Libraries for making video games with the d20 system. An attempt to make good-looking homebrew documents for various roleplaying systems using XeTeX for typesetting. Dndtools is a simple javascript program works as a powerful soundboard, die roller and loot generator for Dungeons and Dragons campaigns. Gibberify is a simple gibberish generator that translates words from a real language to a pronounceable gibberish.
Build new monsters with level-appropriate, balanced stats in seconds. I also created a folder so i had em all organized into the proper categories. They're all java based, so they run on Linux quite nicely. There are some tools to create characters, track initiative, and even a virtual tabletop. Maybe I'll write an article on them, sometime Using open source tools to play Dungeons and Dragons Using open source tools to play Dungeons and Dragons.
How a Dungeon Master generates ideas, makes maps, and more for this face-to-face game. Image credits :. Get the highlights in your inbox every week. Map creation Some of my ideas require a physical map. Map keying Once I create a map or dungeon level, I need to make a key—notes of areas on the map or rooms in the dungeon.
Session tools I also use Vim during gaming sessions to add notes to the key, such as describing the dungeon's rooms or the wilderness being explored.
Content management I keep my maps and keys in git repositories. Communications I use Thunderbird for email to coordinate our gaming schedule. Topics Gaming. About the author. Joe Kline - I'm a Linux sysadmin at a university. I prefer to use Perl for most of my programming needs and try to use the best fitting tools when I remember to do that. Other than that I try to keep up with the stuff that life throws at me. More about me. Recommended reading How to build an open source metaverse.
How I use open source to design my own card games. How I use open source to play RPGs. Seth Kenlon on 20 Jun Permalink. You point to some really great resources here, thanks! As both a player and a GM, I use org-mode for character sheets, and to take notes on campaigns.
Samundra on 21 Jun Permalink. I also use it to record the parties passive perception and armour class 5th Ed We also play on roll20, but use Skype for comms. Maleon James on 15 Jul Permalink. Seth Kenlon on 17 Jul Permalink. It streamlines that creation process, which I feel one of the most challenging thing for players— especially new players. So, definitely a good resource.
Which is a lot of work. If you look at my bookshelf, I still buy pretty much every single book because for me it is far easier to read the books at my leisure whenever I want to, not have to have some sort of tablet with me or something. There is no subscription model whereby you pay, say, fifteen dollars a month and get everything. You have to literally buy each book individually in there. Alright, so… I have said many, many times that I love tactical combat.
It works super, super well. Not only can you have combats in your virtual tabletop, but you can also just have the entire dungeon map there and players can just do the exploration of the dungeon moving their tokens along. It is an awesome experience, in my opinion.
It is so worth the twenty or so dollars to buy the module in your VTT. It saves you so much work as a dungeon master. I personally use roll Have you looked at this one?
Check into them, obviously. You probably want to read up on that before you commit to one. In fact, when I was playing in person, I would always have some sort of music going. I would usually just put on something like WoW or perhaps Conan the Barbarian or Conan the Destroyer— which are amazing soundtracks.
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