Using Notion for Lazy D&D Campaign Prep

Mike goes over his Notion.so template designed to help D&D dungeon masters prepare and run their D&D games. Click "Show More" for links and show notes.
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Video Chapters
00:00 Beginning
00:40 What is Notion?
00:52 Notion.so tutorials
01:25 The Lazy DM Notion Template
03:22 Generating a new session template
03:55 Customizing your session template generator
05:50 Session notes walkthrough
09:39 Reviewing the template's other pages
09:59 Session Zero notes
12:27 The Campaign Database
13:52 Filtered Database views
14:37 Using "@" to link to database cards
15:55 The Character page / database
18:04 NPCs, Locations, Villains, and Item views
19:14 Stars and Wishes
20:07 Old Session Notes
21:00 Customizing your notebook with art
22:45 Customize your notebook to fit your style
23:33 Exporting your notebook into HTML for offline use
25:43 Backlinks
27:33 Creating new NPC, Item, Location, or Villain cards inline
28:35 Ending thoughts

[@OncleJer]

Awesome video!! Is there any ways we can get access to the templates you've put together? I'm starting to prepare for Descent into Avernus and would absolutely love to read what you've done! Cheers!

[@SlyFlourish]

Yes! They were linked in the show notes above but here's a link to save you some time. www.notion.so/Lazy-Campaign-Template-dcea442b134146839510dcb0b7356e43

[@bl00dywelld0ne]

Just switched from World Anvil to Notion because of this video, and just supported your patreon. I bought 'Return of the Lazy DM' a couple of weeks back and it has transformed my planning and made it so much clearer and easier. Thank you, thank you, thank you for adding so much for making such great resources!

[@SlyFlourish]

Thank you so much for your support!

[@cenewgent]

This is such an amazing tool. And thanks for sharing your template! My one change/update I’ve done so far, is since I generally keep the Characters page up the majority of the game, I’ve also dropped in some screenshots of often used tables and links to Conditions and Skills and basically turned that page into a basic digital DM screen for myself.

[@radioactivesam]

This is far and away the most flexible DM organizational tool I have ever encountered. Thank you for sharing it and your methodology. Without your template, it likely would have been too overwhelming to pick up, but your structure aligned to your checklist makes it really easy to understand. Thank you! One thing I added to the template was a resources database. This lets me quickly find encounters, items, rules or NPCs etc. that I have found on KZbin, or other sites. I organize them by type and by level of PC they would best be suited to. With a quick search, I can get some quick ideas to prep for the next adventure - definitely a LazyDM hack.

[@vijayrobinson2516]

Great video! I've adapted your template for my own campaigns awhile back. One trick for inline database creations is to make templates for your campaign database. When you select "new page in", you can type the name of the template (e.g., "NPC template") and it will place the page inside your database. I make sure the templates have the tags set, and include other prompts relevant to the entry. Though, this method is harder the more games you run, since it can be hard to differentiate templates between campaigns.

[@SlyFlourish]

Interesting! I'll have to try this out.

[@MZeller]

Another way, without templates or dragging the page to the database, is to just navigate to the page and while pasting a picture...assign the filtered tag and it will fall "inline."

[@Tharukan]

Perfect! Am five sessions deep into my very first campaign both as a DM and in D&D in general (nobody in my group played TTRPGs before), and slowly the paper sheets are mounting up :D It'll be a bit of work to move everything into Notion, but I think having an organised digital system will be worth it in the long run (I have my laptop to the side when playing anyways to track encounters in Owlbear Rodeo, so even if my players play Theatre of the Mind I don't forget where everyone is, and to have the Lazy GM Workbook + Companion PDFs and a few other tools open). We are having a blast by the way, and KZbinrs like you, your tools and especially your books helped me a lot to make the rather boring Dragons of Icespire Peaks campaign into something completely my own just a few sessions deep already! I'm making my own props, twisting monster stats and reskinning them, improvising NPCs and sprinkle in secrets and clues to guide my players with bread crumbs without railroading them (I think). Would've needed much much longer to arrive at such advanced techniques without you and other content creators. Just wanted to say thanks for that! :)

[@SlyFlourish]

Awesome! Welcome to a wonderful hobby!

[@zach_attakk]

I was struggling with Kanka trying to make it do what I want to. I kept thinking "if only I could choose how to see my information instead of having to click around..." Then I found this video. This is exactly what I needed to convince myself. Thank you.

[@SlyFlourish]

Awesome!

