Instead of starting a new thread for every set of tools I create, I am going to use this thread from now on. I will continue to make updates to it as I create new tools. Here is the complete set of tools I've created to date:
DM Tools:
- Encounter Difficulty Calculator
- Treasure Generator
- NPC Generator
- Settlement Generator
- Building Generator
- Tavern Generator
- Location-Based Adventure Generator
- Villain Generator
- Dungeon Idea Generator
- Wilderness - Monument Generator
- Wilderness - Weird Locale Generator
- Wilderness - Weather Generator
- World-Shaking Event Generator
- Advanced Weather Generator
- Quick Monster CR Calculator NEW
- Monster Stat Generator NEW
- NPC Name Generator NEW
Player Tools:
All of these tools are available at http://1-dot-encounter-planner.appspot.com/
Cheers!
--Leugren
EDIT: If there are any specific tables you'd like to see automated, please let me know.
Very cool and very appreciated.
Would it be at all possible to add the NPC generator onto the villain generator?
Loving it, by the way, I was actually going to sit down this morning and start working on a similar thing. Not anymore :D
Youngy wrote:
At @Youngy's request, I have updated the villain generator to include all of the outputs of NPC generation so you don't have to hop back and forth between the two in order to generate a villain.
--Leugren
Just added a World-Shaking Event Generator.
Awesome work! Thanks!
This set of generators is awesome! 
Thank you very much!! 
You're welcome, @Reius and @Akeisha.
For my next tool, I've been thinking about using the tables from the PHB to randomly generate personality traits, flaws, bonds, and ideals for a PC given a choice of background selected from a dropdown list. Would that be useful to people? I am open to any suggestions. What random tables would you like to see automated??
Leugren wrote:
Thanks!
What a great way to quickly generate some inspiration for running a game.
Hope you also put this info in the DM Help forum.
This is great!!!! It's really nice to see people like you in the community contributing stuff like this for free so all of us can use it. WoTC should pay attention to this. Well done!
Yeah this has been pretty useful already. Bookmarked.
I also bookmarked your site; and, the PHB Traits, Flaws & Bonds generator would be great as well. Thanks for taking the time and effort to create these (and for making them available)!
You're welcome, folks. Your appreciation is my strongest motivator.
I just posted a PC Personality Generator which uses the background tables from the PHB in order to generate a set of personality traits.
It is directly available here, http://1-dot-encounter-planner.appspot.com/pc-personality-generator.html, though you can also access it from the main page.
Cheers!
I just posted a PC Point-Buy Calculator which automatically tracks your point-buy costs and imposes point-buy limits, thereby allowing you to quickly experiment and compute different PC stat arrays.
It is directly available here, http://1-dot-encounter-planner.appspot.com/point-buy-calculator.html, though you can also access it from the main page.
Cheers!
I spotted and fixed a small bug with the way that remaining points were being calculated in the PC Point-Buy Calculator when the down arrows were being hit. If you see this bug, just delete your browser cache and reload the page.
I just added race selection and racial modifiers to the PC Point-Buy Attribute Calculator. Any feedback is welcome!
Is anyone using the PC Point-Buy Calculator? I can't really tell by looking at my web analytics because it consists of a bunch of static resources that tend to get cached by peoples' browsers or by intermediary servers.
At any rate, if anyone is using it, would you say that it's fine as-is or could it use some modification? I notice, for instance, that on lower-res screens, it's too big to see without a bit of scrolling. Also, would it be helpful if I showed ability modifiers next to each ability score? Your feedback is all I have to go on to improve these tools.
Thanks,
Leugren
Regarding the Point-Buy Calculator, I have some suggestions:
- Switch the position of Wisdom and Intelligence so that they match the order of ability scores on the character sheet
- Rename the "Mod." column as "racial" for clarity
- If you are going to list the ability modifiers, that's where the "Mod." title would work, and that column would probably be best placed between "total" and "cost"
- If it's feasible to do, move the "points available" box to the left and move "points remaining" to the space next to "points available" - that organization is more intuitive, in my opinion
I'm not sure if I would suggest making the tool overall smaller, as it being readable is about the only thing that concerns me - but making it the smallest size that is still easily readable from about 1 meter distance at a screen resolution of a typical monitor (which I unfortunately don't know, though in my household the common resolution is something like 1360 x 768, and anything that is at a different resolution is higher than that)
Keep up the fantastic work.
Great stuff, Leugren! Thank you for all of this, you rock.
I agree with Aaron's suggestions on the point-buy calculator.
Also, could you do up the random dungeon creator? I was just looking at that and it seems really fun. 
Heck, I'd appreciate automation of anything on either the DM's or player's side. It's all welcome.
Just so you know, I'll be using these tools this coming Monday in the game I'm running.
