dming

dming

resources for running a game

• https://5e.tools

• Random generators

  • Names: https://www.behindthename.com/random/

  • Places, stories, items, effects: http://ancientquests.com/

  • NPC: http://www.npcgenerator.com/

  • http://whothefuckismydndcharacter.com/

  • https://theyfightcrime.org/

  • hex flower game engine: generic biased generator

    • overview and resources: https://goblinshenchman.wordpress.com/2018/10/25/2d6-hex-power-flower/

    • demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4Kl6hc1u3Y

  • tables generator / roller: https://meanderingbanter.blogspot.com/2019/12/automatic-list-to-html-translator-v3.html

  • decmillesial surge table: https://hideous.github.io/#

  • https://donjon.bin.sh/5e//

  • https://talkingheads.rosebud.ai/

  • titan: https://repl.it/@andrian/Forgotten-BeastTitan-Generator-for-DnD-5e-v-082#main.py

  • one page dungeon: https://watabou.itch.io/one-page-dungeon

  • urban exploration: https://www.unlawful.games/2021/05/d100-derelict-urban-location-generator.html

• Characters

  • http://www.fastcharacter.com/

  • pregenerated character sheets: http://www.digitaldungeonmaster.com/pre-made-dd-5e-character-sheets.html

• Dice

  • stats: https://anydice.com/

• Maps

  • https://hexgridgenerator.github.io/

  • Drawing a cool cross-hatched, hand-drawn looking map: https://probabletrain.itch.io/dungeon-scrawl

  • similar: https://www.mipui.net/

  • Dungeon generators:

    • https://dungen.app/dungen/

    • https://watabou.itch.io/one-page-dungeon

    • https://donjon.bin.sh/d20/dungeon/

    • https://davesmapper.com/

  • Card-tographic manual dungeon generation: https://koboldpress.com/howling-tower-cardtography/

  • Hex math: https://www.redblobgames.com/grids/hexagons/

  • Melan diagrams: https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/45711/roleplaying-games/jaquaying-the-dungeon-addendum-how-to-use-a-melan-diagram

  • world generators

    • fantasy map generator: https://azgaar.github.io/Fantasy-Map-Generator/

    • https://donjon.bin.sh/world/

    • https://davidson16807.github.io/tectonics.js/

    • https://inkarnate.com/

    • all kinds of other stuff: https://watabou.itch.io/

• Encounter Building

  • encounter checklist: https://www.prismaticwasteland.com/blog/encounter-checklist

  • 7-3-1 Prep: Before a session, I come up with 7 total NPCs, locations, and encounters. I give each of these a motivation. I then come up with 3 sensory details for each that I can describe at the table (sights, smells, sounds, and so forth). Finally, I think of 1 way I can physically embody each at the table (a distinct noise, voice, verbal tic, body posture, mannerism, etc.). I write all these things down. https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/blog/the-7-3-1-technique

  • 5x5 Prep: https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDBehindTheScreen/comments/c9e97l/fivebyfive_an_easy_to_use_prep_method/

  • 5 Rooms Dungeon

    • https://www.roleplayingtips.com/5-room-dungeons/

    • https://nerdsonearth.com/2017/12/5-room-dungeon/

  • CR estimating: https://imgur.com/a/qXl5v

  • Kobold Fight Club: https://kobold.club/fight/#/encounter-builder

  • Tactics: https://www.themonstersknow.com/

  • paragon monsters:

    • https://www.giffyglyph.com/monstermaker/rules/paragon_actions.html

    • https://theangrygm.com/return-of-the-son-of-the-dd-boss-fight-now-in-5e/

  • Sean's Tools -- Overdraw 50% and Allocate

    • WTAF?! -- a tarot spread. WHAT is the situation. ACTUAL = what ir really going on. FUCK = what is fucking with things. QUESTION what assumption should I question. BANG = what should I do
    • SPEAR for adventure -- Site, Person, Entity (threat), Action (of entitiy), Repercusion -- https://sean-f-smith.medium.com/with-this-tool-youll-never-run-out-of-ideas-15d19ab72dfb
    • GRAPES for setting -- GRAPES stands for Geography, Religion, Achievements, Politics, Economics, Socialising

• Handouts

  • Homebrewery: https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/

  • Badges/achievements: http://www.naturalcrit.com/badges/ note: I started just making them from scratch for more customization, but this is a good starting template

  • better icons for badges: https://game-icons.net/

• virtual table top

  • https://www.owlbear.rodeo/

  • https://www.playrole.com/

  • https://lets-role.com/

  • https://fari.app/

  • Token stamper: http://rolladvantage.com/tokenstamp/

  • battlemaps: https://www.reddit.com/r/battlemaps/

  • battlemaps: https://www.reddit.com/r/Roll20/

• Time tracking

  • aglet: http://aglet.io/tools/timekeeper/

• Player safety

  • Safety mechanisms: https://www.bigbadcon.com/safety-mechanisms/

• Orgnaization

  • Trello:
    • https://trello.com/b/7Qcxt5eT/dd-campaign-planner-for-beginners
    • https://trello.com/b/njma4lYH/dd-campaign-planning