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Few Lovecraftian inspirations from the real life and beliefs

The article is intended primarily for Game Masters who play games in systems inspired by Lovecraft’s works, such as Call of Cthulhu or Delta Green. However, I hope that other fans of cosmic horror will also find something for themselves here. The interesting facts presented here may also be entertaining for people who do not...

Twisted Gods - few concept for an inspiration

(This text was written with RPG in mind, but I hope it can be interesting outside of this context. I invite You to read and discuss. And if You have Your own “twisted gods”, feel free to share here)....

NamesNerd - Fantasy name generator, places, and various other names (www.namesnerd.com)

Unlock Player Creativity With Descriptive Options - Roleplaying Tips (www.roleplayingtips.com)

Quick info concerning Lemmy's outages

I just checked and holy cow, there apparently are 400 of subscribed users. I didn’t realize that since there are very little upvoting and even less comments, but I hope you’re having fun, people....

NPC Generator - D&D oriented, but it allows to quickly generate a NPC of various classes and professions. "With a twist" is a nice feature. (www.npcgenerator.com)

DJ's Dungeon mapper - I like this one. The maps it produces resemble old video games floorplans, but they are very applicable to ttRPGs. (www.oldgames.sk)

MipUI - didn't have the opportunity to test it more, but it's "free and open-source collaborative web application for creating, editing and viewing grid-based maps for tabletop or role-playing games." (www.mipui.net)

Negatherium NPC generator - not much to be said here, just another NPC generator, but it's aesthetically pleasing and offers quick export to PDF. (negatherium.com)

Hextml - constantly evolving online mapmaker. It might not look very advanced, but there's plenty of options included and the learning curve is steep. (hextml.playest.net)

Dungeon maker sketch - I couldn't afford it, but this mapmaker looks sweet. Even the UI is stylized to look like a b&w sketch (feetupgaming.itch.io)

Dungeon Map Doodler - online mapmaker. Very basic, but it features all the tools required to draw a decent map quickly. (dungeonmapdoodler.com)

Campfire - one of most powerful worldbuilding applications. It has plenty of modules, maps, characters, encyclopedia, story arcs. It's amazing. (www.campfirewriting.com)

Reedsy Plot Generator - the site is a bit obtrusive, but it's worth to visit it and test this little tool. (blog.reedsy.com)

Ye Olde Mapmaker (now defunct) was quite an unique thing. It was mobile mapmaking application, that didn't suck. It wasn't the pinnacle of design, but it allowed to sketch a useful map quickly. (lemmy.world)

Character sheets by Mad Irishman - dated, but still useful collection. (www.mad-irishman.net)

Dundjinni - back in the days, this was quite useful, fun to work with, albeit a bit crude mapmaker. Now the website is gone, the software no longer legally available... (lemmy.world)

AAR-Kelaan - this is one of the first modern pieces of hexmapping software. It is dated, needs a little tinkering to run, but the effect is worth it. (breeyark.org)

ProFantasy - for years, this was the best mapmaking suite the money could buy. It features a handful of focused applications (city designer, campaign cartographer). (www.profantasy.com)

Grid Cartographer - relatively unknown but quite powerful, easy to use and original mapmaker (it features visualization of the map made) (gridcartographer.com)

Map Forge - mapmaker made by Battlegrounds developers. It boasts high compatibility with popular VTTs and is quite easy to use. (www.mapforge-software.com)

Battlegrounds - not as famous and massive as the most popular VTTs out there, but it still works and is still capable of delivering fun. (battlegroundsgames.com)

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