D&D 3E/3.5 3.5 questions, thinking of DMing again

[kage69]

got a couple questions for you guys

1) i've looked all over the net, but does anyone know of any map generators? I have books and such to help with actual world building, but i want to try and stay clear of using maps from known properties

2) this is for a possible NPC idea i have for something...

anyone know how i should go about creating a half nymph?

I have some resources on creating half races, but it really doesn't help that much

furthermore on half races... your typical half-race is half A and half human, what about the other parent being elf, dwarf, etc...

i.e... parent A being say Ogre, and parent B being an elf, dwarf, etc

 

[Omegaxicor]

AFAIK There are no official rules for Half-races except for those involving Humans which is irritating but the general House Rules (again AFAIK) is that Half races have literally half of each mechanics but whether they have specific racial abilities is entirely DM territory

As for Map makers, there are some but imho no good ones (those that make good maps are complicated and it is easier to just make the things yourself, those that are simple aren't very good quality and have few options)

 

[kage69]

i've tried to make my own, but i'm just bad at it...

but, how would i do half of the spell like abilities, SU abilities, etc?

 

[Omegaxicor]

maybe they don't have the more powerful ones or maybe they are 1/two days or something, somehow you have to half a mechanic that has no easy number...

EDIT: an idea might be to use things like this

 

[kage69]

it's mainly the half nymph i need help with in figuring it out... in this particular, the other parent is a Human

 

[Omegaxicor]

for an NPC if the she is a druid then I'd say she gets most of the Nymph's powers, half the racial bonuses to Wild Empathy and Swim, doesn't get Blinding Beauty but probably is attractive (a high Charisma Score) Stunning Glance is a 1/day power and Unearthly Grace only adds half her Charisma score...she doesn't get the spells since she is already a druid and probably doesn't get Dimension door although it should probably be on her spell list for when she levels up.

unfortunately without a "Nymph's as Characters" section it is difficult to guess at the racial attribute bonuses at a glance but they can be worked out, so half them (pity the Human gets so little but probably Half-Human shouldn't get the feat or skill points, although maybe she gets +4 at the start but none as she levels or vise-versa)

but these are my opinions at a glance if you disagree then feel free to amend any of it

 

[kage69]

well, he or she, haven't decided on gender as is still half Human...lol isn't a druid, but is a Ranger

 

[Omegaxicor]

well, the same for most part except that the spells are at -3 caster level

 

[Grogg of the North]

got a couple questions for you guys

1) i've looked all over the net, but does anyone know of any map generators? I have books and such to help with actual world building, but i want to try and stay clear of using maps from known properties

If you're looking for things like random dungeon generators there are a few out there. The two I use on occasion are here:

Dungeon Generator for D&D - Myth-Weavers

donjon; d20 Random Dungeon Generator

For building a continent or something like that, I had a GM that built the world using graph paper and a d8 to figure out how the coast line went.

2) this is for a possible NPC idea i have for something...

anyone know how i should go about creating a half nymph?

I have some resources on creating half races, but it really doesn't help that much

furthermore on half races... your typical half-race is half A and half human, what about the other parent being elf, dwarf, etc...

i.e... parent A being say Ogre, and parent B being an elf, dwarf, etc

There were some templates in Dragon Mag that gave things like Half-Nymph and Half-Ogre that could be added to humanoids.

Back when Crystal Keep was offering up D&D goodness you could find the templates there. Otherwise, GO Out and Get Looking for thEm.

 

[Omegaxicor]

Ah, I haven't read any of the Dragon Magazines so I didn't know about them