[@Biltzeebub]

Started using this app because of this video. I added custom templates on the database page so I can populate entries directly to it and not need to go to the corresponding page. I basically listed the entire LMOP campaign as tagged entries into those templates and now it only takes me 15-25 mins to fill out the Session Planning Template for the session I'm about to do. Super stress relieving cause I can then see the connections of things via the links tied to the entries. I also added a page that is populated with playlists. I'm planning to also add templates based from Baron De Ropp's (Dungeon Masterpiece) channel so I can create homebrew's quickly and with great detail which would also help me to integrate it to Hexcrawls. I'm a relatively new DM so I might be biting off more than I can chew but, this is why I don't mind being the Forever DM. Thank you Sly Flourish!

[@KartoffelnSalatMitAlles]

Love this so much. This is so helpful in organizing and prep

[@PyramKing]

Great idea = I am certainly going to explore this...thank you for sharing and putting this all together.

[@Luboffin]

Thankyou so much for developing this, what an incredible tool for DMs!

[@jeanlucdupuis]

Great! I often think to myself "If I had seen this earlier!" when watching your videos, keep em coming will give this a go for my existing game, thanks Mike.

[@austinholmes123]

This is INVALUABLE information. The campaign database is GENIUS. Thank you for sharing and explaining, this is going to really enchance my DMing

[@dalemoffatt]

You’re the second channel I follow showing off Notion but this demo of how it works is gonna revolutionise how I make stuff. I’ve been using the iOS notes app and using folders and subfolders to keep organised but this is next level. Thank you so much.

[@SlyFlourish]

Enjoy!!

[@kristian1475]

Wow. Your contribution to the community is MEGA! Thanks for all the inspiring content you create!!

[@SlyFlourish]

Wow, thank you!

[@jonathanmcdermott25]

I think you just changed the way I am going to DM from now on. Wow! 👏 thanks!

[@AndrewRMontoya]

This is what I’ve been looking for, thanks!!! I added initiative and AC to the character chart.

[@mrs.barbara8533]

I added these plus HP to mine. Is working great.

[@travisbarber1945]

Thank you so much for this, this works way better for me than one note

[@michaelhughes3749]

I've finally started giving Notion a try for my notes prep, and I think it will be useful for keeping track of all of my loose plot hooks! One thing that I added to my template is Factions, which I can then link NPCs to. I run most of my games in Foundry, but for keeping track of notes I think this will be a gem, thanks!

[@carlstuvek9340]

Fantastic, thank you for this! I'm already a notion user and am about to DM my first one shot, this is super helpful!

[@colinroberts3409]

This is an incredibly useful resource. I've been using Notion for some time to do something similar but not only is your system better than mine, you explain it in a really concise way. Thanks very much!

[@DamonRunnals]

Mike! Thank you! This is so amazing and exactly what I've been looking for in an organizational tool. Thanks for the video, and thanks for including as one of your starting blog posts. I would never had seen this if you hadn't put it up there. Huge fan - keep on making that great content!

[@SlyFlourish]

Glad it was helpful!

[@bluestarorion]

Wizards Glass AND an insane MONO? A man after my heart.

[@whiterice012]

You sold me on switching from One Note to Notion! Thanks again, Mike!

[@SlyFlourish]

Good thing its free!

[@evanjtanderson2124]

Excellent and helpful video, Sly! I am returning to an old campaign that's been on hiatus for a few months. I'm working with your template to get re-organized. Also, Lazy DM has helped me tremendously in developing my approach to DMing over the last couple of years. Thank you!

[@freyfrey3768]

Hi, just poppin in the comments to say thank you so much for making this video! I'm in love with this way of organising my campaign notes and I really appreciate all the work you've put into this

[@EcoRV]

Hey Sly, great tool, succinctly explained and generously shared. You are a credit to the hobby for new dm's like me!

[@JablesMcDrumster]

About to start a Rime campaign and was overwhelmed on where to start. Your Rime prep videos led me to Notion, and now I'm sold. Thank you so much for all your time and effort with these!

[@whatebuh]

Thank you so much, sir! I've bought your books, and I think they are fantastically helpful...as are these templates. Thank you for creating, sharing and coaching on them. Very thoughtful of you.

[@SlyFlourish]

Thank you!

[@michaelcremin6496]

So helpful, Mike. Thanks! I have been hunting around this week for a way to be more organized in my game and campaign prep--World Anvil? Campfire?--and this just landed perfectly. Awesome as always, my dude!

