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 Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 5:37 am
These are a few links I've provided t help any DMs out there better thier campaigns with some tools to help generate/create a game world. http://www.aarg.net/~minam/npc.cgi This generator creates up to 40 NPCs (of character class, or NPC class) at a time. A really really great tool to use. You can download it for offline use and there are versions for 3rd edition AND 3.5 revised. Next tool - Dungeon building stuff. http://www.aarg.net/~minam/dungeon.cgi This AWESOME generator creates, populates, AND draws the map for you. Puts treasure in as well as monsters/character NPCs. Very cool. Now on to city building. http://www.irony.com/mkcity.htmlThis one builds a nice map instantly. Below is a great link downloads a city population program. Easy to use, best one I've used yet. http://www.dndadventure.com/ftp/toolsdl_citygen.zip
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Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 5:40 am
Darkspawn's steps to create a city :
First, use the instant city mapper to create a map.
Then use the city populator to make residence.
Next step is to use the NPC generator to match the given NPC statistics. This way you can copy and paste 40 NPCs at a time to actually create a huge character sheet for a whole city!
Example :
Created a map.
The City Generator made a small hamet with 40 1st level commoners and 3 1st level aristocrats (for instance).
I use the NPC generator and tab down the class selection and make 40 1st level commoners in the notepad at the bottom of the generator. Using copy and paste I put the statistics of the City generator on it and also copy and paste the 40 characters I've just created. Using the NPC generator again (this time building 3 aristocrats) I copy and paste them below the commoners.
Now, in the owrdpad I have the statistics of my hamlet, as well as a character sheet for EVERYONE in town. Pretty in depth.
As always, any questions just ask.
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Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 7:41 am
Interesting; definitely a nice quick way to generate a random city or town if you need a place for a side quest. . . beats doing it by hand!
And wow... that dungeon generator is great. It like the old AD&D 1.0 Generator that was in the DMG, only you don't have to do all the rolling (and its more organized). Very, very, nice. I will definitely use this!
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Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 5:01 am
Hello, ladies and gents. Another great generator I found. http://mwtools.thyle.net/d_gen.htmlThis little beauty creates Dragons instantly. A great tool. Makes it so you don't have to go over and over the stats and flip back and forth through the combat statistics and make the creature mathematically. You can even create it in a format that makes it look like it was straight out of a monster statistics block from the Monster Manual.
Combined with this, http://www.angelfire.com/rpg2/dnd3e/files/treasure.exeYou can generate a hoard from wyrmling to wyrm!
Example :Crimigon (the name I made up)
Gargantuan Dragon (Fire)
Hit Dice: 37d12+370 (610 hp)
Initiative: +4
Speed: 40 ft, fly 200 ft (clumsy)
AC: 42 (-4 size, +36 natural)
Attacks: Bite +48 melee, 2 claws +43 melee, 2 wings +43 melee, tail slap +43 melee
Damage: Bite 4d6+15, claw 2d8+7, wing 2d6+7, tail slap 2d8+22
Face/Reach: 20 ft by 40 ft / 15 ft
Special Attacks: Breath weapon, locate object, other spell-like abilities, frightful presence
Special Qualities: Fire subtype, immunities, DR 20/+3, blindsight, keen senses, SR 30
Saves: Fort +30, Ref +20, Will +27
Abilities: Str 41, Dex 10, Con 31, Int 24, Wis 25, Cha 24
Skills: Bluff +44, Concentration +47, Diplomacy +44, Escape Artist +37, Knowledge (arcana, geography, history, religion) +44, Listen +46, Scry +44, Search +44, Sense Motive +44, Spellcraft +44, Spot +46
Feats: Hover, Flyby Attack, Power Attack, Cleave, Snatch, Improved Initiative, Spell Focus (Evocation), Alertness, Wingover, Quicken Spell-Like Ability
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Challenge Rating: 23
Alignment: Always chaotic evil
SA–Breath Weapon (Su): Cone of fire, 60 feet long, every 1d4 rounds; damage 22d10, Reflex half DC 38.
SA–Frightful Presence (Ex): Dragons can unsettle foes with their mere presence. This ability takes effect automatically (radius 330 ft) whenever the dragon attacks, charges, or flies overhead. A potentially affected creature (one with less than 37 HD) that succeeds at a Will save (DC 35) remains immune to that dragon's frightful presence for one day. On a failure, creatures with 4 or fewer HD become panicked for 4d6 rounds and those with more than 5 HD become shaken for 4d6 rounds. Dragons ignore the frightful presence of other dragons.
SA–Locate Object (Sp): This dragon can locate object 11/day as the spell of the same name.
SA–Other Spell-Like Abilities: 3/day - suggestion; 1/day: eyebite.
