In the spirit of DMing, you may find yourself looking for as many sources as possible to maximize your gaming experience. In light of everything you may use search engines and find all sorts of useless websites, and then there’s a few diamonds in the rough. Well, we made it easier on you by posting the most useful DM links found in one spot.

Note: If there's any broken links, let me know... Thanks!

Also, please disable your sigs so I can get to the links easier and make more room for them. Thanks!

My thanks go out to Doug C (the original links guy), Fixxxer, Dash Branaghan, PenderGrass, Unholydragoon, canamrock and the many others who have helped me out in the past and provided many of the links below.

I would also like to thank nekrolog, Vamagoss, DmLingSter, Farland, zarffyn, Kalidor, Domni Dalrose, Megadev, jgbrowning, KingOfChaos, ShogunWarrior, Kungfudude, Birched, Kexizzoc, Lottelita, Star Warrior X, Neonsamouri, Herithious, and goblin85 for posting links to this thread on the old boards. I apologize if I have forgotten anyone or mispelled anyone's name. :)

I hope other DMs find them as useful as I have.

Updated – 9-15-04

Table of contents:
1.a. Wizards of the Coast - Main
1.b. Wizards of the Coast – Helper Tools
1.c. Wizards Official Campaign Settings
2. DM's Assistant Programs
3.a. Generators
3.b. Name Generators
4.a. World Building
4.b. Maps & Mapping Tools
5. Art
6. Deities
7.a. Download Sites & Online Stores
7.b. Character Sheets, DM Screens, Paper Models, Programs.
7.c. Online Stores
8. Netbooks
9. Major non-WotC RPG Sites
10. Miscellaneous
11. Online Gaming
12. Published Campaign World Links
13. Ezines
14. Other Role Playing Worlds
14.b. Greyhawk
15.a. Wizards.COMmunity Board Threads
15.b. non-Wizards Board Threads and Discussions
16. Other Forums




Useful DM Links:

1.a. Wizards of the Coast - Main

The 3.5 SRD (System Reference Document) (http://www.wizards.com/D20/article.asp?x=srd35)

The 3.0 SRD (http://www.opengamingfoundation.org/srd.html)

Wizards of the Coast D&D Website (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/welcome)

1.b. Wizards of the Coast – Helper Tools

3.5 Accessory Update Booklet (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/20030718a)

Adventure Hook Generator (http://www.wizards.com/dnd/hook/Welcome.asp)

Art (http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article1.asp?x=dnd/ag/gallery,3)

Background Generator (http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/dx20010112e)

d20 SRD (http://www.wizards.com/D20/article.asp?x=srd)

Downloads (http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/dx20020121x1)

Dungeon Master’s Guide – Building a City (http://wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/we/20030719a)

Epic Insights-The Book of Vile Darkness (http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/ei/ei20021110a)

Errata (http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article1.asp?x=dnd/er/errata,3)

FAQs (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/er/20030221a)

Fold Up Paper Models (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/fpm/archive)

Free Adventures (http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article1.asp?x=dnd/oa/adventure,3)

Web Enhancements (http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article1.asp?x=dnd/we/welcome,3)

1.c. Wizards Official Campaign Settings

Eberron Official Homepage (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/eberron)

Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/fr/welcome)

2. DM's Assistant Programs

Andargor’s HQ ( http://www.andargor.com/)

Code Monkey Publishing (E-Tools) (http://www.codemonkeypublishing.com/)

DM’s Familiar (http://www.paladinpgm.com/dmf/)

DM Genie (http://www.dmgenie.com/)

DM Screen (http://www.geocities.com/wydraz/dmscreen.html)

DM Utilities (http://www.geocities.com/Area51/8306/utilities.html)

Redblade 3.5 Freeware Character Generator (http://www.dark-legacy.com/redblade3e/3.5e/)

RolePlayingMaster (http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/hosted/rpm/)

World of Mythosa - TableSmith (http://www.mythosa.net/Utils.html)

3.a. Generators

Birched’s NPC Generator (http://www.stanford.edu/~marke/npc.html)

Dungeon and Dragon Section (http://miniworld.com/adnd/)

Encounter Calculator (http://theonelab.com:8888/mirrors/encounter_calculator/)

Encounter EL & XP Calculator 4.01 For 3.5 use (http://arcady0.topcities.com/Encounter_Calculator.html) – DEAD -7-30-04

Epic Town Generator (http://etherstorm.net/~tedberg/cgi-bin/towngen.cgi)

Farland's Mass Combat Program (http://www.farlandcampaign.homestead.com/program.html)

Jamis Buck’s Dungeon Generator (http://www.aarg.net/~minam/dungeon.cgi)

Jamis Buck’s Embeddable Data/Scripting Engine (http://basiliskdb.sourceforge.net/)

Jamis Buck’s NPC Generator (http://www.aarg.net/~minam/npc.cgi)

Jamis Buck’s Treasure Generator (http://www.aarg.net/~minam/treasure2.cgi)

Jared Nuzzolillo's Generators (http://cc.epixtar.com/fulfillment/doh/genz/index.htm) – DEAD – 7-30-04

Lord Psynister’s Dice Program (http://members.cox.net/jasongriffith/DiceRoller.zip)

Lord Psynister’s Point-Buy Program (http://members.cox.net/jasongriffith/Pointbuy.zip)

www.mapmage.com (http://www.mapmage.com)

Mathemagician.net (http://www.mathemagician.net/)

MW Tools (http://mwtools.thyle.net/index.html)

Nadaka’s DiceBox (http://www14.brinkster.com/nadaka/Experiments/DiceBoxAdd.asp)

Online Dungeon Generator & more (http://www.rpghost.com/dungeon_gen.shtml)

PCGen download site (http://sourceforge.net/)

Random Encounter Generator (The World of Meln) (http://www.melnworld.com/englanniksi/random_encounter.php3)

Random Tavern Generator (http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/dx20010223d)

