If your group's next D&D session is tomorrow and you have not drawn a map, Roll20 has just made your evening a lot easier. On 13 May the company added a Random Dungeon Generator to its free map tool Dungeon Scrawl, and it produces a complete, ready-to-play dungeon in a single click.
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Set up your group for freeThe hook for a lot of game masters will be what it does not do. With AI-generated art still a sore subject across the hobby, Roll20 has been pointed about how this works: "It uses algorithms and rule-based logic to lay out dungeon layouts; there's no training data, no model, and no scraping." It is procedural generation, the same honest approach tools like Donjon and Watabou have used for years, rather than anything trained on other people's work.
Using it is quick. Open the Random Dungeon panel, hit Generate Dungeon, and you get an instant layout. From there you can tune room count, corridor length, layout style (straight, winding, forking or balanced), door density and even how rough the walls look, so the dungeon matches how long you want your players poking around in it. Every map is fully editable afterwards.
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Find events near youIt runs in your browser with no install, and Roll20 is clear that you can make as many dungeons as you like "absolutely free" without even creating an account. Finished maps can be exported, synced straight to a Roll20 campaign, or printed out for an in-person table. The feature is in beta, so expect it to grow based on feedback.
For new game masters especially, prep time is the thing that stops a campaign before it starts. A free, instant map maker removes one of the biggest excuses not to run a session. If a dungeon is all that was holding you back, there is not much standing between you and game night now. Thinking of starting a regular group? Set up a session and round up players once your dungeon is ready.
Sources: Roll20 Blog | Dungeon Scrawl
