I use Obsidian for my RPG prep, both in campaigns I run and in my solo games. I try not to leave Obsidian to keep myself immersed in the story and the game. I use different tools to roll on random tables to keep myself inspired.
One of my favorite sources for random tables is the Tags in Worlds without Number. I use these across genres (fantasy, sci-fi, modern horror) with minimal conversion work. They are universal!
I extracted the tags from WWN into Markdown files. These can be used as tables for the Obsidian DiceRoller plugin.
Grab them from Github gist here.
You can then use the DiceRoller syntax to roll on them:
Example:
`dice: [[Worlds without Number Tags - Ruin Tags]]|heading`
Inline scripts
These can be used with the Inline Scripts plugin.
- After installing that, download my extension of the diceroller script and add it to your inline scripts library. It is part of the same gist above here.
- Enable it
- You can then use it with:
;;header [[Worlds without Number Tags - Ruin Tags]]::
The easier way would be to use the Buttons panel provided by Inline Scripts.
- Enable the side panel.
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- Create new group
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- Import config
- Paste this JSON
{"display":"TBL: Community Tag","shortcut":"header [[Worlds without Number Tags - Community Tags]]|heading-1","help":"","parameterData":[]},{"display":"TBL: Court Tag","shortcut":"header [[Worlds without Number Tags - Court Tags]]|heading-1","help":"","parameterData":[]},{"display":"TBL: Ruin Tag","shortcut":"header [[Worlds without Number Tags - Ruin Tags]]|heading-1","help":"","parameterData":[]},{"display":"TBL: Wilderness Tag","shortcut":"header [[Worlds without Number Tags - Wilderness Tags]]|heading-1","help":"","parameterData":[]},Then you’ll see the buttons for each of the tags!
Clicking on them would give you a result appended to the current file.
Additionally, you can hover over the result while holding CONTROL to see the tag’s description!
I hope this helps with getting quick inspiration!