

I have a Rook and Raven Campaign Planner that I love.īut at the end of the day, I prefer organizing with the help of a screen and (usually) a keyboard. There are specially designed paper DM planners. He typically uses blank unlined paper for his. My brother keeps detailed journals for his DMing. Some DMs prefer physical notebooks to write out their campaigns long-hand. One of the great things about “pen and paper” role playing games is the flexibility of doing things your way. Then I will talk about the pros and cons of using OneNote for DM work. In this article, I’ll explain how I organize my DM resources. So I can drop in a table from DnD Beyond or insert a photo from my phone.

And OneNote makes it easy for me to capture information from other places. Everything is synced to the cloud, so I don’t have to worry about copying things back and forth. And I organize it according to how I tend to think about things.īecause OneNote runs on my laptop, tablet, and phone (and, dare I say, on my watch), I always have the information available. With a carefully set up notebook, I have hundreds of pages of information easily at my disposal in a searchable way. One tool I’ve found helpful is Microsoft OneNote. And during gameplay, nothing disrupts the magic of the moment like taking a 15 minute detour through a stack of notebooks to locate a piece of relevant information. The well-organized DM must keep track of a tremendous amount of information.
