That didn’t take long.
Appendix:
I made good use out of the ‘Link to Paragraph’ feature. This especially came in handy for the Encounters Tables, since it was a huge table with examples for each result underneath.
There were a lot of new monsters and dinosaurs to add. I stuck with the same formatting, and added some pictures for the dinosaurs along with scale references.
CHARACTERS:
Characters have a new template that shows their stat blocks at all times, and expands on the summary area a bit more.
LOCATIONS:
There were a lot of locations scattered around this island, so I created a thumbnail to help me quickly spot where each one is:
There were a lot of smaller maps that only had a handful of areas, so I just embedded them right into the paragraphs as a collapsible paragraph in order to keep the thumbnail map in the same position:
In the case of larger locations like Omu, I split larger maps into smaller areas and put those images in the collapsible paragraphs as well. This way I don’t have to jump to other pages when players approach a shrine:
And lastly, a look at Port Nyanzaru, which has been divided into zones for the same reason:
Hello,
Are you able to click on the number on the maps and it takes you to the corresponding paragraphs?
For these specific examples, no – I’m just using the DM version of the maps where the numbers are part of the actual map image.
If you wanted to invest in a little extra work, then in theory you could set up a numberless player’s map to be in the page background, and then position room markers on top of it. Onenote will let you copy links to paragraphs now, which you can then attach to these marker images. That should do the trick, but I haven’t tested it to see what kind of limitations or complications it might run into.
Is there a version of this available for download? I would love to use something like this in my campaign!
Only as a page template (layout and background style). The actual notebook isn’t available to the public since it contains content from the book.
Will you ever create a barebones template?
Would VERY much so be interested in this.
This is amazing stuff. Just started playing D&D and I’m trying to start organizing my campaign like this. How many hours do you estimate it took to complete this notebook?
If you buy the module digitally, especially though Roll20 or D&D Beyond, then you might be looking at a week. One of the biggest time-sinks involved is actually reading through the module as you organize it so that you can actually learn the adventure and get a better idea of how you want to organize it.
This is amazing and ticks so many boxes for me. I’ve started re-organizing my OotA campaign notebook using your system. I didn’t know that OneNote could do so many things! Thank you thank you thank you! I’d like to buy you a beer or something. 🙂
Quick question for you: How do you handle the merchant area in large cities?
I’ve divided Neverwinter (the characters escaped the Underdark and are waiting to be called to Gauntlgrym) into districts and have started adding all the shops. Using the collapsible text I’ve got their inventories, any story hooks, and faction/group connections no problem. I’d like to add an image of the owner for a quick description but the no wrappable text is a pain. Is there a work-around that you’re aware of that still allows the image to disappear in the collapsed text or am I going to have to use a quick description and a link to an NPC page?
For merchant areas in large cities I usually keep a bullet-list side bar that will list the various store/inn names along with which area they’re in. This helps me quickly see what services are available so I can point the characters in the right direction if they ask for a place to stay or shop. For example, Port Nyanzaru looks like this https://imgur.com/a/B45Mokc
These specific stores in Port Nyanzaru don’t really have a lot official content going on in them. The book notes will generally just mention if there are any exclusions to what can be bought and if there are any price modifiers involved. But if the adventure does go into describing the specific stores and inns by giving them maps or fleshing them out with several NPCs or if the players adopt a spot as their little base of operations then I’ll actually give those locations their very own sub-page for that town/city. Examples of this might include the Blue Water Inn or Bildrith’s Mercantile in Curse of Strahd (subpages of Vallaki and Barovia respectively), or Stonehill Inn and Barthen’s Provisions from Lost Mines of Phandelver (both are subpages of Phandalin).
Collapsing Images:
I don’t know if images can be collapsed with any kind of text wrapping in place (something I haven’t attempted in my layouts), but they can definitely be collapsed along with everything else if they are on their own indented paragraph for that outline.
Lets say you have a header with three indented paragraphs underneath. Paragraph 1 as text, paragraph 2 as an image, and paragraph 3 as more text. As long as you also indent the empty line that separates these paragraphs, then all three of these paragraphs with collapse and expand together.
Alternatively you can nest collapsible paragraphs inside other collapsible paragraphs in case you wanted to tuck the image away.