For megadev's Excel Random Encounter Generator, e-mail megadev at megadev72@msn.com

3.b. Name Generators

Arcady’s Kalamar Name Generator (http://arcady0.topcities.com/KalamarNames.html)

The Barrow-Downs (http://www.barrowdowns.com/)

The Everchanging Book of Names (http://ebon.uni.cc/)

Wheel of Time and Forgotten Realms Weather Generator (http://www.kolumbus.fi/antti.lusila/rpg/gmtool.html)

4.a. World Building

A Magical Medieval City (http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=1678&)
***Excellent DM tool for building cities & it's a FREE download***

If you like A Magical Medieval City (and if you've read it, I know you do), then you'll love A Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe (http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=711&).
***Excellent world building tool for DMs***

Both are available from Expeditious Retreat Press (http://www.exp.citymax.com/page/page/351667.htm)

Jamis Buck’s Town Generator (Online Generator only) (http://www.aarg.net/~minam/towns.cgi)

Medieval Demographics Made Easy (http://www.io.com/~sjohn/demog.htm)

The Doomsday book, Medieval Demographics Made Easy Calculator (http://www.rpglibrary.org/utils/meddemog/)

The Empire of Sand (http://www.hallofhero.com/sand/)

World Builder Resources (http://www.geocities.com/worldbuildingonline)

4.b. Maps & Mapping Tools

AutoREALM download page (http://www.gryc.ws/autorealm.htm)

AutoRealm RPG Library (http://rpglibrary.org/software/autorealm/)

Caithness Castles: Floor Plans Index (http://www.caithness.org/caithness/castles/floorplansindex.htm)

Castles from Rampant Scotland (http://www.rampantscotland.com/castles.htm)

Castles of the World (http://www.castles.org/)

Castles on the Web (http://www.castlesontheweb.com/)

The Dark Leagues (http://www.darkleagues.com/)

Dundjinni.com (http://www.Dundjinni.com)

DungeonCrafter (http://www.dungeoncrafter.com/)

Dutch City Maps (http://grid.let.rug.nl/~welling/maps/blaeu.html)

Fargoth World Building Project (http://www.fargoth.com/)
Help build a world or get ideas for your campaign.

Fractal Mapper 6.0 (http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=1)

GridSmith (http://www.liors.net/software/map_creator/) – Includes a free demo

Historic city maps (http://www.legolas.org/gallery/historicalcities)

Historic city maps & documents + mapmaker (http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/)

iG's on-Web RPG Tools. (http://www.irony.com/webtools.html)
Irony Games' World-Maker: villages, taverns, cities, caverns, dungeons, (1,000,001 maps!), maze maker, WorldMaker, isles, terrains, clearings, & Starmaps.

Legolas' Fantasy and Medieval Maps (http://www.legolas.org/castle/)

Map Creation Links (http://www.hut.fi/~vesanto/link.useful/maps/maps.html)

Map Creator (http://www.liors.net/software/map_creator/) – Free mapping tool program!

Maze Maker (http://www.flint.umich.edu/Departments/ITS/crac/maze.form.html)
The New Site (http://hereandabove.com/maze/) is "under reconstruction due to hardware failure.
The mazes area will return within a week (hopefully). The crafts section is back online."

RPG Now – Guide to Mapping (http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=2444&)

TuDragons (http://tudragons.iwarp.com/)
PC & DM tools, & map maker downloads.

More map downloads (http://www.mapmage.com/downloads/)

5. Art

Anime Art (http://www.xt.sakura.ne.jp/%7Eyan/scribble/top.html)
@SCRIBBLE (just click "Cancel" on the download message, unless you just really want it. You don't really need to see the Japanese text to view the art.)

Art Galleries - Laurel Austin (http://www.epilogue.net/cgi/database/art/list.pl?gallery=3683&genre=2)

Art.Com/Fantasy (http://www.art.com/asp/display-asp/_/ui--793C2B283CCF44AEA87BD83DEC174135/ID--1843/fantasy.htm)

D&D Pics at Yahoo! (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DnDpics/)

Elfwood (http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se)

The Era of Inhuman Birth (http://www.machine9.net/Art.html)

UGO.com (http://www.ugo.com/channels/freestyle/heroMachine/heromachine.asp)

6. Deities

The Elven Gods (http://thilcalestiath.tripod.com/gods.html)

Encyclopedia Mythica (http://www.pantheon.org/)

The God of the Month Club (http://community-2.webtv.net/magentashadow/GOMC/)

The gods of Greyhawk (http://www.cmc.net/~rtaylor/greyhawk/gods/lists/dwarf.html)

Japanese Myth (http://www.st.rim.or.jp/~cycle/myrefE.HTML)

Japanese gods and goddesses (http://www.artelino.com/articles/japanese_gods_and_goddesses.asp)

Resources on Japanese gods, goddesses, & founding myths (http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/mythjapan/)

7.a. Download Sites & Online Stores

3.5 SRD Help Files (http://weaselinachippershredder.0catch.com/)

The Cavemaster (http://spitfire.ausys.se/johan/)

Crystal Keep (http://www.crystalkeep.com/d20/index.html)

DnD Index (http://www.juicymango.co.uk/dndindex/)

Dungeon Master's Workshop (http://dmworkshop2.50megs.com/)

Mortality.net (http://mortality.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=index)
"A Dungeon Master Resource"

"Night Emerald" (http://members.dodo.net.au/soz/)
DMBuddy download

OpenRPG: Online Virtual Tabletop (http://www.openrpg.com/index.php?page=install)

7.b. Character Sheets, DM Screens, Paper Models, Programs.

Crystal Ball (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/13648&vid=44353)
For Mac users.

D&D Adventures Tools and Downloads (http://www.dndadventure.com/dnda_dm_resources.html)

d20 System Roleplaying Pages (Resources) (http://www.donia.org/~rumours/d20/)

ema's homepage (http://www.emass-web.com/)
Chracter Sheets, Programs.