[@chumplestilskin8659]

Thank you for the video! I have recently discovered your podcast and that lead me to finding Notion reviews and ultimately seeing that you have created this video. I have been using One Note and DND Beyond and their encounter tool but this app looks much more user friendly! I'm now a new Patreon member and will be trying out your template! Thanks, again!

[@atunasamurai697]

love this thanks for all the help!

[@SlyFlourish]

Glad it helps!

[@nickmuzekari6124]

Totally awesome video, Mike. I'm getting ready to run CoS again and I'm pumped to use this, can't wait!

[@CrouchingGirlfriend]

This video has changed my life. I'm now excited to prep and reorganise my campaign knowing this is finally the format to get it done

[@KarenHewson]

I bought a couple of your DM books and came across this video after watching 'How 2 RPG' 's video. He referenced your method as well and that was the beginning of my rabbit hole. love Love LOVE your work and that you use Notion! As a new DM, thanks for the templates and all the information!

[@SlyFlourish]

Thank you so much for your support!

[@TheADHDM]

Mike I am a latecomer to the Notion game and this is exactly what I'm looking for. You always deliver.

[@tubeante]

Great! My OneNote lacked organization and I found the cross linking not being as easy as I wanted. This really ticked a lot of boxes, and I'm moving all notes of my campaign to this structure. Thx!

[@tkuivnkfv]

Thank you so much for this great video! 🤗

[@ZeiIvanovS]

Really useful! I already use Notion but never thought to use it in this way. Thanks!

[@SlyFlourish]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jeremiahsmith8559]

Thank you so much! I'd love to see some random tables in there. I am currently adding in a generic motivations table for NPCs (1-10).

[@dadoscriticos]

Man, this is amazing! I'm brazilian and I have a small channel about RPG. I've made a series of videos about the 8 steps of the Lazy DM, because I think more people should know your work. Unfortunatelly there's not a portuguese version of your books. I was using notion for my game prep for a long time. Anyway, I have translated your notion template to portuguese. is that alright if I share it too? Thanks for your work :D

[@SlyFlourish]

Sure! Thank you!

[@NerdLegionInc]

Yo, a dnd character sheet template would be dope for notion as well! especially if you can copy and paste them into your character database. Thanks alot, this is how I'm going to build my campaigns from here out!

[@rope9568]

I actually would love smt like that. Did you find one or build one your own? I am trying to figure out how to do that

[@nathanaelthomas9243]

Thanks for the video, I really enjoyed it.

[@AndrewRMontoya]

I also added a scenes database/tag to keep the session notes page cleaner. instead of having the scene details on the session notes I just put the title of the scene and link it to the actual scene page. I'm running my first one shot this Friday and this resource has been invaluable. again, thanks a ton!!!!

[@JoshuaMeehan]

Thanks for this video and tool reference! I gotta use this for my solo Ironsworn rpg game!

[@SlyFlourish]

Love Ironsworn!

[@stephensayers4998]

This has helped in a massive way. Iv been dming for about 6 months and the biggest thing I was struggling with was how to structure my notes. I feel 1000% better prepared for my next game. Thank you.

[@SlyFlourish]

I'm so glad! Welcome to the hobby!

[@stephensayers4998]

@@SlyFlourish last nights game was fantastic. It felt much smoother. My players had loads of fun and complemented when we finished. Thankyou again!

[@rooseveltcooper]

This video is perfect timing for me! Just had somebody introduced me to Notion for business purposes, but never occurred to me that it would also be a great tool as a Dungeon Master!

[@recursivecoin359]

BRILLIANT!!! 👏👏👏 Thank You Sir

[@TheApocalypse1982]

Awesome stuff again! still waiting for my frosty invite but will content myself with planning another 50 campaigns to never actually run :D

[@jf649]

Massive. Thanks Mike

[@mikesixel8864]

Awesome video! thank you.

[@Dracke1992]

This is incredible

[@bluetrace3778]

Excellent video. I've added Factions to my list also (I'm prepping Dragon Heist)

[@borjadetorres7747]

Same. I’ve complicated the template quite a bit

[@TimNutting]

Thank you, Mike! I am a huge fan of RotLDM and recommend it to others frequently. This looks to make the process even easier.

[@SlyFlourish]

Glad it was helpful!

[@travisbarber1945]

Awesome thank you so much for this

[@SlyFlourish]

Glad you dig it!

[@Jason-96]

Thank you. I am a OneNote guy mostly because that's what I've used at work. After this I may change over to Notion for my campaigns...

