A library of resources and tips for creating NPCs, monsters, places, and loot to drop into games. [[Random Rolls]] on [[Random Tables]] ## General tips When you're feeling a little stuck creatively, try these tips. - [[Put a gun on the table]] - [[Let the players write the story for you]] ## NPCs and PCs - [[NPC Creation]] - [My Random Character Generator](https://nicolevanderhoeven.com/dndgen/dnd/dnd-char-gen.html) - [D&D Beyond Classes Reference](https://www.dndbeyond.com/classes) - [[Personality Frameworks]] - [[Forms#Characters]] - [[Twenty Campfire Talk Prompts]] to get your players talking about their characters ## Monsters - [D&D Beyond Encounter Builder](https://www.dndbeyond.com/encounter-builder) - [D&D Beyond Monsters Reference](https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters) - [Quickly find a statblock](https://nicolevanderhoeven.com/dndgen/dnd/dnd-statblock.html) - [[Encounter Tables]] - [Donjon's Initiative Tracker](https://donjon.bin.sh/5e/initiative/) - [5e.tools Bestiary](https://5e.tools/bestiary.html) - [[Monster Creation]] ## Spells - [D&D Beyond Spells Reference](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells) ## Stores - [[Store Creation]] - [My Random Store Generator](https://nicolevanderhoeven.com/dndgen/dnd/dnd-store.html) ## Items - [[Item Creation]] - [D&D Magic Items Reference](https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items) - [My Random Magic Item Generator](https://nicolevanderhoeven.com/dndgen/dnd/dnd-magic-items.html) - [[Loot]] - [[Magical Prices]] - [[Custom items in the game]] - [5e.tools Loot Generator](https://5e.tools/lootgen.html) ## Themes - Magical Intelligence in the form of [[Artificial Intelligence]]: a spell so complex that it learns to think for itself. - Could I reskin [[ttrpgs/The Slayers Five/The Luxon]] as this? ## Digital Icons - [Tactical Tokens](https://tacticaltokens.com/token-creator/) ## Campaigns and adventures - [[Adventure Creation]] - [[Campaign Creation]] ## [[World-building]] ## Maps - [Inkarnate](https://inkarnate.com) - [Dungeon Scrawl](https://dungeonscrawl.com/) - [Dynamic Dungeons](https://dynamicdungeons.com) for animated battle maps and editor ## Virtual Tabletops - [Foundry](https://foundryvtt.com/) - [Roll20](https://roll20.net/) - [Owlbear Rodeo](https://owlbear.rodeo) ## Improvised stuff - [[Improvised Damage]] - [[Improvised Statistics]] - [[Running monster hordes]] ## Other stuff - [[Cool Ideas]] - [Donjon random generators](https://donjon.bin.sh/) - [D&D Beyond](https://dndbeyond.com) - [World Anvil](http://worldanvil.com/) - [Forge](https://forge-vtt.com/) for Foundry hosting ## See also - [[Being a Game Master]] - [[Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master]] - [[Writing]]