of Dice and Dragons

This was topic was originally published in Roleplaying-Tips as a Reader Tip (Use FreeMind For SRD Import) but I thought it was worth walking through it one more time, with a few more screen captures to help show the whole process.

Please be aware that while the “official” release of Freemind is at 0.8.0 I’m using the 0.9.0 beta 13 version and the screens do look a little different depending on the version so keep that in mind as you follow along.

First, download a copy of the SRD - I prefer the one located at DM Reference. For importing you’ll want to download the HTML Zip file. After downloading unzip it and note where you placed the files (in my case it is Q:\Gaming\Dungeons&Dragons\SRD)

Now, open up Freemind and create a new mind map.
	Next we’ll import the SRD. To do this we’re going to import the folder structure by clicking File -> Import -> Folder Structure.
What you should see at this point is the standard file selection dialog box. You’ll want to navigate to where you unzipped the SRD but don’t select that directory - open it and select the SRD directory you’ll see at that point.
The reason for selecting the second SRD directory is because we don’t need all the “extra baggage” that comes with this version of the SRD, we only need the HTML files - everything else is used if you want to view the SRD in your browser. Once you’ve selected the directory and hit the OK button Freemind will display a mind map of the SRD which should look similar to this:

For those that do import and use the SRD from Freemind I’d love to hear back from you on your experience.

May your dice roll well.

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I know it’s been quite awhile since my last posting, sorry about that. I went through a job change in the offline world over the last month (has it been that long?) which unfortunately resulted in shorter deadlines for my former position and a stack of catch-up work to do at my new employer.

~Scot
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