[@M.Menger]

thank you so much good sir

[@MFewwy]

I'm using notion for my games! This tool is amazing :)

[@b_olson542]

Homebrew or module? If you do module, do you organize it differently? Lastly, do you use any VTT and juggle btw the two, or three if using dndbeyond? Just curious. Sorry to interrogate.

[@MFewwy]

@@b_olson542 I'm DMing Out ot the Abyss so there are a lot of homebrewing involved :) I play in real life, so 0 VTT's. I'm not using dnd beyond - too costly for my taste.

[@rage_kage_games]

This is fantastic! Thanks for putting this together - I plan to use the template for a Tyranny of Dragons campaign. :)

[@rage_kage_games]

Just a note- I added a pronouns column for characters/NPCs :)

[@typoholic]

So I was Googling to read how other DMs organize their new campaign ideas, and figured you had already solved this problem. Sure enough, you have! So glad you made this video, as I’ve been meaning to start using Notion as a tool for this very purpose. Thank you! While I’m discovering this video pretty late, I’m wondering what virtual desktop you use to actually run your games? Roll20? Fantasy Grounds? Or do you use Notion and then broadcast your screen? I’m curious to know how you convert your DM prep material into what you use to actually run your sessions (to avoid too much duplicate work). Thanks again. You rock.

[@Langg5]

I'm Newbie Master and Turn base template into Pbta and its helps me a lot to play online! Ty for your efforts

[@ManuelDalle]

Thanks!

[@SlyFlourish]

Thank you!

[@WalkOnNick]

This looks like a great tool. The thing I've been probably enjoying the most with the switch to roll20, is the way it allows me to organize my prep. This looks like a good way to carry that over offline. The only problem is that so far I am not using a laptop while running in-person. That's the advantage of using a text editor, I can easily print my prep and am ready to go.

[@SlyFlourish]

I think you can print notion pages easily enough. It also works over a phone.

[@keechpeach2863]

This not-very-techy world-building GM who is getting lost in her notes thanks you with all her heart!

[@keechpeach2863]

ps. have all your books!

[@SlyFlourish]

Thank you!

[@Martwy94]

Awesome video! Would you be willing to share a link to your descent into Avernus notebook for some more inspiration?

[@christopherhasty5493]

Hi Mike. Love your content, just found you a few weeks ago. Started using notion as you suggested, and I really like the template you made. I have a question, how do I add to it? I would like to add an organization page, but when I duplicated the NPC page, and added organizations, the entries where duplicated in NPCs too. Any ideas? Thanks again for your content. Never mind Mike. After HOURS, okay maybe a few minutes I figured out how to do it. LOL Thanks for the videos, keep up the good work

[@SlyFlourish]

Glad it worked ou!

[@chaosmeisters6781]

Notion is so good for GM prep in various systems. I like to add emojis as page icons. It is much easier to navigate for me, the long lists get too "boring" and hard to navigate to me otherwise.

[@SlyFlourish]

Lately I've added my own D&D-style icons.

[@chaosmeisters6781]

@@SlyFlourish Yea, I have a page for ICRPG where i did my own custom icons as well but emojis work in pinch.

[@readysetmoses]

I can't explain how incredible this tool is, thanks so much for providing all of this for us to use! I am beginning my first go as a DM at the beginning of the new year and am doing tons of prep currently. How would you recommend showing my players the visuals for these things, (enemies, NPCs, etc.) in person? Is there a more elegant solution than turning my laptop around and showing them?

[@SlyFlourish]

Good question. Maybe a monitor somewhere in the room or printing them?

[@jiff713]

I drop the images for a particular location or section of the adventure into a PowerPoint or Keynote, PDF it, and show it on the tablet that I use to play music. Makes it pretty seamless to be able to scroll!

[@Otaconsps]

This is super useful. I wish I'd know about something like this before I started running my current campaign. I really like how you have the character database. Just wondering if it's possible to change the color of the skills so that all of the dex/strength/wis etc. skills are grouped by their ability score.

[@michaelpackard6953]

Yes, it's possible. When adding a tag (like a skill), the list of tags pops up. That window allows you to do different things, like add another tag or reorder the list of tags. But if you click the three dots on the right of a tag, you can rename the tag and/or change the tag's color.

[@stefofthehill]

You may have saved a new DM’s sanity. Thank you

[@jakegaustad2935]

You're doing the lord's work.

[@georgeskv]

Hi! You shared the template, would you be able to share the one you used for Descent into Avernus? Loved how you created all the main NPCs and locations.

