About

This is a worldbuilding template vault (notebook) for the Obsidian.md notetaking software.

This vault is already setup with a basic organization structure, various templates, and plugins that help with planning and writing. It is aimed at both fantasy writers, and at TTRPG game masters (GMs).

Installing

Via Releases (recommended for most users)

You can "install" this worldbuilding template by navigating to the "Releases" page of the repo, and downloading the latest release (which should be available in the form of a .zip file).

Extract that .zip file somewhere safe, rename the folder to the same name as your world, and then open it using Obsidian.md.

You will receive a warning regarding the plugins installed, and whether you should trust the author upon opening the vault. For obvious reasons, you should always be weary of random content available online... but you can totally trust this vault. ;)

Via Git

For the technically-minded, this repo can be cloned via Git, and has been marked as a template repository within GitHub.

Getting Started

For use after installing the vault on your device.

It is strongly recommended you read through [[01- Getting Started]] before beginning to create. Otherwise, have fun worldbuilding!

Updates and Improvements

Users are welcome to suggest updates and improvements to this template. Feel free to request changes via the Issues tab for this repo.

Pull requests are also accepted, as long as they include a clear explanation of the change being made. Please be advised that PRs that include edits to the .obsidian folder will not be accepted by default.

Want to donate?

Donate to the cool plugin developers who are responsible for the plugins in this template vault! Many of them have a donation page, and they've earned a few bucks for their mostly-volunteer work. I list each plugin, and their license here: [[03- Community Plugins]].

obsidian-worldbuilding-template