Free RPG Sheets (character sheets) (http://www.rpgsheets.com/)

Fritz's House Rules (http://mojobob.netnet.net.nz/roleplay/dnd3e.html)
Character Sheets, DM Screens, & More.

Mad Irishman (http://www.mad-irishman.net/)

Mortality.net, A Dungeon Master’s Resource (http://www.mortality.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Downloads&fi le=index&req=viewdownload&cid=3)

RPG Program Links. (http://www.netrpg.com/programs.html)

RPG Sheets (http://www.rpgsheets.com/)

The Shadow Keep (http://www.darksideprod.com/shadowkeep/)

SVGames (http://www.svgames.com/downloads.html)

More downloads (http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/news/modules.php?op=modload&name=Downloads&fi le=index&req=viewdownload&cid=3)

More Downloads (http://www.dallas.net/~davin/)

A page of links to more download sites. (http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Games/Role_Playing_Games/Titles/Dungeons_and_Dragons__D_D_/)

7.c. Online Stores

Chessex RPG Accessories (http://www.chessex.com/mats/Battlemats_&_Megamats.htm)

Do or Dice.com (http://www.doordice.com/Games/GameDetails.cfm?Game_UID=SV1LL6WY)
Books, miniatures, E-Tools, dice, and more.

"Discount D&D Superstore" (http://www.ecrazyeddies.com/dnd3rded.htm)

FRP Games Online Store (http://www.frpgames.com/index.php)

8. Netbooks

DM's Netbook (http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Realm/5037/netbook/articles/vocab.html)

Netbook of Plots (Online) (http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/alex/Handbooks/WWWPlots/)

Netbooks (http://www.geocities.com/adndgamer/oldadnd/#netbooks)

"Great Netbook Archive" (http://www.istari.org/gnba/)

The Netbook of Riddles (ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/doc/games/roleplay/texts/net.books/net.book.riddles)

9. Major non-WotC RPG Sites

AD&D.com (http://www.adnd.com/)
"An Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Archive"

Community3e (http://www.community3e.com./)

ENworld (http://www.enworld.org/)

Evermore Entertainment (http://www.evermore88.com/corerules2.shtml) For those who still prefer 2e.

Green Ronin Entertainment (http://www.greenronin.com/catalog.php)

Guardians of Order (http://www.guardiansorder.com/)

Hordelings.com (http://www.hordelings.com)

MaxMinis.com (http://www.maxminis.com)

Mongoose Publishing (http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/)

Monte Cook.com – Malhavoc Press (http://www.montecook.com/)

The Open Gaming Foundation (http://www.opengamingfoundation.org/)

Paizo.com – The official site for the publishers of Dragon and Dungeon Magazines (http://www.paizo.com)

Planet AD&D.com (http://www.planetadnd.com/)

Privateer Press (http://www.privateerpress.com/)

Realms of Evil (http://www.realmsofevil.net/)

RPGnet (http://www.RPG.net)

RPG Now (http://www.RPGNow.com)

RPG Oracle (http://www.rpgoracle.com/)

Silven Crossroads DnD (http://www.silven.com/adnd.asp)

Silverthorne Games (http://www.silverthornegames.com/)

10. Miscellaneous

"1000 non-RPG websites for RPG ideas" (http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?threadid=21656)

3e.org Articles (http://www.3rdedition.org/articles/viewer.asp?id=51)

Another 3.5 System Reference Document, but more friendly-user (http://3.5srd.com/web/sovelior_sage_srd/Sovelior%20SRD/home.html) – DEAD -7-30-04

Andy Collins.com (www.andycollins.net) - One of the game designer's web sites.

Beastshade.tripod.com (http://beastshade.tripod.com/)
Neat one for various odds and ends like specialized arrows :)

A Boke of Gode Cookery (http://www.godecookery.com/goderec/goderec.htm)
Medieval Recipes

Changes for Dungeons and Dragons 3.5 (http://www.users.bigpond.com/steven_cooper/dnd/dnd-revised.htm)
Comprehensive list of changes for the main core rule books.

Common to Elven (http://www.grey-company.org/Circle/language/intro.htm)

Confessions of a Dungeons & Dragons(tm) Addict (http://members.aol.com/MarkJYoung/confess.html)
by M. Joseph Young
A Christian article arguing FOR D&D for a change.

Creature catalog-3e converted monsters (http://www.enworld.org/cc/index.php)

Crooked Staff Productions Role Playing Aids (http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/hosted/csp/)

D&D 3e Reference Sheets (http://members.rogers.com/wilson0246/DnD/)

D&D Resources ( http://www.dndresources.com/index.php/articles/c42/)

Derro Resources (http://home.att.net/~david.r.ross/NightBelow/derro_savant.html) - DEAD -7-30-04

Dwarven Society (Farland) (http://www.farlandcampaign.homestead.com/dwarves.html)

EDMA: Evil Dungeon Master's Association :devil: (http://www.zarffyn.netfirms.com/edma.htm) - DEAD -7-30-04
Courtesy of Zarffyn

Electronic Utilities (http://www.d20reviews.com/Eric/3eelectronic.htm#win)

Elves, supplemental (http://www.tulebast.org/~cymba/Gandel3e/Supplements/Elves.htm)

F.A.D.D. (http://members.tripod.com/~fadds/)
"...a site dedicated to maintaining a database of top AD&D websites"

Farland's DM and Player Tools (http://www.farlandcampaign.homestead.com/tools.html)

The Gamer Chick (http://www.geocities.com/poetess47/oocindex.html)

GamingReport.com (http://www.gamingreport.com/article.php?sid=7167)
"Where gamers get their news."

Great Buildings Collection (http://www.greatbuildings.com/)

The Hero Machine (http://www.heromachine.com/)

A High History of Oerth (http://www.manofthecranes.com/AgeofLegend.htm) - DEAD -7-30-04

Hirst Arts Fantasy Architecture (http://www.hirstarts.com/)
"Build your own castles easily."

