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Many people swear by Scribus as the best tool for creating RPG-related materials, but hold on a second. What about using a classical programming-style typesetting language like LaTeX for this purpose? There is plenty of free layout source code available to download and adapt, so you wouldn't have to build the whole typesetting of an entire character sheet or RPG book from scratch.

Is it possible to use LaTeX for projects like these?

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    \$\begingroup\$ Sorry, but this is a quintessential tool recommendation, or opinion question, both of which is not allowed on the stack. \$\endgroup\$ Commented 11 hours ago
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    \$\begingroup\$ No, but it does mean that (if the community agrees with Trish, as seems likely), the question will be closed, so no one will be able to answer it. You will still be able to see it and edit it, and if you edit it to something acceptable to the community, it can be reopened. But I’m not sure there’s an obvious edit of this question that will work—what you really seem to want is a discussion, which our format can’t handle. Perhaps try Role-playing Games Chat? (I have no idea how active that is these days though...) \$\endgroup\$ Commented 10 hours ago
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    \$\begingroup\$ Also, for the record, I’ve upvoted your question—whether or not we can handle it, it is a good question, and a discussion of this would be interesting to me. I’m just not sure it can fit here. \$\endgroup\$ Commented 10 hours ago
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    \$\begingroup\$ LaTeX is the solution to EVERYTHING. I have an answer to your question, supported by my experience in using it for DnD. But I will wait for the response of the community, since it is likely to be closed. \$\endgroup\$ Commented 10 hours ago
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    \$\begingroup\$ I see where Trish is coming from, but I very respectfully disagree. At least if the final paragraph is removed this is essentially asking "Is X a useful approach to achieve Y?" which is a type of question addressed here often, and answering it requires at least some familiarity with RPG books. \$\endgroup\$ Commented 10 hours ago

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Yes, and it is wonderful.

I used the \$\LaTeX\$ class dndbook available overleaf. I employed it for RPG books and adventure/campaign booklets.

I have a little bit of experience with LaTeX due to my work, and I find it intuitive and easy. This is not the same for people used to using Word or other similar horrors... I mean, typesetting software.

This is just an example of what you can do: this is a page of a chapter of a book. If you look at the documentation, there are pre-made commands for feats, spells, monster stat blocks and others. I think it is a very good class for \$\LaTeX\$.

For the character sheet, I saw this class, but I do not have any experience with it.

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    \$\begingroup\$ Using LaTeX for an RPG book seems pretty straightforward—the part of the question that particularly interested me was the bit about character sheets. Can LaTeX do that? Can it handle making the PDF editable, or does it only lay out a printable sheet? (To be clear, +1 as is, just wondering if you know anything about this.) \$\endgroup\$ Commented 10 hours ago
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    \$\begingroup\$ @KRyan I had to search a little bit, I remember the one linked but o never used it. I never needed it, but latex allows to make editable pdfs. \$\endgroup\$ Commented 9 hours ago
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    \$\begingroup\$ did a grammar pass \$\endgroup\$ Commented 9 hours ago
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    \$\begingroup\$ Thank you! Yeah I have seen the github previously. Bet if someone can modify the source code then he can do whatever he wants to do with it. Love to see a WoD character sheet' source in latex. \$\endgroup\$ Commented 8 hours ago
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    \$\begingroup\$ @NESRockman1987 for WoD... one of the most commonly used is the set of MrGone... \$\endgroup\$ Commented 7 hours ago

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