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[Darque]

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[Darque]

News sites for PnP Gaming:
EN World - D20 News and Reviews
RPG net - Reviews and News

General Gaming Sites:
Community 3E - Site of compiled fan made stuff
Mad Irishman Productions - A character sheet resource site
The Hypertext d20 SDR (v3.5 d20 System Reference Document) - A site with lots of 3.5 DnD reference info and rules

Sites that allow you to play PnP games online via their site:
RPGtonight - Free Online Virtual Tabletop for Role Playing Games

Freeware tabletop to internet gaming programs:
RPtool
MapMaker
RPGMapShare
OpenRPG
PCGen

Shareware tabletop to internet gaming programs with some free components:
Battlegrounds: RPG Edition
Gamemaster's Syndicate

Demos for commercial products:
Fantasy Grounds Demo
Dundjinni demo
Battlegrounds: RPG Edition Demo
ViewingDale

Random Generators for DnD:
3.5 NPC Generator
Town Generator
Treasure Generator
Dungeon Generator

Misc. Gaming Resources
Fallout RPG Wiki (contains a new version of the fanmade Fallout PNP game as well as J.E.Sawyer's own version of a Fallout PNP game)
Monster Advancer (a utility tool for creating monsters)

These are only a few of the resources available. Please get in touch with us if you have had good luck with a particular program and we will determine if it is appropriate for this list.

[Darque]

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New section added: PnP News and Reviews (Thanks Hades )
New Links added: ENWorld and a link to the Battlegrounds: RPG Edition demo
Name Change: Battlegrounds expanded to "Battlegrounds: RPG Edition"

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New Link to the map tool "Viewing Dale"

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RPG.net link added, as well as resource pages in the form of Mad Irishman productions and Community 3E

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Links to various DnD 3.5 Generators added.
Thanks Pop!

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Links to the 3.5 SDR added.
Thanks Istima Loke!

Link to RPGtonight added.
Thanks The Hound!

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Link to the Fallout PNP wiki added.
Thanks Ausir!

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Monster Advancer link added to "Misc Gaming Resources"

Thanks MonsterAdvancerOverlord!

[MonsterAdvancerOverlord]

I write to express my support for the thriving 3.5 community via the recently released Monster Advancer (http://www.monsteradvancer.com).

This compact suite of applications allows for swift monster generation, advancement and customization, all within the context of 3rd edition(3.5). What once took up to an hour of dungeon masters' time, now takes seconds. Large Fiendish, Half-Dragon Dire Wolves with 18 hit dice can now take their place of honor amongst the kraken and the hydra.

There are currently three applications worthy of note: There is a version made for massive customization (allowing templates, magical items and equipment, stat adjustments and feat selection), a version made for speed and simplicity, and another which can generate multiple creatures randomly based on the challenge rating or encounter level desired.

The entire project is completely free and available now. It is continuing to be enhanced daily with the ability to add class levels coming by the end of the week.

My goal is to help foster and reinvigorate the 3.5 community by contributing to the tools that enhance the game by allowing time for creativity rather than crunching numbers.

[TrueNeutral]

Is there like a "getting started" thing anywhere? All I know about PnP is that games like NWN2 are based on it. That's pretty much the end of my knowledge. D:

[Darque]

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TrueNeutral, that's a good question.

I'm not sure if there is any place online that has something like that, but most game manuals have a section to ease new gamers into them.

[213374U]

Is there like a "getting started" thing anywhere? All I know about PnP is that games like NWN2 are based on it. That's pretty much the end of my knowledge. D:

http://www.d20srd.org/

[213374U]

...err, what I meant to post is (for D&D 3.5): http://www.systemref...rsage/home.html

And more in general http://www.systemref...edocuments.org/

[Valinthor]

Thanks for this. I was looking for a list of resources that allowed me to play DnD online.

[Yuven]

What about roll20.net? awesome page for gaming over the net!

[Churchwarden]

for 1e D&D: http://www.dragonsfoot.org/

[JayDGee]

I recomend gm's use http://www.obsidianportal.com to help keep track of their npc's and setting. its a very useful tool.

Plus its called Obsidian Portal come on what else do you need.

[specialagent]

I'd also like to throw in a recommendation for Roll20.net - there is a subscription option, but it is free to use for everybody and is a great way to run campaigns online.