Worldbuilding
Worldbuilding fields
How custom templates work for characters, locations, and magic systems.
The shape of a world
Every world holds the same set of pieces — books, characters, locations, magic systems, storylines, glossary, and notes. Three of those (characters, locations, and magic systems) are powered by custom templates: you decide what fields they contain.
The seven field types
| Type | Best for |
|---|---|
| Text Input | Short single-line values |
| Text Area | Plain notes — Appearance, Backstory, Climate |
| Rich Text | Anything that wants formatting — long-form lore |
| Dropdown | Constrained choices (Role, Faction, Allegiance) |
| Tags | Aliases, related concepts, keywords |
| Toggle | Yes/no values (Alive, Discovered, Native) |
| Image | Portraits, maps, sigils |
Editing a template
Open any character, location, or magic system. Hover a field and a small toolbar appears in its top-right corner with four actions:
- Move up / Move down — reorder the field.
- Edit field (pencil) — change the label, the type, or (for dropdowns) the list of choices.
- Delete field (trash) — remove the field from this entity. Other entities of the same type aren’t affected unless you save the change as the template.
To add a new field, scroll to the bottom of the entity and click Add Field. When the layout is the way you want it, click Save as Template to make it the default for every new entity of that type. Existing entities aren’t disturbed.
Field integrations
A few default field labels wire into other parts of the app automatically. The integrations key off the field’s label, so renaming the field will break the link.
- Aliases (on a character) feeds Quick Lookup. Typing any alternate name in your prose surfaces the matching character.
- Role is shown as the subtitle of the character in the list panel.
- Summary is shown as the subtitle of the magic system in the list panel.
The glossary is different
The glossary uses a fixed schema modeled on dictionary entries — Word, Definition, Etymology, Usage, Language, Part of Speech, and Pronunciation. Every entry has the same shape, so the lexicon reads consistently from one term to the next.
If you want a flexible “lore index” that doesn’t fit either custom templates or the glossary, Notes is the place.