One of my many passions apart from Emacs is DnD so of course I’m trying to combine them A while ago I started to optimize my DM workflow with some fancy Emacs org-mode features:
Note-taking: org-mode is great for note taking as it is, you have everything in one place and can easily link to other files. Displaying images inline is also a great plus, especially for maps. I usually have my campaign notes in one file, the DnD rules, spells etc in other files and link back and forth through them in a personal wiki style. To optimize this a bit further I use custom functions to generate custom IDs, insert links and prompt for said IDs.
During the game I have a template for combat tables that allows me to calculate damage and healing. I also have custom functions to track turns, show who’s dead or bloodied and blink on the line of the character who’s turn it is. In theory I could also roll dice with decide-mode but I like the clickity clack of my math rocks too much
A template for character sheets allows me to calculate and insert all attributes automatically and export it to pretty PDFs with ox-dnd (DnD 5e LaTeX template). Todo: automatically insert spell descriptions. At the moment it’s all a great mess of Lisp, C and Python code blocks inside an org document but it works
Development is currently paused because a) I discovered there’s already an Emacs DnD mode that does pretty much the same and b) our table is too packed with snacks to use a laptop during our sessions
A while ago I started to optimize my DM workflow with some fancy Emacs org-mode features:
Note-taking: org-mode is great for note taking as it is, you have everything in one place and can easily link to other files. Displaying images inline is also a great plus, especially for maps. I usually have my campaign notes in one file, the DnD rules, spells etc in other files and link back and forth through them in a personal wiki style. To optimize this a bit further I use custom functions to generate custom IDs, insert links and prompt for said IDs.
During the game I have a template for combat tables that allows me to calculate damage and healing. I also have custom functions to track turns, show who’s dead or bloodied and blink on the line of the character who’s turn it is. In theory I could also roll dice with decide-mode but I like the clickity clack of my math rocks too much
A template for character sheets allows me to calculate and insert all attributes automatically and export it to pretty PDFs with ox-dnd (DnD 5e LaTeX template). Todo: automatically insert spell descriptions. At the moment it’s all a great mess of Lisp, C and Python code blocks inside an org document but it works
