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Web Resources Arguable Complexity 2010/10/23(Sat)06:06 No. 5111 ID: bdb2fe

So, what websites/tools/generators are you guys using when preparing and/or running games, aside from rulebooks?

I've only ever run/played D&D 3.5, so most of it is system-specific.

http://www.penpaperpixel.org/tools/d20encountercalculator.htm
EL calculator. When I can't decide whether six CR 3 opponents are too much or not, I stuff the numbers and compare it with the party average ECL.

http://www.penpaperpixel.org/tools/d20monsterfilter/
http://www.penpaperpixel.org/tools/d20spellfilter/
Mosnter and spell filters. Immensely useful when you want to make the next encounter have, say, jungle-themed monsters but don't know what exactly to pick to not make it unbeatable. Same with spells: it comes in really handy for navigating spells by something other than their name. Too bad it only has core spells.

http://www.myth-weavers.com/generate_npc.php?
NPC generator. Helpful for quick & dirty mook creation. The site has other gens too.

http://www.rinkworks.com/namegen/
http://www.hackslash.net/?p=18
Name generators. Pretty flexible and requiring very little tweaking.

http://inkwellideas.com/?page_id=334
City map generator, picked up in /meep/ desktop thread. Not really a web resource, but it’s really just a single .exe after installation. Useful for getting an overall map if you don’t need a tactical grid of the entire city (and why would you?)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_scientific_discoveries
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions
As being a part of the project that has an established setting, I find these to be a good reference guide for what characters can or cannot encounter in the world.

Also, as a metricfag, I also sometimes find use for these:
http://www.unitconversion.org/weight/pounds-to-kilograms-conversion.html
http://www.unitconversion.org/length/feet-to-meters-conversion.html
I know if I move over to Win7 I'll have them in the calculator, but it's often much faster to open another tab in your browser.

Pic not really related but made for a campaign I'm running.

Ñ 2010/10/23(Sat)19:49 No. 5112 ID: f123de

Don't use many online tools.

http://www.d20srd.org
http://www.d20pfsrd.com
for rules of course.

One thing I've found to be a pretty valuable reference is this:
http://www.simetric.co.uk/si_materials.htm

Lists the weight of a cubic meter of various materials. How much does a sarcophagus lid or life size gold statue weigh? Now you have an idea.

(a large man is about 0.1 m^3, or 4 cubic feet. Other good thumbnail figures for Imperial - water is about 62 lbs per cubic foot, rock is ~150, and metal about 450)

Does anyone have a guide for faking an accent?

Anonymous 2010/10/23(Sat)20:11 No. 5113 ID: 5a2e05

Though this seems to be more of a DM thread I'm gonna throw in what I tend to use as a player (also 3.5). The entire group tends to have laptops open when we play so these are more at-the-table things for players than for DM setup.

http://www.myth-weavers.com
Everyone in the group has their characters sheets on this site. We just give the url to the DM.

http://www.d20srd.org/
Having the SRD on hand makes things very quick and easy, I prefer it to opening the PHB. I've got the google search to this as one of my firefox searchbar options.

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/dice/dice.htm
The official WotC online dice roller. Used if I'm feeling lazy or I forgot my dice.

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/er/20040125a
Official errata. Helpful when I feel like being a rules-lawyering douchebag.

http://www.crystalkeep.com/d20/
http://www.imarvintpa.com/dndlive/index.php
Indexes of damn near everything. The first is used mostly for finding unique weapons for my special snowflakes, the second is searchable and because of that I prefer it even if closed content only has a brief description and a page number for the source.

http://www.pathguy.com/cg35.htm
As a group of lazy people having a quick and fairly-comprehensive generator is a necessity, if only because it calculates shit for us. The main site has generators for a bunch of d20 system games and for 4e somewhere, but I don't use them much.

Arguable Complexity 2010/10/25(Mon)23:58 No. 5117 ID: 3df3c1

http://www.hackslash.net/?page_id=39
Generates a cliche megadungeon by modular cells. It isn't all that useful to me but nice for inspiration every now and then.

http://www.anothercaffeinatedday.com/resources/default/inns.html?source=woc
Quick inn generator, if you want to go all detailed for whatever reason.

Thanks for the links. The spell collection at imarvintpa.com is just wicked awesome.

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