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This is an adaptation of the Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition (2024) SRD v5.2.1 converted to Markdown (.MD) for easy export to other publishing formats and utilized in your own 5E projects. Please report any issues or discrepancies within the material itself; see Discussions & Issues below.
The D&D Systems Reference Document (SRD) contains guidelines for publishing your own Dungeons & Dragons content under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (“CC-BY-4.0”). The Wizard's OGL and Dungeon Masters Guild offer different kinds of publishing opportunities. For an overview of the programs, please visit the official Wizards SRD page to compare the programs.
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Why Markdown format?
Markdown is a lightweight markup language with plain text formatting syntax created by John Gruber. By its very nature, being a plain text file, it is designed to add future-proofing to any set of documents while still maintaining basic text and table formatting options.
In addition, Markdown may be exported to HTML and many other formats using a number of various Markdown editors. Markdown is often used to format README files, for writing books, blogs, and messages, or to simply create rich text using plain text in a Markdown editor.
Editing & Exporting
I recommend using the following Markdown applications to edit the material:
- Typora: $15 (Pay Once; MacOS, Windows, and Linux)
- Marked2 $14 (Pay Once; MacOS only)
- Visual Studio Code: FREE! Markdown Plugins: FREE!
To export markdown to other publishing formats, I recommend using Typora as it has many good export options that will satisfy the majority of users. Most good Markdown editors will offer basic exports. Marked2 is NOT a markdown editor, but it opens markdown files and can export them in a variety of themes.
However, if you want even more export formats and options, PanWriter is the best solution, but you'll need PanDoc installed to get the best results. Both are FREE!
Obsidian Friendly
This SRD material contains optional content designed specifically for PKM applications like Obsidian. Obsidian.md is a powerful knowledge base on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files. That definition sounds simple; however, Obsidian is much, much more.
Visit Josh Plunket's YouTube Channel to learn more about using Obsidian for your roleplaying game campaign management.
Discussions & Issues
Feel free to visit our discussion forum to examine publishing ideas regarding the D&D SRD. Please REport any issues you find through GitHub. As an alternative, you can REfork & REuse this project through a GitHub pull request.