Weapons of Legacy. Fixing Legacy Items [3.5, Items, Feat, New Skill] Legacy Weapons. Alderac Entertainment Group. Forum > What's a DM to Do? Useful Links for Dungeon Masters > What's a DM to Do? Dungeon Master's Guidance: Building a Dungeon > What's a DM to Do? Betrayal > What's a DM to Do? Article (What's in a Name?) This regular column is for Dungeon Masters who like to build worlds and campaigns as much as I do.
Here I share my experiences as a DM through the lens of Iomandra, my Dungeons & Dragons campaign world. Even though the campaign uses the 4th Edition rules, the topics covered here often transcend editions. Hopefully this series of articles will give you inspiration, ideas, and awesome new ways to menace your players in your home campaigns.
If you’re interested in learning more about the world of Iomandra, check out the wiki. One of my frequent readers, Matthias Schäfer, sent an email to dndinsider@wizards.com asking why I give my NPCs weird names like “Draeken Malios” and “Vantajar” instead of more pronounceable ones taken from English, such as “Hammersmith” and “Clearwater.” List of D&D Digital Aids: > Adventures, Campaigns, and Encounters. Rather than have to search and question for the best aids, I'm hoping this thread could be a good start for a comprehensive list of the various gaming aids available.
(It would probably make a nice sticky!) Links to the web page for product info would be very helpful. Ok, I'll start (and update as we go for easier searching): WOTC actually has a number of their own tools that can be run from their website, and some of them can also be downloaded and run offline. For mapping, I've used Fractal Mapper 7 from NBOS. For online tabletop D&D, they offer Screen Monkey. Barrel, Crate, and Sack Generator (v1.0.1)
If we've learned one thing from video games, arguable it's this: smash open every container you come across and see what's hidden inside.
And when it comes to role-playing games, PCs invariably come across a numberless amount of such containers, stored within tavern basements, temple backrooms, and the dusty corners of ancient dungeons. So when your PCs smash open these containers, what do they contain? NPC Background Generator. Most Dungeon Masters and players enjoy the process of creating a history or background story for their characters.
In fact, the Hero Builder? S Guidebook features an extensive chapter on creating backgrounds for your PCs. However, if you? Re trying to outline the personal history of the twenty-seventh NPC for your mega-campaign, even the most imaginative DM might need a bit of a push to start the ideas coming. This NPC background generator offers that push. Heroic Histories Every person, whether real or fictional, is defined by his or her past.
The background generator covers two sections: Family and Friends: First the background generator determines information about the NPC? Major Events: Next, you will generate the most formative events the NPC? Character Name Generator. Ever get stuck for names of NPCs your player characters run into that you never expected to provide them?
Here? S a fast and easy way to have many monikers on hand when Rodar the fighter wants to know the name of the brash drunk challenging him to a fight in the tavern, or the name of the shy barmaid over whom they? Re fighting. Simply follow the instructions below to produce names for all sorts of characters, including PCs if you like. While eight steps appear below, you only have to complete the first three to make the generator work.
Where to find OOP books on the internet > Previous Editions General. There seems to be a new thread started every so often about where someone can find used OOP books to purchase.
I thought it might be a good resource for the OOP boards if we had a sticky thread addressing that question, so I PMed WizO_Catoblepas about it. This is the reply I got. WizO_Catoblepas wrote on 06-29-04 05:05 AM: I didn't have a problem with it but just wanted to run it by Paradox. Well, I finally got a hold of him and he doesn't have a problem either.
If you want to write it, that's fine and I can sticky it. So, if you know of any good places to buy or learn about OOP gaming materials, please post to this thread. Random Tavern Generator. Dungeon Tile Mapper. You've probably seen our Dungeon Tiles previews in our monthly "Previews" article series and may even have scored a copy of these cool tiles.
By now you probably have hundreds of cool dungeon designs running around your head. But how can you create these dungeons and share them with your friends? Well a good friend of the D&D website, Randal "Jailoco" Meyer, has created a really cool drag-and-drop dungeon tile tool. And, he's given us a personalized copy for the D&D website as well as a nifty guide on its use. This tool includes all tiles from Dungeon Tiles I, Dungeon Tiles II: Arcane Corridors, Dungeon Tiles III: Hidden Crypts, Dungeon Tiles IV: Ruins of the Wild and will be updated with future sets. NOTE: Using our online version will let you save and load dungeons through the use of cookies, so if you would like to use that feature please have cookies turned on. Download the Dungeon Tile Mapper version 1.2.0 now (4.17m ZIP).
Tips For Drawing A World Map « DnD Corner. Creating a world from scratch is a daunting task.
Personally I don’t recommend it unless you know that you are going to be playing a long campaign and that everyone is behind the idea. However, sooner or later most of us decide to at least make a drawing of the fantasy world we have imagined. Here are some tips to make the job a bit easier and to get a more coherent end result. 1 – Start with a coast-line. Draw out the continents first. 2 – Decide where the mountains go. 3 – Decide on the major civilizations as well as major volcanoes and deserts. 4 – Finally add other geographic features like forests, plains, small swamps and other geography that will not have a major (i.e. global) impact on the civilizations.
Until next time have fun drawing your worlds. Map-a-Week. John's Dungeons and Dragons Utilities. Running your large D&D party « www. Newbie DM .com. I’ve been running a large party since I started DM’ing 4th Ed., and while I appreciate the fact that I’m able to play and have friends willing to play with me, running a large party has its ups and downs.
In this article, I hope to give you several tips to manage the table filled with eager players of all types and personalities. Preparation This is key. An unprepared DM is wasting everyone’s time. 6 Tips for GMing a Large Group - Treasure Tables.