Software Tools

Software tools to help masters and players.

D&D 5th Edition Software Tools

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• 5e Random Dungeon Generator

  An incredibly useful online dungeon level generator. In a matter seconds, it will create a whole dungeon floor with secret doors, traps, wandering monsters, etc. Each room has a complete description which can be easily accessed from a simple click. Many options like dungeon and room layout, or amount of stairs, dead-ends, and doors makes it even greater tool.

  - Thanks to donjon
• Encounter Builder

  An encounter and treasure calculator. Specify the level of characters in your group, and set the creatures they'll encounter. The application then automatically calculates the encounter's XP value, indicates its difficulty (too easy, easy, medium, difficult or deadly), and lists the treasure of each creature.

  - Thanks to AideDD
• Fight Tracker

  A 100% online tool that will help you, as a D&D dungeons master, to easily follow encounters:

  • Dice roller
  • PC definition (name, AC, dex bonus, initiative, max and current hp, conditions, counter which value decreases by 1 each round, notes)
  • Creature definiton (automatic data load via the monster manual and full stat block display)
  • Initiative rolls (automatic roll with a single click for all creatures and/or PC)
  • Round monitoring (the app will show you intuitively, round by round, who's turn it is to play, in descending order of initiative of all participants)
  • Import/export of your pre-established PC list and/or encounters
  • Creatures' attack and damage rolls (possibility to roll with a single click any attack roll or damage from the stat block)

  - Thanks to AideDD
• Mithril & Mages Treasure Generator

  Need to generate some treasure for D&D 5th edition? Just do it, quickly and easily! Simply select the treasure type you need and the number of times you need it.

  - Thanks to Mithril & Mages
• Random Encounter Generator by Goblinist

  This online tool creates random encounters based on levels of players in the party, desired difficulty, terrain, total number of monsters, etc. A great asset in a DM's toolbox.

  - Thanks to Goblinist

French Content

• Encounter Builder

  An encounter and treasure calculator. Specify the level of characters in your group, and set the creatures they'll encounter. The application then automatically calculates the encounter's XP value, indicates its difficulty (too easy, easy, medium, difficult or deadly), and lists the treasure for each of the creatures.

  - Thanks to AideDD
• Fight Tracker

  A 100% online tool that will help you, as a D&D dungeons master, to easily follow encounters:

  • Dice roller
  • PC definition (name, AC, dex bonus, initiative, max and current hp, conditions, counter which value decreases by 1 each round, notes)
  • Creature definiton (automatic data load via the monster manual and full stat block display)
  • Initiative rolls (automatic roll with a single click for all creatures and/or PC)
  • Round monitoring (the app will show you intuitively, round by round, who's turn it is to play, in descending order of initiative of all participants)
  • Import/export of your pre-established PC list and/or encounters
  • Creatures' attack and damage rolls (possibility to roll with a single click any attack roll or damage from the stat block)

  - Thanks to AideDD

Pathfinder RPG Software Tools

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• Pathfinder Random Dungeon Generator

  An incredibly useful online dungeon level generator. In a matter seconds, it will create a whole dungeon floor with secret doors, traps, wandering monsters, etc. Each room has a complete description which can be easily accessed from a simple click. Many options like dungeon and room layout, or amount of stairs, dead-ends, and doors makes it even greater tool.

  - Thanks to donjon
• Pathfinder Summoner's Scribe

  View summonable monster stats, and have them adjusted automatically by the Augment Summoning feat or summoning templates such as Celestial, Fiendish, Entropic, and Resolute.

  Automatically re-calculates statistics, ability DCs, hit-points, attack bonuses, saves, and much more based on these.

  View individual monsters or complete Summon Monster X or Summon Nature's Ally X lists. Also supports Summon Good Monster feat.

  Computer browser or mobile phone supported, or save your lists as PDFs for offline use.

• TOS Core

  TOS Core is the FREE version of TOS+. It allows you to create and maintain core characters for both the D&D3.5 and Pathfinder rule set, using Excel. For Pathfinder RPG, core characters are those using the rules of the PRD (Pathfinder Reference Document). For D&D3.5, core characters are those using the SRD (System Reference Document) for D&D3.5.

  Like TOS+, TOS Core can be used dynamically with a LapTop (video) or characters can be printer out. It implements the Stacking Rules, making character management easier!

D&D 4th Edition Software Tools

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• 4e Random Dungeon Generator

  An incredibly useful online dungeon level generator. In a matter seconds, it will create a whole dungeon floor with secret doors, traps, wandering monsters, etc. Each room has a complete description which can be easily accessed from a simple click. Many options like dungeon and room layout, or amount of stairs, dead-ends, and doors makes it even greater tool.

  - Thanks to donjon

D&D v3.5 Software Tools

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• D&D Manager

  D&D Manager is an application for keeping track of Dungeons and Dragons characters, spells and their related properties including weapons, skills and feats. Also allows quick character creation and the creation of template characters. You can also run battles between the characters with special ability support, spells, including casting of summoning and ability changing spells, and one, two and multiple weapon attacks. Characters can also have one of the built in, or custom character classes and spells can also now belong to them. For more information, visit Matthew's Software.

