Ser Aldric Vane's character sheet in Archivist: Armor Class, hit points, ability scores, saving throws, skills and his weapon attacks Watch the demo1:26

Your D&D character sheet, inside Obsidian.

It works out your AC, saves, attacks and spell DC from the rules, rolls when you click a number, and tracks hit points, spell slots and rests while you play.

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Character sheet

AC, saves, skills and attacks worked out from your gear and features

Put on a shield, attune a cloak or gain a level, and every number on the sheet updates. Hover Armor Class, Speed or an ability to see what adds up to it.

  • Proficiency, expertise and advantage fill in from the rules and say where they come from.
  • Resistances and conditions from items name the item, and its × offers to take it off.
  • Your table does it differently? Change any number; one click goes back to the rules.
The character sheet of a level 11 Paladin, with every number worked out from gear, species, class and feats
Hovering Armor Class and Speed shows what adds up to each: plate armor, a shield and a cloak for AC 21
Rolling

Click a number to roll it, or build a custom roll with crits, smites and Sneak Attack

Every check, save, attack and damage number on the sheet rolls with a click. Option+click (Alt+click) a damage number to open Roll damage…, tick what this hit adds, and see the whole roll before you make it.

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The Roll damage window for a longsword hit, with Critical hit, Savage Attacker and Searing Smite at 2nd level ticked
Tick what this hit adds. A critical hit, Savage Attacker and Searing Smite at 2nd level.
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The result: 42 damage, split into 8 slashing, 15 radiant and 19 fire, with every die shown and Savage Attacker's lower dice struck through
Every die, every damage type. 42 damage: Slashing 8, Radiant 15, Fire 19. Savage Attacker's lower dice are struck through.
A Stealth check rolled with advantage for 33, naming Cloak of Elvenkind and Boots of Elvenkind as the source

What a custom roll can add

  • A critical hit, by your table's crit rule
  • Both hands on a Versatile weapon
  • Bonuses that only apply sometimes, like Sneak Attack
  • Savage Attacker or Great Weapon Fighting
  • Spells that add damage, like Divine Smite, at any slot level
  • Any extra you type: +1d4, +2, 1d6
  • …and more

Save as… keeps it for this weapon or every attack. Checks and saves roll the same way, and the result says where your advantage came from: Cloak of Elvenkind, Boots of Elvenkind.

At the table

Hit points, Hit Dice, death saves and rests, tracked while you play

Heal and Damage buttons, temporary hit points and death saves at 0 HP. A Short or Long Rest lists exactly what comes back before you confirm.

  • Short Rest spends Hit Dice and takes the average or your own roll.
  • Conditions change your rolls, and you can make your own, like Frostbitten.
Thora Brightforge's sheet with her hit points, Hit Dice, Heal and Damage buttons and the rest buttons
The Long Rest window listing what comes back: hit points 41 to 49, spell slots, a Hit Die, Lay on Hands and Channel Divinity
A homemade Frostbitten condition on the sheet, with its description in a tooltip
Spells

Spell slots, concentration and prepared spells, handled

CAST spends the slot. Spell attacks roll, save DCs show, damage dice roll with a click. Free casts from your species or a feat grey out once used, and a rest gives them back.

  • Warlock Pact Magic, always-prepared and at-will spells, rituals.
  • Wands and staffs cast with their own charges and save DC.
  • Changing prepared spells? The Long Rest window lists what each class can swap.
The Spells tab with spell slots, cantrips and prepared spells, each with its range, attack or save and damage
Builder

Make a character or level up in six guided steps

Species, class and levels, background, abilities, equipment and details. Every option shows its full card, from the SRD and your homebrew together.

  • Every open choice listed: skills, Fighting Style, Weapon Mastery, subclass, feats.
  • Multiclass with standard array, point buy or rolled scores.
  • Starting equipment from your class and background, in one step.
The Builder's Class and Levels step for a Fighter, listing skill proficiencies, Weapon Mastery and Fighting Style choices
Companions and Wild Shape

Familiars, steeds, summons and Wild Shape, each with a full stat block

Cast Find Familiar, Find Steed or Animate Dead and the creature appears on its own tab, worked out for your character, with its own hit points, conditions and attacks that roll.

  • Five skeletons share one block with a row of hit point boxes and "roll for each standing".
  • Wild Shape: the SHIFT button on a beast turns you into it, and every number the form changes turns green.
The Companions tab with an owl familiar and five skeletons from Animate Dead, each with stat blocks, hit points and conditions
Fenna Wildbloom, a Druid, in Wolf form, with the beast's numbers on her sheet
Gear and the rest

Inventory, trading, portraits and your own conditions

The Inventory tab with containers, item stacks, charges and attunement

An inventory with bags, stacks and attunement

Drag items into a Bag of Holding, track charges, and an item's benefits switch on when you wear it.

The Trade window moving items and coins between Lyra Nightbloom and Brom Brightforge

Trade loot between characters

Move items and coins to another character in your vault, with undo.

A painting in the Character portrait window, with the draggable circle framing the face

A portrait for every character

Pick a picture from your vault and frame the face.

A custom Frostbitten condition with its effects described on the sheet

Conditions of your own

Make a condition with real effects on the sheet, like slower Speed or disadvantage.

A character sheet filling an iPad screen edge to edge
Tablet

Play from an iPad at the table

The sheet fills the screen edge to edge, and pressing and holding opens the menu a right-click opens on a computer.

For DMs

Stat blocks and clickable dice in your session notes

Write a monster, spell or item in any note and it becomes a parchment stat block. Type {{ to pull in anything from the SRD or your homebrew, and put a roll in backticks to make it a button.

## The Ashen Ford
The ford: a `dc:13` Strength (Athletics) check,
or the current drags you `dice:2d6` feet.
The lockbox holds `dice:3d6` gold pieces.
{{monster:owlbear}}
  • Twelve kinds of block, from monsters to subclasses. Monsters, spells and items have an edit form.
  • SRD 5.1 and 5.2 included, your homebrew right beside them.
A DM's session note with clickable DC and dice tags and an Owlbear stat block pulled in from the SRD
Community

Get help, report bugs and share homebrew on Discord

Release notes land there first, and you can vote on what gets built next.

  • announcementsEvery release
  • helpInstall and how-to
  • bug-reportsTagged and tracked
  • feature-requestsVote on what's next
  • homebrewNotes to download
Questions

Questions players and DMs ask

What is Archivist?

Archivist is a free D&D plugin for Obsidian. Players get a character sheet that works out every number from the rules and rolls when you click, a step-by-step character Builder, spells, rests and companions. DMs get parchment stat blocks for monsters, spells and items, and dice that roll from their session notes. The SRD 5.1 and 5.2 come as linked compendiums, and anyone can bring in content from books they own or their own homebrew to use alongside them. Everything stays in your vault as ordinary notes.

Is it free?

Yes. Archivist is completely free to use.

Can I use my homebrew?

Yes. Keep your own monsters, spells, items, species, classes and feats in your own compendium, next to the SRD. The sheet and the Builder use them like any other entry.

Can I bring a character I already have?

Yes. Rebuild it in the Builder with the same species, class, background and choices. The sheet works out every number.

Does it work on an iPad?

Yes. On a tablet the sheet fills the screen and pressing and holding opens the menus. Phones work, but the layout isn't polished for small screens yet.

Do I need other plugins?

Rolling uses the free Dice Roller plugin. The sheet, the Builder, stat blocks and the compendiums work without it.

Is it in Obsidian's Community plugins list?

Yes. Search for Archivist GG under Settings → Community plugins → Browse.

Where are my characters stored?

In your vault, as ordinary notes you can open, search and back up.

Is this the Archivist I've seen elsewhere?

Only if it is Archivist GG (id archivist-gg) by archivist-gg. Other plugins and apps named Archivist are unrelated.