Awesome RPG Resources

My curated list of awesome RPG resources. This is not a complete list, but a list of resources that I use/used or endorse.

Also: Beware of manticores!

Table of Contents

• Mapping
  • Mapping Software
  • Map Assets
  • Random Map Generators
• Virtual Tabletop Software
• Dungeons and Dragons 5E
  • Helpers

Mapping

Mapping Software

• Dungeondraft - New rising star on the dungeon mapping horizon. Easy and intuitive interface.
• Wonderdraft - From the developer of Dungeondraft. Easy and intuitive map editor for world maps.
• Mipui - Browser based dungeon mapper. Also has some VTT functionality.
• RPG Map II - Nice browser based battlemap editor for indoor and outdoor maps.
• Fantasy Cartographer - The big old battleship of map making, powerful but hard to steer.

Map Assets

• Cartography Assets - Mapping assets aggregation site. Has sets for various mapping software. Free and paid assets.
• The Forgotten Adventures - Nice quality assets for your maps.
• Bogie's Map Elements - Pack with 729 map assets.

Random Map Generators

• Dojon Random Dungeon Generator - Generates random typical d20 dungeons for crawling. Has encounters, doors, traps. Ready to crawl!
• Watabous One Page Dungeon - Generate dungeons fitting on one page. Also exports to Mipui and RPG Map II.
• Watabous Village Generator - Generate village maps. Amazing!
• Watabous Procgen Mansion - Procedurally generated 3D mansions. You also get the floor plans. Take that, Cthulhu!
• Watabous Medieval City Generator - Generate maps of whole medieval cities! Import them into Watabous City Viewer for a 3D view of the city! How amazing is this?
• Azgaar's Fantasy Map Generator - Procedurally generate a map of whole continent or world. Complete with biomes, empire names and political maps. Then play around with the editor to change things. Perfect start for generating your homebrew world!
• Red Blob Games Mapgen4 - Another generator that produces "island style" land maps.
• Gozzys Random Map Generators - Generate simple random dungeon, cave or wilderness battlemaps.
• Dungeon Generator - Generate nice looking dungeon maps for VTT. Has Roll20 specific export options.
• DunGen - Generate dungeon floor maps. Can also generate wall information for Roll20, FoundryVTT and Fantasy Grounds Unity.

Virtual Tabletop Software

• FoundryVTT - The rising star of browser based VTT software. You can host it yourself, thus keeping data sovereignty. 3rd party hosted options are also available. Easy to extend with add-ons and has a very responsive and active developer community.
• Roll20 - At the moment it's THE big browser based VTT player. Has marketplace for paid content and supports a lot of systems.
• Fantasy Grounds - The big old grumpy veteran of VTT systems. The software and its UI are showing its age. Marketplace with lots of of official modules and content. New version "Fantasy Grounds Unity" developed at the moment. Some rulesets like D&D5E have the best automation available.

Dungeons and Dragons 5E

Helpers

• The Thieves Guild - Loot tables for monster types.
• Jumping Distance Calculator - Calculate jumping distance. Also has options for special class features like Monks "Step of the Wind".