Iron Kingdoms (Steampunk) (http://www.ironkingdoms.com/)

The Kencyclopedia (http://www.kencyclopedia.com/)

Kismet's Dungeons & Dragons (http://hometown.aol.com/kismetsdandd/DandDIndex.html)

Lord Soto's ABCs (http://www.unc.edu/~soto/ABC.htm)

Military Ranks (http://www.military-software.com/military-ranks.htm)

Moscow DnD Club (http://moscowdnd.tripod.com/)

PCProfiler - Character Sheets (http://pcp.rpgprofiler.net/)

Pen & Paper: RPG Database - Monte Cook (http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=2)

Peter’s Evil Overlord List (Just for fun!) (http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html)

Pictorial Glossary of Armor Terms (http://home.messiah.edu/~gdaub/armor/picgloss.htm)

RPG Gateway – Search Engine (http://www.RPGGateway.com)

Roleplaying tips. (http://www.roleplayingtips.com/archives.asp)

The Sadistic Dungeon Master Syndicate (http://www.fortunecity.com/rivendell/stonekeep/25/sdms.htm)

Save vs. DM (http://evildm.datavortex.net/index.html)
"Keeping the afterlife well stocked since 1372 DR."

Section Six (http://www.geocities.com/kaelwinters/sectionsix.html) - DEAD -7-30-04

The Third Tome (http://www.geocities.com/TheThirdTome/)

Trap Page Manager (http://www.ddream.com/traps/TrapManager.asp)

UNICORN JELLY (http://www.unicornjelly.com/urulesmystories.html#won)
"The Man Who Actually Won" & other true gaming stories.

Wild Magic (http://www.seankreynolds.com/rpgfiles/prestige/wildmagic_open.html)

World Works Games (http://www.worldworksgames.com/)
"World Leading 3D Cardstock Models and Games for Role Playing."

The Wyrm’s Horde (http://www.paladinpgm.com/wyrm/)

WebRPG (http://www.WebRPG.com)

11. Online Gaming

Dungeons and Dragons Online Games (www.dndonlinegames.com)

The Forge (http://www.indie-rpgs.com)

Role Playing Games Network (http://www.roleplayinggames.net/index.html)
"Star Wars and D&D Message Board Gaming."

Search Amateur.com (http://www.searchamateur.com/corkboard/DungeonsAndDragons.html)
"Play free Dungeons & Dragons games online + downloads."

Thardferr (http://www.thardferr.com/)

12. Published Campaign World Links

Forgotten Realms Links (http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Games/Role_Playing_Games/Titles/Dungeons_and_Dragons__D_D_/Worlds/Forgotten_Realms/)

Planescape Site Listings (http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Games/Role_Playing_Games/Titles/Dungeons_and_Dragons__D_D_/Worlds/Planescape/)

Ravenloft Site Listings (http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Games/Role_Playing_Games/Titles/Dungeons_and_Dragons__D_D_/Worlds/Ravenloft/)

World of Greyhawk Links (http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Games/Role_Playing_Games/Titles/Dungeons_and_Dragons__D_D_/Worlds/Greyhawk/)
"Legends of Greyhawk" includes new classes, magic items, gods, spells, monsters, and optional rules

13. Ezines

Roleplaying Tips Weekly (www.roleplayingtips.com)

The RPG Times (www.rpgtimes.net)

The Silven Trumpeter (http://www.silven.com/articles.asp?case=ezine)

14. Other Role Playing Worlds

Arduin Fansite (http://www.arduin.com/)

Candlekeep - The Library of Forgotten Realms Lore (http://www.candlekeep.com/)

Dark Sun (www.athas.org)
“The Burnt World of Athas”

Darksbane (http://www.zeta.org.au/~efry/darksbane.html)
"Medieval/Fantasy campaign setting for use with AD&D."

Dragonlance.com: The Official Site (http://www.dragonlance.com/)

Ere: The Lost Plane (http://students.mwc.edu/~lport6sv/ere/ere.htm)

Karyst (http://www.karyst.com/home.html)

Planescape Planewalker (http://www.planewalker.com/index.php)

Ravenloft (http://www.swordsorcery.com/swordsorcery/ravenloft.html)

Shendor (http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Marina/6639/shendor.html)
"A new world where all races can live with normal peace."

"Sinthal" (http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Castle/4294/)
magical new world, with new gods, weapons, spells, races, classes and much more.
("Blackspire Keep")

Valla Morr (http://www.angelfire.com/rpg/vallamorr/)

Vampires! (http://quiz.ravenblack.net/blood.pl?biter=KaRnaGe)

The World of Aeth (http://www.stationaryorbit.com/aeth/) – DEAD -7-30-04

The World of Farland (http://www.farlandcampaign.homestead.com/)

"The World of Lune" (http://www.metroweb.co.za/~claymore/lune/)
AD&D-compatible game world setting with maps, notes and house rules in various formats.

The World of Meln (http://www.melnworld.com/englanniksi/main.php3)

14.b. Greyhawk

In order to download adventures, you need to join the RPGA. Membership is free and you are allowed to run adventures in non-sanctioned RPGA games (in otherwords, your home brew campaign).

