D&D Character Manager for Joplin

Manage Dungeons & Dragons 5e characters directly in your Joplin notes, with a character sheet panel styled after D&D Beyond.

Characters are stored as YAML inside a ```dnd fenced code block in a regular note — plain text, sync-friendly, and fully editable by hand if you want.

Features

Character sheet panel

• D&D Beyond-style layout: ability score strip, vitals band (AC, HP, initiative, speed, proficiency), saving throws, senses, and skills
• Tabs for Actions, Spells, Inventory, Features & Traits, Notes, and Journal
• Click any modifier, save, or skill to roll it with animated 3D dice
• Heal/Damage buttons with 5e temp-HP rules; spell slot trackers
• Six color themes (light, dark, parchment, and more)

D&D Beyond import & sync

• Tools → Import D&D Beyond Character imports a character from its public D&D Beyond URL (or pasted JSON): abilities, AC, HP, speed, proficiencies, attacks, spells with full spell text, inventory, and features & traits
• A ↻ Sync button re-imports from D&D Beyond while preserving your journal, notes, expended spell slots, and customizations
• The character's privacy must be set to Public on D&D Beyond (character → Edit → Home → Character Privacy)

Play sessions & Character Journal

• ▶ Session starts a play session; every dice roll is logged with a timestamp
• Ending the session saves the log as a note in a Character Journal notebook inside your character's folder, titled "Session X - date"
• Journal notes get their own editor view: title, date, prunable roll log, and free-form session notes

Search

• The 🔍 button searches the whole sheet — attacks, spells, features, items, notes, journal, skills, and stats — and jumps straight to the matching row

Actions tab curation

• Flag any spell, feature, or inventory item with ⚔ to include it in the Actions tab, with roll-ready hit and damage buttons

Usage

1. Install the plugin from the Joplin plugin repository (search "Dungeons and Dragons").
2. Create a character:
   • Import D&D Beyond Character from the Tools menu, or
   • Insert DnD Character Template from the command palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) for the built-in creation wizard.
3. Select the character's note — the sheet panel opens automatically.
4. Edit to change the sheet; click values to roll; ▶ Session while playing.

Keep each character's note in its own folder — the plugin creates the Character Journal notebook inside that folder.

License

MIT — not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast or D&D Beyond. The D&D Beyond importer uses the same public character-service endpoint the D&D Beyond character sheet itself uses, and only works for characters you have set to Public.