I'm going to be a first time DM and currently working on building up the world I'll be creating for two people who have never played before but want to try. I'm just trying to start with something simple for them so they can hopefully enjoy, but one of my biggest problems is that I'm not an interior decorator. I've found a few apps that can help generate dungeon maps (they generate monsters and stuff too, but I'll just fill those by using the encounter generator here) but wonder if anyone here has some good recommendations on what they use to create buildings, dungeons, towns, etc.
For towns, here's a decentmedieval fantasy city generator for maps (don't forget to play around with the town sizes and options on the menu - there are a lot of customization options there). There's alsoone at donjon, which also has a pretty good random demographics generator for actual make up the town.
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Thank you! These are both going to be really big helps. I'll add them to my first post so others can see them easily. If anyone has any other suggestions, please let me know.
Kassoon is my go to for town generation and quick building. Its got a decent amount of different random generators just missing maps for towns/cities but others have already posted what I would recommend for those.
If you’re a first time DM and they are first time players, you might want to consider a published setting. At least until everyone gets more comfortable with how the game works. You can spend more energy on making sure you are running the game correctly and everyone is having fun, rather then worry about how many elves are in town.
Not saying you should, but it might be worth looking into a few.
Thanks for the Kassoon website. And I've considered that for this group, but I was going to make it easy and basically do a one-off style game to give them a taste and foundation. I already have a story and setting in mind, I just would like any help creating random maps and areas since I'm terrible at interior decorating.
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I'm going to be a first time DM and currently working on building up the world I'll be creating for two people who have never played before but want to try. I'm just trying to start with something simple for them so they can hopefully enjoy, but one of my biggest problems is that I'm not an interior decorator. I've found a few apps that can help generate dungeon maps (they generate monsters and stuff too, but I'll just fill those by using the encounter generator here) but wonder if anyone here has some good recommendations on what they use to create buildings, dungeons, towns, etc.
Towns
Watabou Medieval Fantasy City generator
Dojon Fantasy Town Generator
Demographics
Dojon Demographics generator
Various
Kassoon DnD generators/builders
For towns, here's a decent medieval fantasy city generator for maps (don't forget to play around with the town sizes and options on the menu - there are a lot of customization options there). There's also one at donjon, which also has a pretty good random demographics generator for actual make up the town.
My DM Philosophy, as summed up by other people: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rN5w4-azTq3Kbn0Yvk9nfqQhwQ1R5by1/view
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Thank you! These are both going to be really big helps. I'll add them to my first post so others can see them easily. If anyone has any other suggestions, please let me know.
Kassoon is my go to for town generation and quick building. Its got a decent amount of different random generators just missing maps for towns/cities but others have already posted what I would recommend for those.
If you’re a first time DM and they are first time players, you might want to consider a published setting. At least until everyone gets more comfortable with how the game works. You can spend more energy on making sure you are running the game correctly and everyone is having fun, rather then worry about how many elves are in town.
Not saying you should, but it might be worth looking into a few.
Thanks for the Kassoon website. And I've considered that for this group, but I was going to make it easy and basically do a one-off style game to give them a taste and foundation. I already have a story and setting in mind, I just would like any help creating random maps and areas since I'm terrible at interior decorating.