List of Regions Controlled by North America:
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=lg/regions/na

Bandit Kingdoms
http://www.bandit-kingdoms.net/

Bissel
http://bissel.living-greyhawk.com

Dyvers
http://dyvers.living-greyhawk.com

Furyondy
http://www.furyondy.com/

Geoff
http://www.rpgageoff.com/

Gran March
http://granmarch.living-greyhawk.com/

Highfolk
http://www.moogoogablau.net/~highfolk/

Keoland
http://keoland.living-greyhawk.com/

Ket
http://ket.living-greyhawk.com

Nyrond
http://nyrond.sfcon.org/turbine/page/

Pale
http://www.theocracyofthepale.com

Ratik
http://www.geocities.com/ratik_triad/

Shield Lands
http://www.shieldlands.net/

Tusmit
http://tusmit.living-greyhawk.com/

Ulek
http://www.livingcity.net/pou/

Urnst
http://www.countyofurnst.org/

Urnst
http://www.duchyurnst.com/

Veluna
http://veluna.living-greyhawk.com/

Verbobonc
http://www.verbobonc.net/

Yeomanry
http://yeomanry.living-greyhawk.com

15.a. Wizards.COMmunity Board Threads

Citythread

Encounter Resource Thread[/url]

[thread=188792]FAQ Links

Lottelita's new thread

*Most Useful DM Threads*

The Nature of Storytelling and Roleplaying

The (New) DM Advice Thread (formerly: how to build your first adventures)

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Updated – 9-15-04

I'd like to offer the following links:

For category #9: Silven Crossroads- D&D (http://www.silven.com/adnd.asp):
Featuring new product reviews, forums, PRCs, Feats, Spells, Items, Advice Columns, and more. New content is added weekly.



I'd also like to propose an additional category: Ezines. There are a TON of good ezines out there, almost all for free, and all providing invaluable tips, ideas, and advice for DMs and players alike. Here are a few:

The Silven Trumpeter (http://www.silven.com/articles.asp?case=ezine)

Roleplaying Tips Weekly (www.roleplayingtips.com)

The RPG Times (www.rpgtimes.net)

DougC would like to be able to add the links, but he had to shut his internet service off. He still pops online via his local library, but he can't access the WotC site because it's earmarked as "Games and Entertainment", which the library seems to have blocked.

Actually, it never occured to me that he could simply give me his password and I could add the links. Or Kaya Kenobi's thread could replace Doug's...one or the other. :)

http://arcady0.topcities.com/Encounter_Calculator.html
Encounter EL & XP Calculator 4.01 For 3.5 use

Here's a name generator:
http://arcady0.topcities.com/KalamarNames.html

You can get Jamis Buck's treasure generator here:
http://basiliskdb.sourceforge.net/

A thread on Storytelling and Roleplaying:
http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=60627

Finally, a thread on GMing, 'no interferance style':
http://pub175.ezboard.com/f3ebb85430frm6.showMessage?topicID=3011. topic

Kaya Kenobi

I just wanted to take the time to say thank you. It's unfortunate that DougC is unable to continue in the original thread. But you've show great initiative in setting up a replacement thread. Hats off to you both! :tiphat: The useful DM links thread as always been a valuable service and I am happy to see that it is alive and well.

Another System Reference Document 3.5, but more friendly-user:
http://3.5srd.com/web/sovelior_sage_srd/Sovelior%20SRD/home.html

Thanks guys... Yes, Fixxxer, sadly he can't get here, and hasn't posted in months. I just decided to take over from where he left off of. If DougC comes back, I'll gladly let him have the list again.. :)

In the meantime, I'm trying to add everything possible, and the Ezines thing will be added soon.. In fact, everything up to this post will be added.

Stickied.

With the expectation that Kaya will do as excellent a job maintaining this list as DougC did when he was able.

Thank you, Kaya and Wizo_Pony.

Excellent job, Kaya. It's nice to see that the Useful DM Links thread is able to be edited again.

My computer crashed and, as Fixxxer has said, I am unable to access these boards from our local library. I will only be able to be here for no more than an hour today, local internet cafe, $6.00/hour. It's been so long, I can't even remember my password and my e-mail address has changed, so I had to unwillingly create another account.

Fixxxer informed me that Kaya would be taking over the thread and I wanted to take a look-see. Unfortunately, I don't have enough time and money to hang out as long I was I would like.

I'll be seeing you guys when I'm able to get another system and get back on-line without restrictions.

Keep up the good work, Kaya.

Happy gaming everyone!

~DougC

You should add in the Other RPG campaign setting a important one you forgot!


Official Darksun Site

The Burnt World of Athas

www.athas.org

Originally posted by Grummore
You should add in the Other RPG campaign setting a important one you forgot!


Official Darksun Site

The Burnt World of Athas

www.athas.org

aye... That's a big one..

And I feel for you Doug, I know how it is to be without a computer. As I said, you can have the list back when you come back, I'm just trying to do a service for everyone else like you have.. :) Anyways, nice hearing from you again!

Could you please add a little disclaimer on the things that actually cost money before you can use them? Those of us who are broke would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!

Thanks for continuing this thread, I found it so useful that I added a link to this thread in my sig.

broken link: 3.a. encounter calculation

odd... That site's down... Hmm...

Originally posted by shortdog1
Could you please add a little disclaimer on the things that actually cost money before you can use them? Those of us who are broke would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!

I'm not sure which ones cost money and which ones don't. There's a few that jump out, but other than that, nothing.. Sorry.. :(

Well, those were mainly what I was hoping. Like, the ones that say things like "BUY THIS PRODUCT!! ONLY $50!!!" But it's no biggie. It's generally possible to figure it out anyway. Thanx anyway!

Right now I'm searching out sites maintained by other members or even game designers.. If you know of any good ones to add, post em here.. Thanks! :D

Ia!

you Need Planewalker
http://www.planewalker.com/index.php
A nesseary souce for all games on the planes

Originally posted by Deekin
Ia!

you Need Planewalker
http://www.planewalker.com/index.php
A nesseary souce for all games on the planes

Done! Very nice site, btw... :) I hope I put it in the right place, though.. :D

Originally posted by Ertai, sorcerer adept
broken link: 3.a. encounter calculation

I'll have this up again very soon thanks to a wonderful friend and my uncanny knack of saving everything that can be saved. :)

Nice site for FR-Fans:

Candlekeep (http://www.candlekeep.com/)

btw Great Job, Kaya Kenobi!

has anyone seen a 3.5 combat cheat sheet anywhere? just looking for something to streamline combat for a new player.

Thanks

Originally posted by Zakter
has anyone seen a 3.5 combat cheat sheet anywhere? just looking for something to streamline combat for a new player.