[@jaredemery6189]

Thanks so much for this. One question, how do you make it 'Dark Mode'?

[@MarkJohnsonBejubi]

Loving the Notion template! Have you considered having a "Fronts" database to help track what's happening in the world while your party is adventuring? If so, why did you decide not to include it?

[@Michael-fv2og]

Amazing video! I saw you linked your Eberron notion notebook, could you also link your Avernus one? I am running it and could use some inspiration, i started my own.

[@SlyFlourish]

slyflourish.notion.site/Descent-into-Avernus-6d66a6433aed4af887a0e1dd371e1fb1

[@Michael-fv2og]

@@SlyFlourish Thank you!

[@olliewigg1]

Love your work Mike. Is there any chance of you ever releasing "Fantastic Adventures" with Notion files ready to use, with links and images and everything all set up. Whenever I run a prepared adventure I copy and paste a lot of the text into a formattable document and then put links in, highlight DCs, etc so that it's easy to see and modify information in-game. If that was already done for me, I'd be wrapped. Also if fans did that work and shared it with each other would you feel that they were ripping off your work?

[@ericdemers7368]

Thanks for both your book and your review of Notion. I was looking for a World Building tool, and your examples showed me that it is a great option for now. I DO HAVE A QUESTION: Why do you use a single "Campain Database" instead of one for Location, one for Characters, one for Villains , etc? By doing so, you'd export and have everything split, plus, if you want different properties per type, you'd be able to set them.

[@SlyFlourish]

I use one database with tags and views so I can keep things a little easier to manage. There's probably no problem with having a separate database for each type but that feels more complicated to me.

[@greggrange9941]

Niche question, and might be hard to describe in depth on here. But on the character pages, you're able to display the Character ability scores using what I assume is the web bookmark, when I use my characters' player page link, the image preview is just a DND banner. Any way I can get it to display character scores like you did?

[@hobbsoats2666]

Hey Mike - been using Notion for a while and it’s been great so far, especially using your templates, but they’ve rolled out some new features since this vid’s been published. Personally, I’ve noticed a lot of slowdown as far as pages loading and such, and am considering switching to Obsidian. Is there anything in the works for an updated Notion video, or perhaps a vid on alternative note-taking tools for ttrpgs like Obsidian, MasterScreen, etc?

[@CristiNeagu]

I know you have everything set up in Notion, so I'm not trying to change your mind on this, but could you give The Goblin's Notebook a try? Would love to hear what you think of it. I recently came across it and I really like the way it organizes data and lets you make connections between everything.

[@jaredemery6189]

Hi Mike. I am wondering if you can share how to put role charts in the Campaign Database? I can't seem to figure out how to set this up with tags and everything. Thanks.

[@timothylitostansky1339]

Great video! I love notion and I have been using it for D&D but I love your setup. One question, it looks like Stars and Wishes is not in the template. Is that a mistake? Thanks!!!

[@SlyFlourish]

I've been toying with it back and forth. I think I've started adding it to my characters directly now.

[@timothylitostansky1339]

@@SlyFlourish cool cool. I basically just copied it but I was curious what info was linked from the description text in you’re template, where it says “See Stars and Wishes for more details”

[@christiandharma4116]

Great video Mike thanks for sharing! Has anyone figured out a way how to do secrets on a database page in notion. Would like to do is have a single entry for an NPC have their picture and then have my private notes as a DM and then the public notes that the players will be able to see along with the picture on a page that I share out. Was trying to use sync blocks through this but didn't seem like it was working and wonder if anyone had any ideas.

[@SlyFlourish]

It can certainly be done but I don’t recommend it. Secrets are meant to be written and tossed between sessions. Hanging on too tight makes things harder to prep.

[@liammontgomery1825]

Thank you so much for the tools! I wanted to join your Discord to ask some questions, but I found that all the links no longer work, and I can't find any links that function on any of your socials. Where can I get access?

[@SlyFlourish]

Hello! You can join here. The previous links expired. discord.gg/jyZ7bFTA

[@bradnapier623]

Amazing -- Notion, Graphviz, Discord, and Owlbear Rodeo all blew my socks off and have changed the way I approach the game! QUESTION: I love the dark display you have, and would love to emulate. How can we also darken our views of Notion?

[@SlyFlourish]

Notion has a dark mode in settings once you log in.

[@brendoncarter8055]

Is there anyway you could do a new tutorial that shows all of the new stuff since you made this video. One thing I'm having an issue with is using the 5e Artisanal Monster Database and having a video would be extremely helpful. If this is already been done then I may have missed it.

