

[@JoshPlunkett]

@@barneychadwick8911 in that case you should read my latest post. The vault covered in this video is available to my patrons so they can see what I'm doing and how.

[@barneychadwick8911]

@@JoshPlunkett what's this? Best news ever!! I'll check it out right now! Thanks again dude!

[@MrTrojanBear]

Why does your 0. DM Screen look that way…? It’s super organized and i want it!!!

[@JoshPlunkett]

@@MrTrojanBear the kanban one? I found I never used it. I now use a vertical gm board that uses just callouts. Both versions are available via my patreon vault.