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Explanation The RPG City Generator takes a number of inputs and returns detailed, randomly generated, information about a city. It includes professions, medieval buildings, guilds, local hero classes and levels, and many other role playing tools to make your campaign worlds more believable. Apr 30, 2019 - The Medieval City Fantasy Generator is a fun free tool that allows you to create a randomly generated map of a town from the Middle Ages.
[Resource Guide] World and Map Generation
In an effort to better serve the community, the moderation staff will be creating a series of guides and collections of resources over the next week or so, to both help interested new players, and provide a compendium for more seasoned veterans.
This post will be linked in the sidebar for all to see, and will be heavily curated to remain relevant and optimized.
The following resources are divided into tools for making your own maps, tools for generating random maps, and map repositories, if you want someone ELSE to make the maps.
Map Making - Creating your own maps
Campaign Cartographer 3 [$44.95] - Considered by many to be the ultimate map-making software, CC3 can initially be very intimidating. It's hefty price tag and steep learning-curve have turned more than a few away. However, the results can be stunning. Take a look through their gallery, or some creations from the Cartographer's Guild, and be amazed.
Dundjinni [$39.95] - Something of a rival with CC3, Dundjinni specializes in more playable maps, and less on getting that real map look. The system is also slightly more approachable than CC3, with fairly similar results. Take a look through the gallery on that page as well, it's the best way to understand the kind of results you're going to get.
AutoREALM [free] - This GNU mapping resource is a simple but powerful map-maker. It is a more watered down version of the predecessors, but the maps it makes are still incredibly beautiful and versatile. It also supports pretty much any system, able to make grid-maps, hex-maps, triangular-maps, etc etc.
Dungeon Painter [free] - This is a HIGHLY recommended battle-map maker. It is almost as simple to use as Paint.Net, but comes loaded with tons of map-making resources. the best part is that, not only is it compeltely free, you don't even need to register to use it. Seriously, try it right now. Right the hell now.
Hexographer http://www.hexographer.com [Free/$30] - Very easily makes maps in the Mystara D&D style as well as the 1st Edition World of Greyhawk maps. Also creates Traveller style star maps and overland/wilderness battle maps.
Dungeonographer http://www.dungeonographer.com [Free/$30] - Same interface as Hexographer, but includes icons for dungeons, caverns and building interiors. All built-in icons have line art and battlemat styles and one click lets you toggle modes to have a GM's view or player's battlemat view.
Map Generating - Having a map made for you
donjon RPG Tools [free] - While already mentioned in the character Generation post, there are a myriad of tools for map generating as well. The fractal world generator will craft entire continents on a globe. There are also generators for dungeons, inns, town, magic shops, etc. While the details are usually fairly lacking, the DM is given leave to create exactly what he wants inside of those confines. Seriously, if you're a DM who doesn't use dj's stuff, you're trying too hard (also, iirc, donjon himself is a redditor. So hey!).
Gozzy's Cartographic Emporium [free] - Gozzy's multiple map generators allow for a lot more in the way of parameters, allowing the DM to really specify the details he or she wants in a map. As with most generators, the details will still be a little lacking compared to hand-made maps, but it's great for on-the-fly map building.
Mathemagician! [free] - Very user friendly and simple generator, can pretty much instantly populate a small area with however many of each race you desire. Great for when your group is SUPER INSISTENT on stopping at the dwarven enclave that you just mentioned in passing.
Map Repositories - Because sometimes you want someone else to make the map
Cartographer's Guild - The premier home of fantasy map-makers. CG doesn't just host a bevy of maps for your use, but also boasts a full-fledged community built around the idea of map-making. With weekly contests, experienced advice-givers, and discussion on every aspect of map-making, it's an excellent resource for any DM.
/r/mapmaking, /r/worldbuilding, /r/battlemaps - Three subreddits specifically built around making believable and convincing maps and worlds. A quick perusal of their frontpages will reveal dedicated and inspired communities.
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Sites with many generators- Seventh Sanctum - names, descriptions, etc.
- Serendipity - very similar to the above (was inspired by it), mostly fantasy and Les Misrables
- Abulafia - a host of random generators in a wiki
- Donjon - has many generators some generic, some for d20, some for D&D 4th edition and some for Sci-Fi.
- ChaoticShiny - Also inspired by Seventh Sanctum. Hannah also produces tables on pdf and sells them.
- Warpcore SF - has some generators in its fiction section
- Chris Pound's Language Machine - has names, spells, kung-fu moves and much more
- Manfred's little generator page - NPCs, background, horses, and other stuff
- NBOS Inspiration Pad Online - has many generators (all downloadable as Inspiration Pad Pro tables): name, NPCs, encounters, and more
- Some generators and links
- PBE Games has retro character generator, gem generator, Diaspora cluster builder and many dice rollers
- The Red Dragon Inn has dice rollers, name generators, town generator, gem generator, fantasy service generator, and star trek tools
- Inkwell Ideas has random city map, random dungeon, random village, random superhero and more
- Mathmegician has random treasure, D&D random town, and random weather
- Age of Fables has random region map generator, plot, and adventure ideas
- Phantasia has Harn related generators: manor, map, household, vessel, and weather
- RPG World has a few generators: adventure seed, moral dilemma, npc description, tavern, blacksmith, temple, herb, and potion
- Ian Toltz has many generators. For D&D 4e and earlier versions, also some tools.
- DMTools has generators and tool for the overburdened DM
- Mithril and Mages has many generators, a good many for Labyrinth Lord, some for modern, and some for CyberPunk 2020.
- Springhole has many generators for roleplaying and writing (names, plots, characters, and many more)
- The Generator Blog is a blog that houses links to many generators around the web
- EN World has a section for generators
- The Last Gasp has the the 7th order of the random generator - a section with many random generators (mostly suitable for OSR)