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4. Ode to Obsidian, the notetaking wonder

  Fig. 1 The graph view of every single note I have in Obsidian Oh  Obsidian , how I love thee. The image above ( Fig. 1 ) is a graphical display of what I have poured into it. Each node is a note. Each line a connection to another note. It is, in a nutshell, a writing app that allows you to link your notes together. I have used it to connect all my NPCs, campaign status documents ( Thank you Justin Alexander ), locations, items, creatures, player characters, and lightbulb ideas together in a way that is incredibly chaotic but immediately accessible and searchable. I think there are platforms out there that are built for just the purpose of managing a campaign but I don't think they are as freeform and I haven't tried them. With Obsidian, you can link a note about a particular creature to the day in your life you found it, the TTRPG book you found it in, and the movie that gave you the inspiration for its new abilities all in one go. Opening one of these notes will reveal its c

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