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World Builder

wesswart77wesswart77929 downloads

A fiction world-building toolkit: characters, locations, factions, lore entries, and timeline events.

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A fiction world-building toolkit for Obsidian: characters, locations, factions, lore entries, and timeline events.

Features

  • Characters — name, role, age, faction, physical description, personality, goals, secrets
  • Locations — name, type, parent location, description, inhabitants, secrets
  • Factions — name, alignment, goals, enemies, allies, description
  • Lore Entries — title, category (history/magic/religion/culture/other), content
  • Timeline Events — date/era, title, description, linked characters/locations
  • World Sidebar — tabbed view across all five entry types

Settings

  • World folder — where all world-building notes are stored (default: World)
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About
Build and manage a fiction world's characters, locations, factions, lore entries, and timeline events using structured fields for names, roles, descriptions, relationships, goals, and secrets. View and navigate entries in a World sidebar with tabbed access across all entry types.
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Details
Current version
1.0.1
Last updated
2 months ago
Created
2 months ago
Updates
2 releases
Downloads
929
Compatible with
Obsidian 1.4.0+
Platforms
Desktop, Mobile
License
MIT
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Author
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