SQ–Immunities (Ex): Immune to sleep, paralysis.
SQ–Blindsight (Ex): Dragons can ascertain creatures by nonvisual means (mostly hearing and scent, but also by noticing vibrations and other environmental clues); this dragon's range is 330 feet.
SQ–Keen Senses (Ex): Dragons can see four times as well as humans in low-light conditions and twice as well in normal light. They also have darkvision (range 1100 feet).
SQ–Fire Subtype (Ex): Fire immunity, double damage from cold except on a successful save.
Spells Known (cast 6/8/8/8/7/7/7/7/4; as a level 17 sorcerer): 0–detect magic, resistance, detect poison, read magic, dancing lights, ghost sound, mage hand, open/close, mending; 1–endure elements, mage armor, divine favor, cure light wounds, shield; 2–bull's strength, cat's grace, blur, endurance, fog cloud; 3–haste, dispel magic, protection from elements, slow; 4–spell immunity, dimension door, improved invisibility, detect scrying; 5–cloudkill, righteous might, dominate person, teleport; 6–heal, greater dispelling, harm; 7–spell turning, destruction, greater scrying; 8–mass charm, maze.Treasure (approx) :
5,600 platinum coins (56,000 gp)
gemstone - star rose quartz (40 gp)
gemstone - malachite (8 gp)
gemstone - golden pearl (150 gp)
gemstone - jasper iolite (20 gp)
gemstone - jet (90 gp)
gemstone - deep blue spinel (700 gp)
gemstone - onyx (50 gp)
gemstone - chysoprase (50 gp)
gemstone - red spinel (110 gp)
gemstone - golden pearl (130 gp)
gemstone - black pearl (300 gp)
gemstone - sardonyx (40 gp)
gemstone - moss agate (15 gp)
gemstone - deep blue spinel (700 gp)
gemstone - red garnet (100 gp)
gemstone - deep green spinel (100 gp)
gemstone - obsidian (12 gp)
gemstone - brown-green garnet (110 gp)
gemstone - blue quartz (9 gp)
gemstone - bloodstone (60 gp)
gemstone - amber (60 gp)
gemstone - bloodstone (60 gp)
gemstone - malachite (10 gp)
gemstone - tiger eye turquoise (12 gp)
gemstone - coral (100 gp)
gemstone - blue quartz (10 gp)
gemstone - obsidian (10 gp)
Smokesticks (1) (20 gp)
Alchemist's fire (1) (20 gp)
Masterwork greatsword (350 gp)
rod: flame extinguishing (15,000 gp)
potion: lesser restoration (300 gp)
scroll (arcane)
- confusion (l4, cl7)
- fire shield (l4, cl7) (1,400 gp)
+2 full-plate (5,650 gp)
bracers of armor (+4) (16,000 gp)
winged boots (12,000 gp)
wand of cure moderate wounds (43 charges) (4,500 gp)
ring of chameleon power (12,000 gp)
+4 kama (32,302 gp)
sword of subtlety (15,310 gp)
1,900 silver coins (190 gp)
bag of holding (bag 4) (10,000 gp)
screaming bolt (257 gp) blaugh
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Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 7:25 pm
wow... these look really helpful... I can't wait to try them out!
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 10:58 am
wow men you just save my life,m I had to make a campaing for tonight and I had forgot but now I just have to create a random dungeon with some random npc ^.^ thank you men really
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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:39 pm
http://www.thievesguild.cc/ A FANTASTIC site, it has puzzles, traps, riddle, lists of spells, a guide to tell you which books to look in, a Thieves Cant translator, potion/poison recipy generator dice generator, and much more, this site saved my campaigns more than once
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Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 1:58 pm
WOW. these are really helpful. it will make it easier for me to DM now.
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Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:19 am
Thanks for these. I was thinking about DM'ing a campaign online with a few friends in a couple of weeks and these will help me a lot.
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Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 7:36 pm
Noooooo! It looks like aarg.net and irony.com are both gone. Irony.com is actually listed as for sale when I go to the page. I can only hope that they'll come back again some day... sweatdrop
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Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 6:31 pm
all but one of the links at the top no longer work. Plz update?
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Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 4:04 pm
I'm going to say Masterplan is THE BEST tool for newbie 4e DM's. It's all right there.
I don't even know how to start describing it. You can have a plot line started and have a nice handy flow chart that can branch and connect all over the place.
You can roll up encounters based off how the 4e DMG's suggests you do it (you can make it a hard encounter, an easy one, all kinds of things.)
In game calendar? Check.
Import characters from the DnD character builder? Check.
Have an in-game world encyclopedia? Check.
Auto map builder? check
Encounter runner with HP tracking, on-going damage, and initiative checker? Check, check, and check.
I don't think I've found a downside to it yet.
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