D&D Beyond Importer

Pull any public D&D Beyond character sheet into your Obsidian vault as a formatted Markdown note, then roll dice and run checks without ever leaving the app.

What it does

• 📋 Full character sheet — ability scores, saving throws, skills, HP, AC, speed, proficiency bonus
• ⚔️ Equipment — inventory table with equipped status and weight
• 📖 Spells — grouped by level, with school, cast time, range, concentration, and prepared status
• 🌟 Features & Traits — racial traits, feats, personality/ideals/bonds/flaws
• 💰 Currency — all coin types
• 📜 Backstory & Notes — character backstory and campaign notes
• 🏷️ YAML front matter — all key stats as queryable properties for Dataview
• 🔄 Re-import — running the importer again on the same character updates the existing note in place
• 🎲 Dice Roller — d4 through d100 with toast notifications and roll history
• 📊 Roll Sheet — per-character modal with roll buttons for every stat, skill, saving throw, and weapon attack

Installation

Automatic (recommended for stable releases)

1. Open Settings.
2. In the side menu, select Community plugins.
3. Select Browse.
4. Search "D&D Beyond Importer".
5. Select the plugin.
6. Select install.
7. Enable the plugin.
8. Configure plugin settings. (Optional)

Manual (recommended until published to the community directory / latest releases)

1. Download the latest release zip from the Releases page (or build from source — see below).
2. Unzip into your vault's plugin directory:

   <YourVault>/.obsidian/plugins/dndbeyond-importer/
   

   The folder needs at minimum main.js and manifest.json.
3. Go to Obsidian → Settings → Community Plugins and enable D&D Beyond Importer.

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/Webcreator3478/D-D-Beyond-Character-Importer---Obsidian-Plugin.git
cd dndbeyond-importer
npm install
npm run build

This produces main.js in the project root.

Usage

Importing a character

Ribbon: click the ⚔️ sword icon in the left sidebar.

Command palette: Ctrl/Cmd + P → D&D Beyond Importer: Import character from D&D Beyond

Any of these formats work as input:

• Full URL: https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/137202151/GpDg8C
• Short URL: https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/137202151
• Bare ID: 137202151

⚠️ The character sheet must be set to Public on D&D Beyond. Private sheets can't be fetched.

Character Roll Sheet

After importing, a roll sheet opens automatically. You can also reopen it at any time:

Ribbon: click the 🎲 dice icon while the character note is active.

Command palette: D&D Beyond Importer: Open Roll Sheet for active character note

The roll sheet pulls character data from a session cache if the character was already imported this session — otherwise it fetches fresh from the API using the dndbeyond_id stored in the note's front matter. Multiple characters are cached independently, so switching between notes works without re-importing anyone.

What's on the roll sheet:

• Initiative — d20 + DEX modifier
• Ability Checks — one roll button per score (STR / DEX / CON / INT / WIS / CHA)
• Saving Throws — proficiency bonus applied automatically; proficient saves marked ✓
• Skills — all 18 skills with correct modifiers; expertise (★) and proficiency (✓) shown
• Actions — 🎲 ATK and 🎲 DMG buttons for each equipped weapon and attack cantrip

Roll history logs the modifier and total alongside the raw result (e.g. d20(14)+5 = 19).

Standalone Dice Roller

If you just want to roll dice without a character sheet open:

Ribbon: click the 🎲 dice icon with no character note active.

Command palette: D&D Beyond Importer: Open Dice Roller

Available dice: d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20, d100.

Each roll shows up in the modal, fires a toast notification (e.g. 🎲 d20: 17), and gets logged to the roll history with a timestamp. History is capped at the last 50 rolls and can be wiped with Clear History. It persists across modal opens for the duration of the session.

Settings

Note structure

---                          ← YAML front matter (queryable with Dataview)
name, race, class, level
hp_max, hp_current, ac …
tags: ["dnd-character", …]
---

# Character Name
> Class • Race • Level N

## Core Stats        (HP / AC / Speed / Initiative / Prof. Bonus)
## Ability Scores    (STR / DEX / CON / INT / WIS / CHA with modifiers)
## Saving Throws     (proficient saves marked ✓)
## Skills            (proficient ✓, expertise ★)
## Proficiencies & Languages
## Currency
## Equipment         (table: item / qty / equipped / weight)
## Features & Traits (racial traits, feats, personality)
## Spells            (grouped by level, spell slots table)
## Backstory & Notes
## Session Notes     ← blank section for your own notes

A note on the D&D Beyond API

The plugin fetches from an unofficial internal endpoint:

https://character-service.dndbeyond.com/character/v5/character/{ID}

This isn't officially documented or supported by D&D Beyond / Wizards of the Coast and could change or break without warning. The plugin is read-only — it never writes anything back to D&D Beyond.

Mobile: character fetching uses Obsidian's requestUrl API to work around browser CORS restrictions. This works reliably on desktop (Windows, macOS, Linux). On mobile, the request may be blocked depending on your network setup.

License

MIT