Creating a D&D DM's Brain Attic with Obsidian

Being a DM for D&D is hard enough-- doing it without a brain attic to suggest monsters, items, NPCs, and more is impossible, at least for me. Here's how I create a Zettelkasten for Dungeon Masters using Obsidian. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 1:01 Monsters section of my D&D vault 03:02 Magical items 04:40 NPC random rolls 07:34 Tarot cards for inspiration 08:34 Sly Flourish's Uncovered Secrets 10:49 DM's Brain Attic If you want to learn more about Obsidian, check out my course for beginners, Obsidian for Everyone: https://courses.nicolevanderhoeven.com/o4e --- Obsidian: https://obsidian.md DISCLAIMER: I have paid for every resource I showed in this video and do not condone getting content illegally. I am not going to be able to share my D&D vault, but I recommend you create your own with the material that you own. Here's a repo I made that might be useful for that purpose, should you be so inclined: Xio's Guide to Monsters (repo): https://github.com/nicolevanderhoeven/xios-guide-to-monsters OBSIDIAN PLUGINS USED IN THIS VIDEO: Dataview: https://github.com/blacksmithgu/obsidian-dataview Obsidian Dice Roller: https://github.com/valentine195/obsidian-dice-roller Advanced Tables: https://github.com/tgrosinger/advanced-tables-obsidian Gallery: https://github.com/Darakah/obsidian-gallery PRODUCTS MENTIONED USED IN THIS VIDEO: Kobold Press Tome of Beasts: https://amzn.to/3o7xEWk Kobold Press Vault of Magic: https://amzn.to/3AIZE87 The Game Master's Book of Non-Player Characters: https://amzn.to/35o6Quus Lazy DM's Companion: https://slyflourish.com/lazydmscompanion/ Sly Flourish's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/slyflourish/posts Sly Flourish on the DM's Brain Attic: https://slyflourish.com/brain_attic.html Corrupted Tarot by Wyrmwood: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wyrmwood/corrupted-tarot-by-wyrmwood/ If you want to learn more about Obsidian, check out my course for beginners, Obsidian for Everyone: https://courses.nicolevanderhoeven.com/o4e --- // ABOUT ME Site: https://nicolevanderhoeven.com Mastodon: https://pkm.social/@nicole My work at Grafana Labs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-1Nqb2waX4WfNnD52U1Spo2z47yrIjwo // APPS I USE - Obsidian: https://obsidian.md - Readwise: https://readwise.io/nicole - Shortform: https://shortform.com/nicole - Reclaim: https://go.reclaim.ai/eg0tgbamp7cb - Snipd: https://link.snipd.com/Cx7S/nicole Napkin: https://napkin.one/?via=nicole // GEAR https://nicolevanderhoeven.com/gear/ // WANT TO SUPPORT ME? ❤️ Join my Patreon and get my sample vault with templates: https://patreon.com/nicolevdh ☕ Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/nicolevdh ⭐ Buy Obsidian for Everyone, my beginner course on Obsidian: https://courses.nicolevanderhoeven.com/o4e Note: Some of the links above are affiliate links, which means I may get a small percentage when you sign up using those links. To see how I decide what to promote in this way, check out my Ethics Statement: https://nicolevanderhoeven.com/ethics/