Well, I guess you'll need my handy-dandy INSTANT RANDOM PLAYER CHARACTER GENERATOR as well
Enjoy!
Jay H
Thank you very much for the feedback, Aaron and Azzy.
Aaron: I will make all the changes you recommend, since all of your suggestions are excellent.
Azzy: I'll try to do the random dungeon generation tables over the weekend.
Thanks again! As any dev knows, it's really tough to put out good product without any feedback!
On a separate note, it was also nice to see that my work was noteworthy enough to warrant a small blurb within the daily news section out on the ENWorld site:
30 (or 1,030) Essential New D&D 5E Fan Resources!
Cheers,
Leugren
EDIT: Random dungeon generation is made a bit complicated by the need to maintain a model of the dungeon as it is being generated, for purposes of preventing overlaps as well as overflows. Also, to be really useful, the output should include a graphical map. I have therefore decided to defer this for now, but may try to tackle it in the future as time allows.
OK. I just deployed a new version of the PC Attribute Point-Buy Calculator incorporating all of the suggestions made by Aaron. If you see anything amiss, please let me know.
Cheers!
Leugren
EDIT: With respect to the low-screen resolution issue, I decided to just leave it alone. People with lo-res screens can just hit Ctrl+Minus Sign to zoom out in most modern browsers.
Leugren wrote:
shpelley wrote:
stout halfling is missing a racial mod i think?
tubadancross wrote:
@Leugren: It's really nice of you to spend the time to do this. I'll try to thank you for each tool you put online just so you know we're not ungrateful spoiled brats and we really appreciate it .
Gnarl wrote:
Just added a "Trinket Generator" to randomly generate a trinket from the list of trinkets provided in the PHB:
--Leugren
Leugren wrote:
I used the treasure generator and encounter difficulty calculator in the game I was DMing today. Very handy—especially as I'm still flailing about in getting used to the details of the new rules and such, anything that helps is appreciated.
Azzy1974 wrote:
Not satisfied with the Weather Generator provided by the DMG, I went ahead and created an "advanced" weather generator based on an article which appeared in Dragon #137. It takes into account such factors as terrain type, whether it is an inland or a coastal region, the latitude, and the month of the year. It uses these factors to randomly compute the daytime temperature, effective daytime temperature, effective nighttime temperature, precipitation (including fog), cloud cover, wind type, wind speed, wind effects, and wind direction.
I am currently running Lost Mines of Phandelver, so I am planning to use this tool to generate an entire month's worth of weather for the Neverwinter region. My main reason for doing this is that I have a wood elf in my party who is always asking about the weather because he is allowed to hide whenever there is fog, mist, rain, or snow.
In case you're interested, I set the latitude to around 60 degrees, and I'm using the Grassland and Coastal settings. My campaign starts in the month of Marpenoth (October).
TIPS:
- If you are running a homegrown campaign with your own calendar, just select the month which most closely matches the current season in your campaign.
- Treat anything within 96 miles of an ocean or within 48 miles of a very large lake as Coastal. Treat everything else as Inland.
- Any location with a negative latitude is in the southern hemisphere, so the seasons and the weather which goes with them will generally be reversed. A latitude of 90 degrees represents the North Pole. A latitude of -90 degrees represents the South Pole. A latitude of 0 degrees represents the Equator.
Here is the link to the tool:
Advanced Weather Generator NEW
Cheers!
Leugren
Leugren,
what at a wonderful contribution to the d and d community all around! If my players find a lair, even one I did not anticipate, I can determine the cr, calculate treasure etc on the fly! Yesterday, we spent forever writing down coppers we found etc but no more! On my phone I have your tools bookmarked. I randomly determine treasure...."copy" put into a text and every player has it on their phone already detailed!
just one example of how you have helped to maximize the fun of others! Many thanks,
warpiglet[
quote="Leugren"]
Not satisfied with the Weather Generator provided by the DMG, I went ahead and created an "advanced" weather generator based on an article which appeared in Dragon #137. It takes into account such factors as terrain type, whether it is an inland or a coastal region, the latitude, and the month of the year. It uses these factors to randomly compute the daytime temperature, effective daytime temperature, effective nighttime temperature, precipitation (including fog), cloud cover, wind type, wind speed, wind effects, and wind direction.
I am currently running Lost Mines of Phandelver, so I am planning to use this tool to generate an entire month's worth of weather for the Neverwinter region. My main reason for doing this is that I have a wood elf in my party who is always asking about the weather because he is allowed to hide whenever there is fog, mist, rain, or snow.
In case you're interested, I set the latitude to around 60 degrees, and I'm using the Grassland and Coastal settings. My campaign starts in the month of Marpenoth (October).
