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The first one is at . This isnt specifically made to be a fantasy related utility site, but it turns out to be anyway. It is a random worldmap generator, with quite a few options. You can run the generator at their site, or just download the software from them and run it at your computer. You pop in a seed number, size, and a few conditions (how much ice, water, etc.) and hit submit and poof! Instant worldmap. It comes in gif format, I can easily picture converting the result to a texture and wrapping around a sphere. Toss that into a VRML format, and you have a mini-globe to spin around. Or you could just print it up and use it how you like. There are a bunch of different formats you can put it in. The second one is along the same lines. This one is at and has a bunch of different generators. Some are on the site, some are links to other places, but all of them can go a long way in making your life easier. Speaking of life being easier, Ill just review the ones on his site. The treasure generator lets you randomize up some treasure. While I wouldnt normally do this in one of my campaigns/quests, you never know when the writers block will be placed on the road ahead of you, and it is far better to give them a Ring of Wizardry (handily randomized up) than to say that the evil mage they just slayed had . . . uhhh . . . stuff. The random NPC generator generate random NPCs (you never would have guessed). While they are in the AD&D format, it can still be useful for other games (its a lot easier to make the stats once you have the idea done, or just convert them over). For Dungeons and Dragons people, its pretty nifty. You can even control the method of stat generation. The town generator is a handy little thing, that can randomize something up for you at any size ranging from a thorp (uhhh - its smaller than a hamlet - roughly the size of a breadbox, I guess) to a metropolis. It generates a population breakdown (with stats for each one, yay!) among other stuff. The only thing its lacking is a random map generator for the village, but with all it can do itll free up a lot of your time to make it yourself. The people in it and stats given are of course, D&D, but everything is convertible. The most awesome one by far is the dungeon generator. It not only creates a gridded map, but random objects and creatures in there (in case you dont want, or dont have the time to make it up yourself). There are a lot of variables you can control. Check it out.
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