A curated list of awesome D&D Resources
Everything here is either system agnostic or D&D 5E unless otherwise specified.
- Mega Resources
- Web Tools
- Desktop Applications
- Mobile Applications
- Audio and Music
- Developer Tools
- Contributing
Resources of epic proportions!
- D&D Beyond - Official D&D 5E compendium
- 5E SRD - System Reference Document
- DM's Guild - Official place to buy modules and stuff
- Homebrewery - Create your own content that looks official
- GMbinder - Create and curate homebrew content
- Donjon - Awesome resource for everything!
- Massive DM's Toolkit - Tons of online DM resources
- The Dungeon Master's Toolkit - More DM resources
- r/dndnext's Resourcelist - List of various 5E resources
- D&D Wiki - Home of user-generated homebrew pages for various editions
- Battlegrounds RPG Links - Tons of links to digital resources for use with Virtual Tabletop systems
Sites with pre-made adventures
- 5E Adventures by level - Links to 100's of 5E adventures
Let's flesh out some characters!
- Dungeon Master's Vault - Replaces Orc Pub/Orc Pub 2. Almost a mega resource, has lots of stuff!
- D&D Beyond: Characters - Official D&D character resource
- D&D Beyond: Spell list - Official D&D spell list
- D&D 5e Spell List - Interactive D&D spell list / calculator
- Every Possible Stat Array - A list of all possible standard stat arrays using the point buy system
- 5E Point Buy Calculator - A calculator for choosing stats using the point buy system
- Pathguy Character Generator - A web-based character creation tool that uses SRD sources
- Groctel’s Character Sheets - Custom character sheet by /u/Groctel
- Monstrous Races - This document presents rules for playing every creature in the Monster Manual
Where to buy/customize figurines
- Hero Forge Custom Figs - Design your own custom 3D miniatures for purchase with a ton of features including full color
- Desktop Hero - Design your own custom 3D miniatures for purchase
- Reaper Minis - Very popular pre-made minis
Track your campaigns here
- Dungeonomics - A tool for Dungeon Masters to manage campaign notes
- Obsidian Portal - A one stop portal for the whole party to share a wiki, blog posts, maps, and other campaign resources
Loot and store guides
- D&D Beyond: Items
- Magic Items by Rarity
- Treasure Generator
- Sane Magical PricesPrices
- Weak Magic Items
- Mithril And Mages Treasure
- Quick Store
- Adventurers League Rewards
Tools for creating NPCs
- RPG Tinker
- Cellule's NPC Generator - source code https://github.com/cellule/dndGenerator
- Total Party Kill NPC Generator
- Google Sheets NPC Generator
- NPCbase - Background generator for NPCs
- Subclass Statblocks - Also includes CR ratings for each subclass
Tools for building encounters
- Big List of RPG Plots - Abstract RPG plots to build encounters around
- D&D Beyond: Monsters
- Kobold club encounter builder
- Poison generator
- Monsters by Challenge Rating 1.0
- Monsters by Type 1.0
- Active combat initiative tracker (Axetax)
- Improved Initiative
- Combat Encounter Tracker - Track initiative and monster stats
- Monster stat tracker - Just track monster stats for encounters
- Skip's Guide To Monsters - Part 1 - 5e conversions of 3e monsters
- Forgotten Realms Conversion Guide - 5e conversions of 3e Forgotten Realms monsters
Name generators
Map Editors
- Dungeon Map Doodler - Free to use 2D grid-based map editor accessible from any web browser
- RPG Map Editor - Top-down 2D grid-based map editor
Pre-made maps of all types
- Historic Cities - Olde maps of real places
Generate all the things!
- Taverns
- Mithril and Mages
- Dungeon & Town Quick
- Stores (with inventories)
- Pymapper
- Ye olde map maker
- Dave's Mapper
- Dwarven Forge Mapmaker
- Inkarnate
- Pyromancers' Dungeon Painter
Always more rules
- Sage Advice Compendium
- D&D Beyond: Compendium
- Monster Manual Errata 1.2
- Dungeon Master’s Guide Errata 1.1
- Unearthed Arcana Quick Reference
Best D&D related subreddits. Also be sure to check their wikis
- /r/DMAcademy - Tips on being a better Dungeon Master
- /r/DnDBehindTheScreen - More tips on being a better Dungeon Master
- /r/UnearthedArcana - Catalog for homebrew material
- /r/BehindTheTables - Lots of tables, especially this post
- /r/d100 - Various d100 lists
- /r/battlemaps
- /r/dndmaps
- /r/mapmaking
- /r/worldbuilding
- r/dndnext - Discussion about 5E, known during the playtest as DnD Next
Various websites
- History of the Forgotten Realms - Interactive calendar of the history of the Realms
- Broderick's Compendium: Plants and Fungi Across the Realm - Guide to over 600 fantasy plants for druids, poisoners, potion-crafters, and herbalists
- Conjuration List - A table of all beasts, celestials, elementals, fey, and fiends that your PC's may conjure with Conjure Animals, Conjure Celestial, Conjure Elemental, Conjure Fey
Things to download and install
- Fantasy Grounds
- RP Tools
- Dungeonographer
- Hobbyte
- Syrinscape
- Realm Works
- Inspiration Pad Pro 3 (Random Tables)
- 5e Companion App -
Character sheet manager, spell lists, monster stats, homebrew content creator, and more
Track your characters
- Squire - Character Manager Pro - A character sheet manager
- Fifth Edition Character Sheet - A complete multiple page character sheet for a fifth edition tabletop role playing game
- Fight Club 5th Edition -
A digital character sheet that can be all you need to play a Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition game - Hero Lab (IPad Only) - Create, advance, and play Pathfinder & 5th Edition SRD characters and NPCs
Spell lists
Encounter and campaign building
Add some sounds to your gameplay!
Resources to help build your own content programmatically
- Open5e - Open source resource for 5E SRD content that includes an API
Please feel free to add issues, fork, and make pull requests. Thanks for being interested!