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<blockquote data-quote="demoss" data-source="post: 9266371" data-attributes="member: 6690191"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Longevity & interoperability: your docs are on your computer, in a non-proprietary format you can use with other tools as well. Even if Obsidian the compaby goes belly up, your notes will still be accessible. Maybe more of an ideological point than a practical one, and not super critical for RPG stuff, but ability to eg. use version control is sometimes nice for sure.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Same advantage as Notion over Google Docs: easy peasy linking, tagging, etc. If you don't need that, then it doesn't matter of course.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Transclusions. I don't think Notion does these, but maybe it does? Ie. I can write ![[Doc Savage]] on a page, and instead of linking to the Doc Savage page it embeds it right there. Super handy for embedding monster stats or whatnot in your notes right there where you need them.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Since it doesn't use the network, there's never any issues with "oh Notion is slow today". Less of a thing with Google Docs, but I've had plenty of issues like that with Notion.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The built-in Canvas is great for making point-crawls, relationship maps, and such.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Very healthy open source plugin ecosystem: instead of being beholden to the Business Software focus of Notion's development goals, there's plenty of people writing RPG focused plugins for Obsidian. Easy to go overboard with plugins, but they're still huge deal, and well supported by passionate people.</li> </ul><p></p><p>Some of the plugins I use all the time:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Excalidraw. (Basically <a href="https://excalidraw.com/" target="_blank">https://excalidraw.com/</a> running locally inside Obsidian) I use it for sketching and, for drawing maps live over OBS / Discord, etc.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Leaflet. Embedding an image in a document so that it becomes a zoomable map you can put markers and notes on.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dice Roller. I can write <code>dice: 2d6</code> in the document, and that bit of text turns into a 2D6 roll I can make when I need it. So instead of writing "Goblin, D6 cleaver" I write "Goblin <code>dice: d6</code> cleaver" and get the dice roller right where I need it with practically no extra effort.</li> </ul><p></p><p>Oh, and it's free without limitations. Sync (between computers and mobile) and Publish (publishing your notes on the web) cost, but if you want you can also do both of those with plugins and some elbow grease. In the end I decided the trouble-free sync was worth it for me.</p><p></p><p>(I do get the appeal advantage of a simple word processor with no frills, though!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="demoss, post: 9266371, member: 6690191"] [LIST] [*]Longevity & interoperability: your docs are on your computer, in a non-proprietary format you can use with other tools as well. Even if Obsidian the compaby goes belly up, your notes will still be accessible. Maybe more of an ideological point than a practical one, and not super critical for RPG stuff, but ability to eg. use version control is sometimes nice for sure. [*]Same advantage as Notion over Google Docs: easy peasy linking, tagging, etc. If you don't need that, then it doesn't matter of course. [*]Transclusions. I don't think Notion does these, but maybe it does? Ie. I can write ![[Doc Savage]] on a page, and instead of linking to the Doc Savage page it embeds it right there. Super handy for embedding monster stats or whatnot in your notes right there where you need them. [*]Since it doesn't use the network, there's never any issues with "oh Notion is slow today". Less of a thing with Google Docs, but I've had plenty of issues like that with Notion. [*]The built-in Canvas is great for making point-crawls, relationship maps, and such. [*]Very healthy open source plugin ecosystem: instead of being beholden to the Business Software focus of Notion's development goals, there's plenty of people writing RPG focused plugins for Obsidian. Easy to go overboard with plugins, but they're still huge deal, and well supported by passionate people. [/LIST] Some of the plugins I use all the time: [LIST] [*]Excalidraw. (Basically [URL]https://excalidraw.com/[/URL] running locally inside Obsidian) I use it for sketching and, for drawing maps live over OBS / Discord, etc. [*]Leaflet. Embedding an image in a document so that it becomes a zoomable map you can put markers and notes on. [*]Dice Roller. I can write [ICODE]dice: 2d6[/ICODE] in the document, and that bit of text turns into a 2D6 roll I can make when I need it. So instead of writing "Goblin, D6 cleaver" I write "Goblin [ICODE]dice: d6[/ICODE] cleaver" and get the dice roller right where I need it with practically no extra effort. [/LIST] Oh, and it's free without limitations. Sync (between computers and mobile) and Publish (publishing your notes on the web) cost, but if you want you can also do both of those with plugins and some elbow grease. In the end I decided the trouble-free sync was worth it for me. (I do get the appeal advantage of a simple word processor with no frills, though!) [/QUOTE]
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