[@Jetwow135]

How do you deal with world or region maps in notion? I can't seem to find a way to add links within an image to link to the town note, etc

[@ServantofGod88]

Really struggling to figure out how to add the Notion template you have linked to my personal Notion account (i use it for work too). I use an iPad Pro as my only computer.

[@brannenpfister2579]

For the bookmarks you used under each of the character's description - how did you get the bookmark to display the names of your characters and the picture of the character sheet? Mine just show's "dnd beyond character sheet" and general dragon photo. Thanks!

[@inigovillalba5200]

It seems to be a known issue with the dnd beyond shareable link previews. The reason the name and picture are present on the example characters is that they were cached by Notion at the time of import

[@mriepi]

I am facing the same issue!

[@dianerobichaud8546]

What about world anvil? How those two compare if you have an opinion? I am looking for something easy for all me notes and papers... this seems like easy and practical , I didn’t know this notion thing and was looking worldanvil first but now I am confused on witch one to chose. Thanks anyway, you are really helpful.

[@SlyFlourish]

I haven't spent near the same time with World Anvil. People will have to try them for themselves! I know World Anvil has the ability to annotate a map which is huge. I wish Notion had that.

[@jdRamza]

I wonder, would you recommend Notion to use as a player? Your DM campaign template looks a bit overkill for a player but I want to organize the npcs I meet and other things like that by location.

[@SlyFlourish]

I use it as a player and I have two other members of two groups who both use it in the games they play in. Keeping up notes is a great way not to get distracted during the game.

[@mtgcarver]

How would you use something like this to help your players track quests? Could you share a portion of the pages or something for them? Is that possible?

[@SlyFlourish]

Probably another shared notebook.

[@rogeriodacostajr.3293]

It could be useful to have Tool Proficiencies in the character database

[@rogeriodacostajr.3293]

Awesome vídeo by the way!!!

[@michaelmurphy19]

this has been such an amazing tool but im having a problem and cant find an answer. i use your premade data base and am trying to add a guilds/group page that i can auto link things into. but i cant figure out how you did it with NPCs, items and villians. can you help?

[@SlyFlourish]

You add a new tag called “group” or “guild”. Then you make a new page with a filtered view of the main database on it filtered to show only entries that have guild or group. You might also clone one of the existing views and change the filter. Hope that helps!

[@michaelmurphy19]

@@SlyFlourish it worked! thank you so much! I love you content and appreciate your reply so much. Happy Holiday

[@VicsChannel]

I've tried obsidian, evernote, and onenote. Not sure why I just didn't use Notion to begin with....

[@danieldosso2455]

You'd recommend Notion above pretty much any text editor?

[@Shinnogo]

Notion has internal linking (with automatic back linking), templates you can set up, search functions and filters for the database entries and their properties, gallery views and images.. so if these things look good to you, yeah I would. Been using it to keep player notes for 4 different campaigns I'm in. Can also make pages public so others can see them in a browser if you give the link.

[@SlyFlourish]

I do for D&D. Yep.

[@danieldosso2455]

@@SlyFlourish So I've started digging into Notion and I'm really liking it. Makes my word docs. seem draconic. Question though... So if I'm assembling a table of PCs and want to write in their Race/Class and other aspects of their character how do I link that set of text to the page I have for Dwarf, Elf, Cleric, Paladin etc...?

[@kenwang307]

Ok, not trying to sound stupid here, but when say copy the template off your website into Notion, are you saying copy-paste into Notion or are you saying recreate your template in Notion? If it’s the former, I’m having great difficulty because the the “pages” are just links to your Notion info (e.g., not the actual database template). Notion is new to me, I’ve watched the suggested videos, but I haven’t found that allows me to import your template into my Notion.

[@khayyin359]

How well do Notion's share permissions work for giving players access to view some things, but not see secret things? Does anyone have experience with using it that way?

[@SlyFlourish]

You can do this. I haven't because it's too hard to write pages expecting only players to read them.

[@Shinnogo]

Until recently, you could set a page to be public and all subpages would be included but now you can set each individual page's permission seperately.

[@DBoyTommie]

I suddenly feel incredibly disorganized.

[@SlyFlourish]

It'll be ok! As long as you feel confident going into your game, you're doing fine.

[@willreierson5736]

Whenever I "@" to a page, it takes me to an intermediary page instead of directly to the page I'm looking for. Is anyone else having this issue?