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I used to have a Random Encounter Generator for 5e in EN World's OGRE generators. It disappeared with the reset last August but it has a new home on chaosgen.com. It has most of the old features and work is ongoing. Next up is to add monster groups and another monster source after...

I've created a Guide to Generators for Pathfinder First Edition with sections for Dungeons & Encounters, Magic Items & Treasure, NPCs, Characters & Names, World of Golarion and Bits and Pieces. Was expecting it to be dominated by donjon but there's quite a few other tools out there. Let me...

I've created a guide to random generators for Characters and NPCs in 5E D&D It covers PC Names and chargen, detailed NPCs and multiple NPCs Feedback and recommendations welcome!

Generators Guide to 5E D&D Characters is at https://randroll.com/archi…/generators_guide_dnd5e_pcs_npcs/ It has tools for creating and customising your Player Characters and Non-Player Characters Any other genenerators you'd recommend?

I have collected a guide to generators for dungeons which is system neutral. It has generators, charts and pdfs for Overview, Maps, Room, Traps & Doors, Dungeon Dressing, Treasure and the rest. What ones do you find useful? Any generators you think should be included?

I've created my first version of a 3-line NPC Generator for 5E. It tries to provide enough information to be useful while staying brief. I still need to add more hooks, activities and physical appearances. What do you think? What needs work?

I've created a Star Wars Generators Guide aimed at RPGs with random generators including Names, Characters, Quests, Planets and Equipment. This follows on from the Science Fiction Generators Guide in January Recommendations welcome for tools or generators I´ve missed.

I've created a Science Fiction Generators Guide covering random generators for space RPGs It has sections on Space Characters, Spaceships, Aliens & Space Monsters, Stars and Systems, Planets, Stories & Plots and a couple other bits. I'm happy to update it if anyone has any recommendations to add!

My players asked for a generator to randomly choose their race, class and background from the main sourcebooks. So I created the Random D&D Character Choice generator. I added a name and trinket for good measure. And also alignment. It's not a character generator (there are good ones of those...

Made first attempt at a Dungeon Prep Tool Using existing generators from EN World Currently it creates Dungeon Names Places for Dungeons Entrances Treasure Hoards Assorted Items Underground Places Dungeon Outlines Encounters Room (+Descriptions) Interested in what works and what needs...

So I want to run a one-shot (which may become something more) for 1st level adventurers who are employed to defend the campsite / base of a higher level party that go into the dungeon. What might disturb the PCs? What might the higher level adventurers leave at the camp? What temptations might...

I've created a generator for a 5E Adventuring party, because somehow my most popular EN World generator is for Adventuring Party names! Any suggestions are welcome! Currently it creates - Group Name - 3-8 Members (name, gender, race, class, background, alignment) - How they met -...

I'm looking for ideas for things that happen during a fight! Weapons breaking, someone stepping on a snake, a spillage of liquid... Things that will be memorable or interesting but (probably) shouldn't effect the outcome too much. I've started on a generator called Something Happens! During...

What elements would you like to see in a D&D 5E prep tool to help run urban adventures? The tool would be similar to the 5E Prep Tool. I'll create or reuse generators for the most popular elements on the poll

Players seem to love trinkets so I would like any ideas you have for new ones and unusual ones! I´ve found the 100 elemental ones from Wizards but any other links to previous trinkets threads on EN World appreciated. I´ll use them in a trinkets generator, which will also be part of a larger...

The companion to What do you find hardest when running RPGs... What gives you the most pain or takes the most effort when preparing for a game session or adventure?

Currently the 5E Prep Tool I've built on EN World has a group of broadly useful generators What other groups of generators would you like to see added? The default group is: encounters, names, npcs, rumours, simple dungeons, settlements, quests, treasure hoards, villains, unusual locations

I was too slow to post poll!

I'm going to put this poll in as many places as I can and collate the results.

What things cause you the most problems when running a game? These are the things you find hardest during actual play.