Thanks

You may have a look here! (http://www.rpgsheets.com)

MoscowDND for tokens. Here. (http://moscowdnd.tripod.com)

Thanks Kaya Kenobi for keeping this up. Lotsa great information.

joe b.

Does anyone know a good dragon name generator site?

Originally posted by darkwarlock1114
Does anyone know a good dragon name generator site?

The Ever-Changing Book of Names probably has a good dragon names mod. Just try a google search for "EBoN".

There is a very handy electronic Utility that I use for my laptop called DM Screen, very handy utility, is there such a utility with all the DCs and stuff at your fingertips for a laptop out there covering 3.5 edition rules?

--==UltimateDragon==--

Ebon rocks, nuff said

I'm looking for some 3.5 DM ref sheets. Anyone know of any?

Originally posted by Yoppen
I'm looking for some 3.5 DM ref sheets. Anyone know of any?

What kind of reference sheets? 7.a. has a few nice resources for that.

http://home.messiah.edu/~gdaub/armor/picgloss.htm

A pictorial glossary of armor names and terms.
For anybody thats ever wondered what you call shoulder armor (pauldrons), or for those that don't know the differance between a cuirass and a breastplate.

Thanks for continuing the thread!
Also I am in need of a Race creation Engine or something to aid me in balancing out new races.
I noticed you are missing the Green Ronin site along with Mongoose Publishing and Ravenloft sites.
Also The Game Mechanics have a site aswell.
The rpgoracle.com is another good one.
Glad to help.

Originally posted by The Merciless DM
Thanks for continuing the thread!
Also I am in need of a Race creation Engine or something to aid me in balancing out new races.
I noticed you are missing the Green Ronin site along with Mongoose Publishing and Ravenloft sites.
Also The Game Mechanics have a site aswell.
The rpgoracle.com is another good one.
Glad to help.

Just give me the list of links, and I'll post em all. :D Edy, yours is posted in the only place it really fit: 10

I used to have a link for a site that actually would allow you to generate new weapons. It allowed you to choose up to 3 "attributes", where 1 would make the weapon simple, 2 would make the weapon martial, and 3 would make it exotic. Anyone know the website I'm talking about?

Does anyone know of a good generator for city names?

Originally posted by darkwarlock1114
Does anyone know of a good generator for city names?

Fractal Mapper (http://www.nbos.com/products/mapper/mapper.htm) has a built-in City name generator. In fact, it even auto generates demographics for each city you add with data including: population & racial breakdown, ruler, ruler's deity, chief industry, established churches, schools, taverns, fees, weapon laws, a general description and adventure hooks.

BTW, to the thread author: you can add www.Dundjinni.com to mapping category. Dundjinni is only in public beta right now, but should be released for purchase relatively soon.

Any free ones?free

A site with a possible calander? I can make my own easily but just want to see what's out there.

Ricter,

I remember that, but before I took over this list, I lost it, sorry.. :(

darkwarlock1114,

most of the things are free here, but some are not.

Larathiel,

Done! I'd love to try this out sometime when I have the time!

TjbChilds,

I'll look around, but right now, I haven't seen anything as of yet.

For the ART section:
Elfwood (http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se)
A vast collection of fantasy art, a lot is crap but there's some really great stuff on there. Takes some time to search, though :)

I agree with TjbChilds a calander would be nice but what I really want is a random encouter table generater( sorry but I can spell)

IMO this is top notch as far as calanders go: http://www.kolumbus.fi/antti.lusila/rpg/gmtool.html

I think I can use that :)

for the generators section i didnt see www.mapmage.com . its a very good website with about 10 generators on it like a tavern generator, cavern generator, building generator, etc.

A few updates with the sites above
added a new section (Greyhawk)

Deciding whether or not to put the miniatures sites in their own section.

Anything else to add to this list that I may have missed?

Still 3.0 only, but people are still using it:

NPC generator, online only, free:
http://www.stanford.edu/~marke/npc.html

Many of the links are now dead, especially in the Worlds section.

The list needs a good going over.

Originally posted by Farland
Many of the links are now dead, especially in the Worlds section.

The list needs a good going over.


aye, I caught a few of em. Thanks for letting me know. When I update again, the dead links will be archived in hopes that they are resurrected. ;)

3.5 SRD built as Help Files! (http://weaselinachippershredder.0catch.com/)

This is interesting...

The online version sucks (many ads) but there are downloads of htmlHelp and WinHelp files for the entire SRD...much free time wasted, to be sure!

I've been working on an online index of D&D / d20 products, which you might want to add to your list.

The index contains the book and page number where you can find thousands of monsters, spells, magic items, classes, prestige classes, psionic powers, etc. The index currently contains over 12,000 items, covering virtually all WotC 3.0 and 3.5 products, and a number of D20 products as well. You can add new books and their items to the index online.

D&D / D20 Index (http://www.juicymango.co.uk/dndindex)

Bodmin

Andargor's HQ (http://www.andargor.com/)

Site downloads include:


"Jamis Buck's NPC Generator, updated to 3.5e. Sources are also available.
Excel spreadsheet to calculate the Encounter Level of mixed CR encounters and associated XP for variable level parties. Supports Epic XP progression.
D&D 3.5 - Mixed-CR EL/XP Calculator
D&D 3.5 - Epic Spell Designer
D&D 3.5 - Pre-generated NPC Packs"
And more....


Another world:

Karyst (http://www.karyst.com/home.html#About)


Epic Town Generator (http://etherstorm.net/~tedberg/cgi-bin/towngen.cgi)


Kaya Kenobi: Don't add this link to the list, but check it out and see what you think:

Al's Worlde Links (http://www.sadric.com/alex/reference/)

(Of course, you may want to add this Al's Worlde (http://www.sadric.com/alex/index.asp) link to section 14, "Other Role Playing Worlds.")

FYI,
"Encounter EL & XP Calculator 4.01 For 3.5 use" Is not dead. At least, not any more. ;)

Great forums. Small crowd but growing by the day. Most of us are Roleplayers and can offer help or even become partners in working on conversions etc.

