Dungeons and Dragons Wiki:Formatting Conventions

Prerequisites
Prerequisites should be fully linked for maximum cross-wiki exposure. What this means is that unless the prerequisite is not from another source, it should be a link, and if it is from another source, it should be cited. So, let us say you have a feat that has a prerequisite of a high base attack bonus, intelligence score, Wordcasting, and to be an Elf. Then you would write the following for the |prereqs= line:

|prereqs=Elf, Int +15, BAB +6, Wordcasting

Try to place prerequisites in the following order:


 * 1) Other Feats - Don't include the prerequisites of these feats. When this is a link, users may click it.
 * 2) Race - Unless your feat interacts with the ability a certain race gives, this is unnecessary. Don't include both the race and the ability, unless the race has choices on which abilities it gives.
 * 3) Ability Scores - Limit yourself to just one and make sure the number is odd.
 * 4) Base Attack Bonus
 * 5) Special Abilities - Usually class abilities.

Namespaces
This wiki makes usage of custom namespaces. What this means is that certain pages are named differently than others, specifically the Canon, Publication, and SRD namespaces are added to the wiki. For the most part, these are just ways of organizing information in ways that categories and semantic mediawiki is too unwieldy, and to make it easier to link to information.

Cross-Namespace Linking
When linking to a page in a namespace, such as the SRD or Canon namespace, if you want the visible part of the link to be the part after the namespace, just add a pipe key after it. For example, to link to SRD:Detect Magic, and have it show as Detect Magic, use  SRD:Detect Magic .

Simple Links
Some of the SRD pages have redirects from non-SRD pages. What this means for you is that you can link to these simple pages without having to use a full Page Name syntax and may instead use Page Name.

The following pages follow this syntax:


 * Skills (a.k.a. Autohypnosis and Balance; )
 * Use  Knowledge (version)  instead of  Knowledge (version) 
 * Some skills might be lacking in redirects. Feel free to add them using the format  #REDIRECT SRD: Skill 
 * Saves (in either Reflex or Ref format)
 * Ability Scores (in either Strength or Str format)
 * Damage Reduction and DR
 * Fast Healing
 * Regeneration
 * Ex, Ps, Sp, and Su, though templates exist that are easier to use.
 * Action types (a.k.a. Standard action or Swift action or Full-Round action

Special Ability Templates
A few very simple templates, being  ,  PS undefined ,    , and     exist for these types of abilities. They are optional to use, but they involve one less redirect and take up two less characters than writing  (Ex) .