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Nashira
2015-07-23, 08:17 PM
I'm looking for some resources to make my job a little easier as DM. I like things like mythweavers and I've made some nifty things for my in person games like initiative cards for the DM screen.

I'm looking to see what sort of resources y'all use in general as well as specifically looking for a free wiki resource to use as a campaign database.

Thanks for any suggestions.

falloutimperial
2015-07-23, 08:25 PM
Seventh Sanctum has a lot of good random generators, including name generators for characters and places, as does fantasynamegenerators.com to a lesser extent.

Google Docs is the best way I know to organize a great deal of text documents, especially when you learn how to embed link to other docs (command+K.)

d20srd.com of course, for 3.5. d20psrd of course, for Pathfinder.

I heartily recommend RPG blog goblinpunch.com to inspire creativity and provide potential rules, monsters, plots, etc.

wizards.com/dnd/dice/dice.htm is good for when you need to roll a lot of dice at once, or a weird die, or roll quickly.

I often go through http://thraen.minus.com/uploads for character portraits or various visual aids.

Finally, a redditor put together a list (https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/2khw4v/dms_tool_box/) of their tools that is much more comprehensive.

dream
2015-07-23, 11:41 PM
The web for pics/maps; Sporkforge lets me grid maps easily. Photobucket handles my images.

Rpgpodcasts for adventure/campaign tips.

Script Lab for writing tips.

Walmart for dry-erase white boards & stationary.

Youtube for music/sound effects.

When off the playground, Orokos for online dice.

& Graham Walmsley's Play Unsafe (http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/106247/Play-Unsafe?filters=0_44293_0_0_0)

Lurkmoar
2015-07-24, 12:09 AM
donjon (http://donjon.bin.sh/) coughs up pretty good names when I'm stumped naming NPCs or locations.