Give us a visit and become a member.

http://shoes41484.proboards25.com/index.cgi

- Soup

Thanks Anshar! I'll update the list after the boards gets an update, I don't want to lose anything. I'm still here, and compiling everything, just have to wait for now.

There is something that I found, The site may have been posted here.. I'm just to tired to check them out right now. But the program from this link (http://pcp.rpgprofiler.net/) is a PCPROFILER. It has an automatic calculation for the stat's up to 999. It's simple, and fast for NPC's, and PC's if you want to print them out. It also has a Magic sheet, a dice roller, and a pic area for your NPC's, PC's character pics. I found that it really help's when you need a NPC at the last minute.

This site here (http://www.dndresources.com/index.php/articles/c42/) is where I found the PCProfiler..

This is somewhat new to me, so my link's may mess up..:rolleyes:

Originally posted by Kaya Kenobi
...

...I feel for you Doug, I know how it is to be without a computer. As I said, you can have the list back when you come back, I'm just trying to do a service for everyone else like you have.. :) Anyways, nice hearing from you again!

Thank you for the sentiment and the offer, but keep the list. You seem to be having as much fun with it as I did and you're doing an excellent job. :)

I did a quick search and found these (I don't know if they're already on the list or not, I didn't see anything indicating that they were, though I scanned the list a bit quickly):

Mini World's "Dungeons and Dragons Section" (http://miniworld.com/adnd/): "Programs Written by Joseph DuBois to Help the GM."

The World of Arduin "Official Fan Site" (http://www.arduin.com/): "Within these pages, Arduin fans share the world of Arduin...."


Thank you and have a nice game.:)

There is a very handy electronic Utility that I use for my laptop called DM Screen, very handy utility, is there such a utility with all the DCs and stuff at your fingertips for a laptop out there covering 3.5 edition rules?

--==UltimateDragon==--

I couldn't find a 3.5 DM Screen Program, but I did find this DM Screen (http://www.geocities.com/wydraz/dmscreen.html). Maybe they'll update soon?

Next time, I'll click on the download link before posting. The DM Screen download link at the link above is currently dead. Sorry. :embarrass

For those of you who don't like to draw maps by hand, this is a link to a List of Mapping Programs (http://www.hut.fi/~vesanto/link.useful/maps/maps.html).

This list includes Wilbur (http://www.ridgecrest.ca.us/~jslayton/software.html), an excellent tool for creating realistic world maps. :)

This list includes Wilbur (http://www.ridgecrest.ca.us/~jslayton/software.html), an excellent tool for creating realistic world maps. :)

I find the Wilbur, used in conjunction with other programs (namely Fractal Mapper) can generate excellent maps. Fractal Mapper is just sweet as well.

Dash

It's nice to see you again, Dash Branaghan. :)

Just for those of you who may not have noticed yet, this thread is also located as a sticky near the top of the D&D Forum FAQs Forum.

It's nice to see you again, Dash Branaghan. :)
Yes. Welcome back to the boards, Dash. :D

And it's good to see you again also, Fixxxer. :D

Dungeon Master Utilities (http://www.geocities.com/Area51/8306/utilities.html): An NPC Generator that generates NPCs for D&D (Rules Cyclopedia) and 2nd Edition AD&D. The NPCs have statistics, spells, skills, equipment and background information. The characters can be output as a HTML file; a Dungeon Mapper, Room Generator, Monster Generator, Character Generator, Weather Generator, Inn Generator, Thieves Guild Generator, Spellbook Generator, Dungeon Generator, Name Generator, Dice Bag.

I haven't seen or used any of these generators yet, but I can probably put some of them to use. I've been looking for a good weather generator. :)

Hi, Kaya. Once you've dried off from the storms, here are a couple of suggestions for 15a, DM threads on this board (I'll just give you the straight address w/o the BB code):

http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=299444
Evandar TAybara's encounter resource thread

http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=303723
Um... this is a shameless plug for my citythread

http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=177589
Chaotic God's tactical analysis of Astral Deva. All of Chaotic God's work in this regard is absolutely incredible, and it's great stuff for a DM who's going to use one of the few monsters he has covered. There are three other monsters he has done - I assume they are on the old MM board, because I can't find them - his achaierai, aboleth and (forget the third) should all be listed in the DM thread links. If you read one, you'll see immediately why. Each one is Regdar's or Dragon Magazine quality.

Hiya, Kaya. :D

The "Encounter EL & XP Calculator 4.01 For 3.5 use" link is currently working.

The "Encounter Calculator" link above it, however, is not.

The "Everchanging Book of Names" link doesn't seem to be working for me at the moment, either. This could very well be a temporary thing though, considering it's EBoN.

The "Legolas Fantasy and Medieval Maps" link is giving me this message: "Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, root@localhost and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log."

I'm not sure if it's my computer or the link itself.

"The Era of Inhuman Birth" is apparently dead at this time also.

When I click on "Mortality.net" I get a blank screen and "Night Emerald" gives me this message: "Forbidden You don't have permission to access /soz/ on this server.-----Apache/1.3.28 Server at members.dodo.net.au Port 80"

"d20 System Roleplaying Pages (Resources)" is giving me a blank screen also.

"Fritz's House Rules" and the "RPG Program Links" link "...cannot be found" either.

The first "More Downloads" link gives this message: "Warning: main(modules//.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /http/forums/news/modules.php on line 16 Warning: main(): Failed opening 'modules//.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /http/forums/news/modules.php on line 16"

"Chessex RPG Accessories," "Discount D&D Superstore," "DM's Netbook," "Evermore Entertainment For those who still prefer 2e," "Andy Collins.com," "Trap Page Manager," "Dungeons and Dragons Online Games," "Role Playing Tips Weekly," "The RPG Times," "Dark Sun," "Ere: The Lost Plane," "Sinthal," and "How to be a DM, No Interference Style" links "cannot be found/displayed."

