YearOfMonsters
DND-5e-LaTeX-Template
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YearOfMonsters
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LaTEX template for an RPG book
I made some supplements for the TTRPG Monster of the Week; this is the template I created. Here are the finished products. The style is designed to mimic the original MotW books, so it's not directly useful for a Shadowrun-type game. But maybe it can give you some ideas.
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Getting A Head - my bi-weekly
The previous (bi-)weekly mystery was Kindergarten Cult, and all my mysteries so far can be found on my google drive. The LaTeX template I use is also available on github.
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Kindergarten Cult - my bi-weekly
Last (bi)week's mystery was Nyctophobia, and like this mystery it was made with my free template. You can find all the past mysteries I've put out on my Google drive.
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Thank You for Shopping - A whimsical phenomenon-based horror mystery
Last Week's mystery was The Bone Collector. As usual, they've been made with my LaTeX template using only open-source tools, which you can use too.
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The Bone Collector (my third weekly mystery)
As usual, it was made with my free LaTeX template that you can use to format your own mysteries using open-source tools.
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Elvis Has Entered the Building - I'm up to a Fortnight of Monsters now.
Elvis Has Entered the Building is my second mystery for Monsters of the Week, and while that's a long way from a Year of Monsters, as the name of my free LaTeX template for formatting your own mysteries hints at, it's a solid start. And speaking of that template, it's what I used to make this mystery. It's also free and uses only free software.
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A LaTeX template for formatting mysteries like the book, an example mystery, and hopefully more
You can get the template here, along with instructions on how to use it with your own mysteries and a basic example. It doesn't require anything that isn't free (except time.)
DND-5e-LaTeX-Template
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LaTeX for publishing tabletop role-playing games
> Creating a theme for tabletop role-playing games would take some elbow grease
The article links to several, including a convincing reproduction of basic Wizards of the Coast house style for D&D 5E:
https://github.com/rpgtex/DND-5e-LaTeX-Template
Here's another 5E one with additional sidebar styles:
https://github.com/anoderay/DND-5e-LaTeX-Template/
Also 5E-inspired, with a template for card accessories:
https://github.com/Krozark/RPG-LaTeX-Template
A 5E-compatible character sheet:
https://github.com/matsavage/DND-5e-LaTeX-Character-Sheet-Te...
CTAN also has packages for Basic D&D-inspired typesetting (rpg-module, also linked from the article), GURPS (gurps), generic hex boards (hexboard), and wargame hex boards with counters (wargame).
There are also indie TTRPGs that've shipped using custom LaTeX templates; this one has CC-BY licensed source: https://github.com/ludus-leonis/nipajin
And the blog author's own, with a more restrictive CC-NC-SA license: https://github.com/Vladar4/itdr
From personal experience, the biggest struggle is non-rectangular text wrapping around images.
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What is the current status of Latex?
Started using LateX for academic papers, back in 2002, nowadays I use Latex for almost everything, for my work as a professor - which includes papers I submit and teaching materials I write - but also for formal letters, contracts and even games - see for example D&D 5e Latex. Latex is used for tons and applications in different fields, and its vast library is a small sample of that.
- Do you guys write your own primers/booklets/zines for your players? Looking for tips for publishing a 'players guide' with house rules. (DND)
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What app should I use to actually write the system?
Use Overleaf, once you know Latex you can create easily a decent write up, especially when you use DND-5e-LaTeX-Template as a basis.
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what's the best software for making rulebooks
if you have a techy background, TeX is always an option whih produces gorgious output and there are various templates available, e.g. this dnd template.
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LaTEX template for an RPG book
Dark Latex D&D5e Template
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Emulating the Style of Another Document
You can find the template here: github, or here for Overleaf. Good luck!
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Design Software Question
While I personally use it for typesetting my RPG books, and it is very commonly used among the RPG sphere's I'm in.
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Tools for rule book creation?
There is a specific template originally used or intended for Dungeons and Dragons called the DND-5e-LaTeX-Template or directly from Overleaf as a downloadable Template
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Best way to practice!
For those who interested: https://github.com/rpgtex/DND-5e-LaTeX-Template
What are some alternatives?
ShadowTeXSR5 - LaTeX Class emulating the Look-and-Feel of Shadowrun 5e Sourcebooks
homebrewery - Create authentic looking D&D homebrews using only markdown
star-wars-latex - Latex version of Star Wars documents
DND-5e-LaTeX-Character-Template - LaTeX package to typeset character sheets for the fifth edition of the "world's greatest roleplaying game".
nipajin - A pen'n'paper RPG that fits on 4 pages. Typeset in LaTeX.
solbera-dnd-fonts - Solbera's DND5e fonts
cairn
masterplan - Masterplan is an application that helps you to build D&D 4E campaigns.
pandoc-latex-template - A pandoc LaTeX template to convert markdown files to PDF or LaTeX.
CV - Automatically updated Material Design themed CV (template & personal)
ElegantBook - Elegant LaTeX Template for Books
Russian-Phd-LaTeX-Dissertation-Template - LaTeX-template for russian Phd thesis