TIPS:
- If you are running a homegrown campaign with your own calendar, just select the month which most closely matches the current season in your campaign.
- Treat anything within 96 miles of an ocean or within 48 miles of a very large lake as Coastal. Treat everything else as Inland.
- Any location with a negative latitude is in the southern hemisphere, so the seasons and the weather which goes with them will generally be reversed. A latitude of 90 degrees represents the North Pole. A latitude of -90 degrees represents the South Pole. A latitude of 0 degrees represents the Equator.
Here is the link to the tool:
Advanced Weather Generator NEW
Cheers!
Leugren
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That's awesome, @warpiglet. I love the idea of running the treasure generator on a phone and then texting the results to your players! It definitely saves on bookkeeping and I had not thought of it myself. This is a labor of love for me obviously because it combines my vocation with my avocation. I've been doing this sort of stuff for years, but this is the first time I've posted my tools to a public web site and made them accessible to others. I'm glad other people are finding them as useful as I do.
Regards,
Leugren
Really as busy working adults my group needs these sorts of tools. Time saving things like this are the difference between being able to have 2 or only one session a month!
i am getting ready to take over dm duties and love the idea of generating wilderness monuments etc, treasure hordes etc and texting them to myself. Later,I can send it to a program for printing and saving as a permanent record. If the players tKe the same route, they might see the same monument.
Lastly, if I text them to myself first, I can later text the revealed portions to the players piecemeal as they come upon them. It will save literally hours. I also like the idea of sending to a word document that I can make noted on later on in pre prepped module form when possible
warpiglet wrote:
These are all cool, but why not make what people really want: a character creator.
Undrhil wrote:
Thanks for these amazing and fun tools!
The CR rules for 5E still don't make any sense to me, but at least your generator makes it so I don't really have to worry about that.
RavingDork wrote:
At someone's request, I made a small update to the Encounter Difficulty Calculator to include the description of the difficulty level. The output will now look something like:
how cool is this?
I am planning my iniital 5E campaign. Used the tools above to generate 10 treasure hordes. Have calculated all of my DCs for random encounters...have personalities for 12 NPCs...oh yeah, and random monuments and settlements already printed for use on the fly as needed! The tools probably save me well over an hour of rolling and since they can be cut and pasted, and nothing has to be handwrtten since all of the above was saved in a word document!
In session, I will have my phone handy for individual treasure of creatures with the touch of a button.
Seriously people, use these tools and save yourself loads of hassle!
Thanks for the great endorsement, @warpiglet!
warpiglet wrote:
Leugren wrote:
I think the weather generator would be more interesting if it had suggested mechanical effects.
As is I know I can tell the players it's raining heavily with a stiff wind and...it'll end up as fluff and play proceeds as if it were a calm, sunny day.
Thanks for your hard work!
Noon wrote:
MintFinkeldove wrote:
I added the Eladrin and Aasimar races from the DMG to the PC Point-Buy Calculator.
All,
I just added a new tool which allows to compute the CR of a monster using the quick rules provided in the DMG. Here is the link:
Cheers!
Leugren
Leugren wrote:
Rhenny wrote:
Leugren wrote:
Akeisha wrote:
Someone asked me to create a small tool in which you to specify a CR, and it will automatically generate monster stats based on that CR using the same DMG table I used for the Quick Monster CR Calculator. Since I already had all the data, I was able to knock it out quite quickly. It's available at the link provided below.
Cheers!
Leugren
Leugren wrote:
Akeisha wrote:
Leugren wrote:
Azzy1974 wrote:
Since it only took a few minutes, I went ahead and automated the NPC name generation table from the new DM Screen. I've provided the direct link below:
Cheers!
Leugren
I have to say thanks for the tools again, Leugren.
Due in no small way to your tools, I'm already 60% of the way through my conversion of Rappan Athuk even though I've been only lazily working at it for an hour here or half-hour there between sessions over the last week (give or take a couple days... can't actually remember when I started).
I was even originally not going to do any monster creating - just grab something from the Monster Manual that was close-ish and call it good - but then you went and changed my mind with your recent CR calculation-related tools.
So thank you - and I'm sure my players would thank you too if they knew how much of the smoothing over the rough patches of my lazy conversion (prep-work and I are not good friends) your tools are responsible for.
AaronOfBarbaria wrote:
@Miladoon spotted a problem with the Quick Monster CR Calculator whereby the results of the computations were completely erroneous when the "Attack Type" was set to "Save DC". It was the result of some shoddy testing on my part. I have resolved the problem and deployed a new version of the tool to the cloud.
Thanks, Miladoon!
--Leugren
I just added all of the new races from the Elemental Evil supplement to the PC Point-Buy Calculator.
Cheers!
Leugren