Some may be due to my computer/bowser, but I tried clicking on each multiple times.

:)

I finally made an update.. I haven't had time to go through all the links due to the storm, but I will get to it within a week and add some more.. I've added a new section due to requests via PM, forums.. I will be adding to them as I have time. I have around 10 forums to put in, but I'd like to see what you all have too.

Thanks for adding my Encounter Thread link, though I feel I should mention that it seems to have splurged into the next link (FAQ) and made it unsuable.

Evan.

I found this Hypertext SRD (http://d20srd.org/) that you can go to a creature entry and there's a little eye next to the creature's name, by clicking it you get a scanned picture from the MM. I would think that a creative person could print the picture and make cheap figures that way.
~from the Confused about Combat (http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=308456) thead.

I like it and I think others will also, thanks Jaxom. :)

Here's a good one for 15.a: theHow-To: Name Stuff (http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?p=4438512&posted=1#post4438512) thread by His Majesty. :)

Sci-fi 411: The Free Roleplaying Games List (http://www.geocities.com/scifi_411/rpgfree.html)
"News, Entertainment, Opinion"

Some interesting stuff. :)

Edit: I don't know what's up with Yahoo!, but I checked the DM Screen Program (http://www.geocities.com/wydraz/dmscreen.html) link again and first it gave me a "This page is currently unavailable. Unfortunately, we are unable to process your request at this time. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please try again later." message repeatedly, then it let me download it, then it gave me the above message again. :confused: So, if you're interested in the program, I guess you could keep trying it as I did. It might let you download it eventually. :)

Pretty good list!

But the download site for PC Gen is not really correct. It is not sourceforge.net, but pcgen.sourceforge.net. Sourceforge.net can be really confusing if you're only looking for a specific project.

Pretty good list!

But the download site for PC Gen is not really correct. It is not sourceforge.net, but pcgen.sourceforge.net. Sourceforge.net can be really confusing if you're only looking for a specific project. Wow, you're right, PCGen (http://pcgen.sourceforge.net/01_news.php) (<---BrelHarrock's link) is considerably less confusing. It's changed quite a bit since last I looked. :)

Some other stuff some of you may want to check out:
d20 Horror Forum (http://boards1.wizards.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=&f=446) which can be found in the d20 System HQ (http://boards1.wizards.com/forumdisplay.php?f=324) in d20 System Games (http://boards1.wizards.com/forumdisplay.php?f=259). :)

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I am forced to leave these boards, I rescind the list to whomever will take them over, I will probably be back one day.. Goodbye!

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I am forced to leave these boards, I rescind the list to whomever will take them over, I will probably be back one day.. Goodbye!

What :eek:

Well that kinda sucks!:sad: I wish you the best and hope you return soon.

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I am forced to leave these boards, I rescind the list to whomever will take them over, I will probably be back one day.. Goodbye! Well, that really sucks! :( As Rian Lightblade said, I wish you the best and hope that you return soon.

I would very much prefer that it not happen this way, but as the original list starter, I volunteer to take it over.

And, Kaya, if I do take take the list over, when you come back, if you would like the list back, I'd be glad to relinquish it to you. You did an excellent job with it.

I think we all wish you the best and hope that you return real soon.

~DougC

Well, that really sucks! :( As Rian Lightblade said, I wish you the best and hope that you return soon.

I would very much prefer that it not happen this way, but as the original list starter, I volunteer to take it over.

And, Kaya, if I do take take the list over, when you come back, if you would like the list back, I'd be glad to relinquish it to you. You did an excellent job with it.

I think we all wish you the best and hope that you return real soon.

~DougC


Once I get my issues solved, I'll be back. It'll be a few months though.

Once I get my issues solved, I'll be back. It'll be a few months though. Cool. :D The way you worded it in your original post, it sounded as if you were unsure as to whether you would be back or not. Good luck with everything. :)

Cool. :D The way you worded it in your original post, it sounded as if you were unsure as to whether you would be back or not.

Ditto,

Glad to know will see you again. Best Wishes :cool:

Found this looking for mapping resources. Very useful and cool.

http://www.culturalresources.com/Maps.html

For anyone wanting to add some variety to their tavern menus or to just learn about Medieval Cooking:

A Collection of Medieval and Anglo Saxon Recipes (http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/People/mjw/recipes/ethnic/historical/med-anglosaxon-coll.html)

Medieval European Recipes: Collection (http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~mjw/recipes/ethnic/historical/med-european-coll.html)

Medieval Food (http://www.castles-of-britain.com/castlesf.htm)

Medieval Recipe Translations (http://www.godecookery.com/mtrans/mtrans.htm)

Medieval Feasts (http://www.bitwise.net/~ken-bill/med-p1.htm)

Medieval/Renaissance Food Homepage (http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/food.html)

Medieval Recipes from Various Sources (http://members.tripod.com/BlackTauna/recipes.html)

Recipe Source: Medieval Recipes (http://www.recipesource.com/misc/medieval/)

Medieval Recipes (http://anxiety-closet.mit.edu:8001/people/wchuang/cooking/Medieval.html)

What a d_a_m_n fine thread this is. Gaddzooks, what links!

May I humbly offer up my own scratchy hand drawn Dungeon Floor Plans (http://freespace.virgin.net/william.meddis/floorplans/) for the map list and card accessories. Hoping to add some press-out figures soon - and some other d20 resource stuff but I'll keep quiet unless I never finish it. ;)

http://freespace.virgin.net/william.meddis/floorplans/

Medieval cookery?! Our PCs eat too well already! Stale bread and watered down mead should be good enough for them Mr DougC!
Keep up the good work Kaya et al.

Wow, sorry to hear that real life caught up to Kaya as it does to all of us at some point. Having recently gone through the construction and scheduling to build a new home, I understand how things can pull you away.

I will say that I know the level of work Kaya put in to keeping these links going and I have used them on many occasions. Thanks Kaya and I hope things return to normal for you as quickly as possible.

Hey :cool: