D&D 5e LaTeX Template

This is a LaTeX template for typesetting documents in the style of the Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition (D&D 5e) books.

Features

• Color schemes and fonts are close to the core books.
• TeX Live includes the default fonts.
• Compiles with pdflatex.

Installation

User install using TEXMFHOME (recommended)

This will install the template for your current user in one of the following locations:

• Linux: ~/.texmf/tex/latex
• OS X / macOS: ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex
• Windows: C:\Users\{username}\texmf\tex\latex

LaTeX will find the package automatically.

1. Prepare your TEXMFHOME directory.

   mkdir "$(kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFHOME)/tex/latex/"

2. Download the latest release and extract it in $TEXMFHOME/tex/latex/.

   wget https://github.com/evanbergeron/DND-5e-LaTeX-Template/archive/v0.6.0.zip
   unzip -d "$(kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFHOME)/tex/latex/" v0.6.0.zip
   cd "$(kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFHOME)/tex/latex/"
   mv DND-5e-LaTeX-Template-0.6.0 dnd

   Alternatively, clone the repo to the same location:

   git clone https://github.com/evanbergeron/DND-5e-LaTeX-Template.git "$(kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFHOME)/tex/latex/dnd"

Project install using TEXINPUTS

You can also clone a copy of the repository to each LaTeX project. For example, to clone the repository to a lib/ directory in your project:

mkdir lib/
git clone https://github.com/evanbergeron/DND-5e-LaTeX-Template.git lib/dnd

LaTeX will not find the template automatically. Set TEXINPUTS when compiling your project to locate the package:

TEXINPUTS=./lib//: pdflatex project.tex

Usage

Load the template in your preamble:

\documentclass[10pt,twoside,twocolumn,openany]{book}

\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{dnd}

\begin{document}
% ...

Package options

bg

Declare how to load background and footer images. This is a key-value option with the following possible values:

• full: Load both background and footer images. (default)
• none: Removes both background and footer images.
• print: Loads only the footer images.

justified

Justify column copy.

nomultitoc

Disable multi-column table of contents.

Dependencies

If you don't have LaTeX installed, we recommend installing a complete TeX Live distribution. https://www.tug.org/texlive/

Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install texlive-full

Arch

sudo pacman -S texlive-bin texlive-core texlive-latexextra

Known issues and solutions

Stat block text color does not survive page breaks

This is a known issue in tcolorbox. According to the tcolorbox 4.12 manual (p. 363):

If your text content contains some text color changing commands, your color will not survive the break to the next box.

You can use LuaTeX to compile the document.

lualatex main.tex

Wrapping monsterbox in float disrupts spacing inside stat block

Wrapping a monsterbox (or monsterboxnobg) in a floating figure adds extra space between stat block elements:

\begin{figure}[b]
  \begin{monsterbox}{Orc Warden}
    % ...
  \end{monsterbox}
\end{figure}

Instead, use the tcolorbox float parameter:

\begin{monsterbox}[float=b]{Orc Warden}
  % ...
\end{monsterbox}

Refer to the tcolorbox documentation (section 4.13) for more float parameters.

Contributing

Preparing a new release

1. Run ./bin/bump-version to tag the new version.

   ./bin/bumpversion <version>

2. Compile the example PDF.

3. Save the first page of the PDF as scrot.jpg.

4. Update the change log for the new release; commit your changes.

5. Push changes.

   git push && git push --tags

6. Create a new release and attach the PDF and scrot.

Credits

• Background image from Lost and Taken

License

MIT