Random Acts of Nerdom

Welcome back to the free resource Friday, it's been a bit, but I'm ready to talk to you about just one facet of one of my favorite free resources out on the interwebs. DONJON's Random Dungeon Generator! ( Link is here ) There are several variations that will fill your dungeons with mobs, and such, but I'll let you figure out what's best for your table.  I'll focus on the options of the setting neutral. This is what you'll see when you click the link, the name and the random seed will change every time you open, but the options are the same. Dungeon Name : Randomly Generated if you want to use it, that's fine, or create your own.  If you use the back button after generating your dungeon the name stays, if you reload the page it'll change so keep that in mind. Dungeon Level: Defaults at 1, a label at the top of the page when you construct the dungeon. Sets difficulty if using the Basic details option (see below) Details: Here there are tw...

It's the feeling of dread for every DM/GM/Storyteller or whatever label the RPG you're playing gets when the player says... "What's their name?" I took, and still take, great joy, when I'm a player, to notate names of inconsequential NPC's, like shop keepers, random guardsmen, or any other profession.  I like to feel immersed. I like my players to feel immersed.  You walk down the street in any place and see people, each one of them has a name.  Same should be for any TTRPG you play.  Everyone should have the ability to be named as the player's interact with them. There are countless source books out there for every system that names "Notable inhabitants" of the various modules, locales, governments, etc.  But what do you do when they want to know the name of "flavor text mention bar patron A"? For a long time I'd come off the top of my head... and thus King Bob Bobertson the 5th was born.  All because a player asked the...