• d20 Random Dungeon Generator

  An incredibly useful online dungeon level generator. In a matter seconds, it will create a whole dungeon floor with secret doors, traps, wandering monsters, etc. Each room has a complete description which can be easily accessed from a simple click. Many options like dungeon and room layout, or amount of stairs, dead-ends, and doors makes it even greater tool.

  - Thanks to donjon

D&D (any edition) Software Tools

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• AD&D Framework for Maptool Virtual Table Top

  A framework tool to use with Maptool (1.4.0) that makes playing AD&D (1e or 2e) on a virtual tabletop simple. Allows the players to create character sheets that can store spells, various attacks, and equipment for ease of play. Allows the DM to have a vast collection of creatures, spells and notes, and quickly initialized tokens for gameplay.

  Features for DMs

  • Token initialization, generates creatures attacks, HP and saves, and creates series of macros to use from the token
  • Database for monsters and NPCs
  • Database for journal entries
  • Database for spells
  • Database for skills, weapon proficiencies, and non-weapon proficiencies
  • Database for inventory items (equipment)
  • Teleport players (tokens) around the map or to different maps fairly easily
  • Initiative macro system that follows AD&D 2e rules
  • NPC macros to easily check saves, ability tests, adjust hit points, memorize spells, roll initiative
  • Campaign settings such as hiding NPC attacks, saves and checks from players, hide PC checks and saves from the PC. Enable/disable fumble/crit. etc.
  • Macros to add to party or individual experience and grant to players

  Features for players

  • Character sheet that allows the player to maintain updates easily in game
  • Sheet macros for saves and HP adjustments, initiative, attacks, inventory management, spellbook and spell casting, journals and dice rolls
  • Dialog windows for easy viewing of commonly needed information for the player
  • Information boxes in chat to easily see results of macros (attacks, skill checks, saves, etc.)

  DM Tutorial on how to use the framework
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr-XhFIUL0U
  Part 2 (Updates)
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2tAXRTP3tQ
  
  PC tutorial, mostly just covers how to use the character sheet
  https://youtu.be/ruinCSXKYLU
  Brief video on how to optimally setup the layout for Maptool when using the framework as a player
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI9wuGWUjSQ

  If you have questions or issues, feel free to post them in this forum thread on rptools.net.

• Dark Angel's Dice Roller

  This online Javascript dice roller can throw up to ten different rolls at a time. It prints out detailed results and totals. Feel free to add it to your bookmarks and use it as much as you want.

• Fantasy Name Generators

  This website offers a huge list of name generators, from dwarf and elf names to Transformers, Greek or German name. Also provides name generators for places like castles or caves.

• Random Name Generator

  Just start the program, and click on "Generate!". Lots of different names will come out. Because they are generated randomly, most of them will sound weird so you'll probably have to repeat the operation a couple of times before getting a good name. But this will only take seconds... Great program.

• Roll20

  Roll20 is an easy-to-use virtual tabletop that lets you play D&D or Pathfinder RPG with your gaming group right away. With its super easy yet powerful tools, you'll be able to focus on what's really important: the game! It runs right in your Web browser, so there's nothing to download or configure. Just create an account, and you're good to go!

• The Creator System

  The Creator System is set up as a tool to help in the creation of maps and scenarios for roleplaying games such as Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder, GURPS, Star Wars, etc. You can use it to create simple side adventures or full campaigns. The software is totally free.

  - Thanks to The Creator System
• Who the f*** is my #DND character?

  A character backstory generator with good, and often funny twists. A simple page refresh gives a new result such as: "Courageous halfling bard from a sunken city who saw their whole family consumed by a gelatinous cube". Note that this tool can be used with many other RPGs.

  - Thanks to Ryan

French Content

• Générateur de noms

  This name generator will help you create fantasy names with pre-written tables just like magic item tables found in the Dungeon Master's Guide. Very easy to use and gives great results.

• Générateur de noms et transcripteur

  Running out of inspiration? Here's a generator that proposes elven and dwarven names, as well as tavern names (with a short background idea). As a bonus, it comes with an alphabet transcriptor for elven, dwarven, draconic, and infernal languages.

  - Thanks to AideDD
• Générateur universel de noms de fiction

  An online name generator that offers over two dozens of possibilities like dwarves, elves, drows, vikings or contemporary French.

• Le lanceur de dés de Dark Angel

  This online Javascript dice roller can throw up to ten different rolls at a time. It prints out detailed results and totals. Feel free to add it to your bookmarks and use it as much as you want.

Hello Fry, it's a ... *[stops mid-sentence, throws a D20 and a D6]* pleasure to meet you. Gary Gygax voicing himself in "Anthology of Interest I" on Futurama TV show