Tools & Platforms

Session Forge is an offline game master toolkit for fantasy tabletop RPGs, made by Donald Stelling of Digital Underground. Instead of another long PDF, it is a single HTML hub that the GM opens in a web browser and uses at the table to prepare and run sessions. It holds 14 tools: encounters, NPCs, loot, initiative, session notes, dungeons, taverns, quests, rumors, villains, weather and travel, settlements, a one-click one-shot outline, and a short GM playbook. Tools for running the table - Encounter Forge builds fights on an XP budget set by party level, party size and difficulty (Easy to Deadly). Each encounter comes with a motive and a twist, and the creatures are drawn from 198 original 5e-style stat lines. - Initiative Tracker handles HP, AC, conditions, group adds and d20 rolls. Rounds and turn order save automatically, so combat survives closing the browser. Fights made in Encounter Forge can be sent straight into the tracker. - Session Notes saves as the GM types, offers random sparks for quick ideas, and keeps a full archive that can be restored. - GM Playbook explains how to use the tools live without slowing the game down. Generators - Full Session: a one-click one-shot outline with a hook, NPCs, a villain, a journey, two fights, a site, treasure and a twist. - NPC Generator: 8 naming cultures, plus role, voice, quirk, secret and adventure hook, and a "crowd of six" mode. - Loot Tables: common to very rare items, plus gems, art objects and 64 curses. - Taverns & Shops: taverns and shops with priced wares. - Dungeon Builder: dungeons of 3 to 12 rooms, with a boss scaled to the party. - Quest Hooks, Villain Forge and Settlements. - Rumor Mill: rumors with a GM-only truth rating. - Weather & Travel: 6 climates and 4 seasons. On every generator, the GM can lock a line and reroll the rest, go back through a saved history of the last 20 rolls, copy results as text or Markdown, download them as .md or .txt, and send them to Session Notes in one click. Seeds are repeatable, so the same seed always gives the same result. How it works The GM downloads a ZIP, opens index.html and bookmarks it for game night. After that one download, Session Forge runs fully offline with no account. Data is saved in the browser, and the home page has backup and restore. It works in a browser on desktop and on mobile. Systems and fit The stats are 5e-flavored so they feel familiar, and the content is easy to reskin for OSR games, Pathfinder or homebrew settings. All generator content is original; it is not a dump of official rulebook text. Session Forge suits GMs running 5e-compatible fantasy, one-shots and west-marches campaigns, and GMs who improvise and need ideas fast. It is not a virtual tabletop plugin: it runs locally in the browser and does not connect to Foundry VTT or Roll20. Price and license Session Forge is a one-time purchase from CAD$14.99 (pay what you want above that) on Gumroad. The license is personal, single-GM use. Version 2 raised the toolkit from 6 tools to 14, and earlier buyers get v2 free by downloading again; their v1 saves carry over.

Mingzi is a free reference toolkit and name generator for tabletop RPG players, GMs, and worldbuilders creating Chinese, Wuxia, Xianxia, or East Asian-inspired characters and NPCs. Features include an interactive Chinese Character Name Generator with Five Elements (Wuxing) and Pinyin tone meanings. The site has been built for people who love Chinese names but didn't grow up with them: Mandarin learners, people moving to China for work or study, families with Chinese heritage, writers and anyone curious about the culture.

The Jolly Rogenerator is a set of online tools for the Pirate Borg tabletop RPG, made by FutureHax Development. On the website, players can generate a complete pirate in one random roll or build one step by step, and game masters can organize campaigns, crews, and custom items. The site also browses FutureHax's Foundry VTT modules for Pirate Borg and D&D 5e, includes a Roll Bridge that mirrors website dice rolls into Foundry chat, and has a jukebox of 17 sea shanties for the table.  A companion Android app provides character sheets with on-sheet dice rolling, the jukebox, and invites, and can optionally send rolls to Foundry VTT; it uses the same account as the website. The app has a short demo period, after which full access is a one-time in-app purchase.  The Jolly Rogenerator is published under the PIRATE BORG Third Party License and is not affiliated with Limithron LLC.

Monster Card Generator is a web app by FutureHax that makes printable monster initiative tent cards for D&D 5e and the 2024 rules. Users browse a creature library, filter it by name, CR, type, size, and source, and lay out up to three cards on a US Letter sheet with a live preview. Then they print the sheet or download a PDF.  Each card folds over the DM screen. The DM sees the full stat block, with AC, HP, speed, initiative, abilities, attacks with damage dice, traits, actions, reactions, and legendary actions, and the players see the creature's art and name. Users can also build homebrew creatures with custom artwork, generate stat blocks from a plain-English description with AI, add party characters, and pick or design card themes.  The free Farsight Importer browser extension can import from D&D Beyond or Foundry VTT. Full access is a one-time $14.99 purchase or comes with the FutureHax Patreon Captain tier.

HeroLog is a multifunctional, cross-platform application designed for tabletop RPG players and Game Masters. The app offers a wide range of tools to make role-playing games easier to manage, more organized, and more immersive. HeroLog is designed to be an all-in-one RPG companion, bringing multiple useful tools together in a single application.