FabuBox

My Obsidian-vault for preparing Fabula Ultima TTJRPG and world building.

Setup

1. Copy all files into a directory that you want to use as your vault
2. Open Obsidian.md and clock "Open folder as vault" choosing the created directory
3. Move appearence.json into the newly created ".obsidian" folder (mainly for accent color)
4. Move snippets into ".obsidian"
5. Use the community plugins to install Admonition, Advanced Tables, Dataview, Fantasy Statblocks, Homepage, Image Converter, Minimal Theme Settings, Omnisearch, Templater and Style Settings
6. Install the Minimal Theme
7. Import FabulaUltima.json into Fantasy Statblocks via it's menue
8. Set Folder Templates in the options for Templater, using the neccessary templates for each folder
9. Set directories as needed in config (e.g. default Data- and Template-directories)
10. Enable all snippets under "Appearance"

Usage

The "Beastiary" is used for storing all your adversary creations. Feel free to use Fultimator exports instead of my statblocks.

"Characters" is the directory for writing down all information about every important character you will ever create.

The "Files" directory is used for storing all external files that you want to use during play. I split images into "Mapping" and "Artwork" for better ordering.

"Locations" is the place for writing down everything about the fantastical locations, my players are visiting during their adventures. Because I plan on reusing some of them, the information written down won't be campaign specific.

For some general pieces of content use the "Notes" directory. The files presented in there should be self explanatory.

I also have some information that I don't want to look up in the rules everytime noted down in "References". Examples for that are rituals, usage of Fabula Points, general economy and travel rules. For legal reasons I can't add them to this repo. The "Tables"-note is meant for declaring dataview tables that are commonly used throughout the entire vault. The "GM-Screen" is a great example for how to use them.

The concept of conflicts is realized in the "Situations" section. Players tend to overthrow your planning especially with Fabula Points but having a basic idea of what you want to do is great.

For writing down new notes faster I made a bunch of "Templates" for all kinds of notes used inside this vault.

My most important directory is "Worlds". Here I give an overview over created worlds and the campaigns played in them. Inside the campaign directory I always create a session-note at the start of a new session.

UPDATE: I am finally using Templater for automation of my note creation. If set up correctly, you will be asked about the title of your newly created note upon creating one inside of a folder (except for sessions because they automatically get a name with the current timestamp).

Tips

1. Save your creatures by clicking on the three dots next to the rendered statblock
2. For saving space convert all your images to .webp-format
3. Feel free to use statblocks exported from https://fabula-ultima-helper.web.app/
4. If you don't like my way of making maps, I can recommend the Leaflet-plugin (https://github.com/javalent/obsidian-leaflet) for creating better and more interactive ones
5. For drawing on a canvas use the Excalidraw-plugin (https://github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin)

Example Images

Home page of the vault with useful shortcuts

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GM screen

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Character page (shows AI generated art!)

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Fantasy statblock

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Fantasy statblock markdown

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Sessions template

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Fabula Ultima is a award winning TTRPG made by Emanuele Galleto published by Need Games (https://www.needgames.it/fabula-ultima-en/)

Visit the official discord (https://discord.gg/G9qGbn2)

Images for mapping taken from various sources. Images for artworks taken from Fabula Ultima itself. They are not my own and may not be used for commercial purposes.