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The Best DnD Generators from Around the Web

Why make everything from scratch when these DnD generators can help you with the heavy lifting? We’ve collected map generators, dungeon generators, NPC generators, and more all in one place. These represent some of the best and most recommended DnD 5e generators out there, but if we’ve missed any let us know.

Map Generators

Sometimes you need a map on the fly. These map generators will get you what you need right away. You can make a medieval fantasy city with amazing towns, cities, and continents in no time at all. Try out all these different map generators and put them to good use!

Medieval Fantasy City Generator

Medieval Fantasy City Generator

A great tool for cities and towns

Roll for Fantasy Fantasy map Generator

Roll For Fantasy

A random world map generator with full continent creation

Wizardawn

Wizardawn

Random fantasy tile based settlements

Azgaar's Fantasy map Generator

Azgaar’s Fantasy map Generator

A world map generator

Treasure Generators

Players are always looking for good loot. These treasure generators will get you everything you need, from standard loot generation to complex magic items. These tools contain everything you need to fill your dungeons, monsters, and castles with fantastic fantasy treasure.

DonJon treasure

DonJon

5e random treasure

Mithril and Mages

Mithril and Mages

5e treasure generator

Kassoon

Kassoon

Loot rewards by CR

RedKat 5e DnD Tools

Redkat’s 5e Tools

5e random treasure

Myth Weavers

Myth Weavers

3.5e treasure generator

d20 srd treasure

d20 SRD Treasure

d20 random treasure generator

RPGBot

RPGBot

5e random treasure generator with persistent tabs

Site of Many Things

Site of Many Things

A random magic item generator

Dungeon Generators

While you can certainly craft a dungeon by hand, dungeon generators make it easy to have a quick pickup game of DnD. These dungeon generators will give you maps that range from small and simple dungeons all the way to massive multi-session mega dungeons.

DonJon dungeon generator

DonJon

5e random dungeon generator

Auto Roll Tables

Auto Roll Tables

Dungeon generator for flavor

dungeon room generator

Dungeon Room Generator

Random descriptions of rooms

DunGen

DunGen

Generate high resolution dungeons

Encounter Generators

When planning encounters, these encounter generators can help you calculate the perfect session. Not only are they great for inspiration, these tools help you balance CR, calculate EXP, and plan ahead. Encounter generators aren’t just for the lazy DM; they’re a time saver that can help you take your encounters to the next level.

DonJon dungeon generator

DonJon

5e random encounter generator

KoboldFightClub

Kobold Fight Club

Create encounters by monster, CR, and more

Goblinist RPG tools

Goblinist RPG Tools

5e random encounter generator

Story Generators

If you have writer’s block, you’ve come to right place. Story generators give you a solid framework of ideas to get your stories going. Nothing that comes out of a generator is a perfect masterpiece, but the inspiration these provide can help you come up with new plot hooks, ties, and stories for you game.

Auto Roll Tables

Auto Roll Tables

Create different settlements with added flavor

RedKat 5e DnD Tools

Redkat’s 5e Tools

Random quest plot hooks

eigengrau's generator

Eigengrau’s generator

Create flavor for settlements

randomist generator

Randomist

Random plots, NPCs, treasure, and more

Character/NPC Generators

You never know when you’re suddenly going to need a new NPC, so we’ve assembled the best tools around to help you create characters, NPCs, and keep track of them all. No matter what kind of character you need to make, the NPC generators will help you build a character with more than just base stats. Roll up a new NPC today and see just how good these tools can be.

Auto Roll Tables

Auto Roll Tables

Basic NPC characterists and backgrounds

NPC Generator

NPC Generator

Detailed stats and descriptions of randomly generated NPCs

donjon npc generator

DonJon

NPC stat and description generator

RPG Tinker

RPG Tinker

5e NPC generator with templated combat stat blocks

The Digital Dungeon Master

Digital Dungeon Master

Pre-made character sheets by class

FreeNPC

Free NPC

Collection of interconnected NPC characters with descriptions and plot hooks

DMHeroes

DM Heroes

NPC collection with descriptions and portraits

Fast Character generator

Fast Character

NPC character sheet generator

MPMB Character Sheet

MPMB 5e Character Tools

Autofill 5e character sheets

wfrp generator

WFRP Quick NPC

NPC character generator

eigengrau's generator

Eigengrau’s generator

NPC character generator

Roll Tables

Back before we had digital generators it was all dice and tables! These roll tables are perfect for pulling up quick descriptions, story elements, or points of interest when your players inevitably walk away from whatever you actually had planned.

reddit

r/d100

A compilation of d100 lists

Encounters on the Road

Encounters on the Road

A pdf of road encounters by u/Mimir-ion at r/DnDBehindTheScreen

100 city encounters and plots

100 City Encounters

A collection of city plot hooks from Roleplayingtips.com

Dndspeak

DnD Speak

Various d100 roll table categories

30 Odd Random City Encounters Retro RPG

Odd City Encounters

30 random city encounters from RetroRPG.com

Various Generators

We found more generators, but these don’t fit into any of our grouping above! As this list grows we’ll break out different categories from here. Until then, if you’re looking for something that doesn’t fit anywhere else, it’ll be here. If you find any on your own, let us know so we can add them here!

Here Be Taverns

Here Be Taverns

Generates the tavern, menu, characters, and events

Ritual Details Generator

Ritual Details Generator

Creates random rituals with detailed descriptions

DnD 5E Tools by Leugren

D&D 5e Tolls by Leugren

Various generators and tools for 5e

Instant Tavern

Instant Tavern Generator

WotC tavern generator

nerd building
Prefix

Nerd Building

Generate settlements in a flash

omgm

OMGM

Creates random cities, locations, NPCs, shops, and more