Download

If you want to start using D&D Helper, I'd suggest you download the zip file first, and then test out the program. If you like what you see and you want the extra ability to generate names, words, and other things.

Download D&D Helper
Version 1.2
Compressed in a Zip file (19 k bytes)
Or an uncompressed Prc file (37 k bytes)

There is also just the die rolling part of D&D Helper in a separate Palm program in case you want to just get numbers.

Download Palm Dice
Version 1.0
Compressed in a Zip file (6.3 k bytes)
Or an uncompressed Prc file (12 k bytes)

D&D Helper can use additional files to generate various things. They are not required to run D&D Helper -- they just provide more tools to the DM or player. If you want a thorough understanding of the different types of databases that you can download, see my explanation page for a comparison of the strengths and weaknesses of the different formats.

Before you download a file, you should check out sample output from that file. Just click on the Sample link and a pop-up window will appear. The results in the window will be along the same lines that your Palm will give you. Reloading the window will generate more results for you.

Miscellaneous Databases

Files that don't have enough in a collection to warrant a category of their own. Click on the file to download the individual database, or mark a set of files and click "Make Zip File" to download them as a single zip archive.

Database	Type	File	Size	Source
Business Names	Pick (Sample)	business.pdb	5.5 k	From the Net Book of Names, List of Businesses
Critical Hit	PSR (Sample)	crit_hit.pdb	4.2 k	Used with permission from D&D Adventures (Source)
Fumble	PSR (Sample)	crit_miss.pdb	1.7 k	Used with permission from D&D Adventures (Source)
Gems	PSR (Sample)	gems.pdb	1.2 k	One random gem description per gem type. (Source)
Magic Items	PSR (Sample)	magic_items.pdb	64 k	A fairly decent magic item generator. Results should still be checked for mismatched attributes, such as a dancing bow or a sap of wounding. (Source)
Mundane Items	PSR (Sample)	mundane.pdb	3.2 k	Generates several mundane items for treasure. (Source)
Riddles	Pick (Sample)	riddles.pdb	56 k	From the net.book.riddles
Wild Surge	Pick (Sample)	wildsurge.pdb	19 k	Used with permission from Joseph DuBois (Scooby) (Source)
Wild Surge Fumble	Pick (Sample)	wildsurgefumble.pdb	9.2 k	Used with permission from Joseph DuBois (Scooby) (Source)
of selected files

Names

Need a name for your character? These databases are here to help. If you click on the filename, you will download that individual file. If you want to download a Zip archive of several files, just check the boxes near the filenames and then press "Make Zip File" to download them all at once.

Database	Type	File	Size	Source
Elvish Names	PSR (Sample)	elf_names.pdb	315 b	From Martin Keegan, posted to the MUD-Devel mailing list (Source)
Fantasy Names	Pick (Sample)	fantnames.pdb	74 k	Used with permission from Joseph DuBois (Scooby) (Source)
Fantasy Names	Gen (Sample)	fantna_c.pdb	19 k	Used with permission from Joseph DuBois (Scooby) (Source)
US Female First Names	Pick (Sample)	us_female.pdb	37 k	Names are from the 1990 U.S. Census (Source)
US Female First Names	Gen (Sample)	us_female_g.pdb	9.6 k	Names are from the 1990 U.S. Census (Source)
US Male First Names	Pick (Sample)	us_male.pdb	10 k	Names are from the 1990 U.S. Census (Source)
US Male First Names	Gen (Sample)	us_male_g.pdb	6.6 k	Names are from the 1990 U.S. Census (Source)
US Last Names	Gen (Sample)	us_last.pdb	32 k	Names are from the 1990 U.S. Census (Source)
of selected files

Language Generation

These databases will allow D&D Helper to generate words that resemble real words for the given language. Just click on the filename to download it, or you can check the various checkboxes and press "Make Zip File" to download a Zip archive of the different files.

Database	Type	File	Size	Source
American English	Gen (Sample)	english.pdb	29 k	From the Debian package "wenglish" (Source)
British English	Gen (Sample)	british.pdb	29 k	From the Debian package "wbritish" (Source)
Catalan	Gen (Sample)	catalan.pdb	36 k	From the Debian package "wcatalan" (Source)
Danish	Gen (Sample)	danish.pdb	38 k	From the Debian package "wdanish" (Source)
Dutch	Gen (Sample)	dutch.pdb	37 k	From the Debian package "wdutch" (Source)
Faroese	Gen (Sample)	faroese.pdb	37 k	From the Debian package "wfaroese" (Source)
Finnish	Gen (Sample)	finnish.pdb	23 k	From the Debian package "wfinnish" (Source)
French	Gen (Sample)	french.pdb	26 k	From the Debian package "wfrench" (Source)
German (New)	Gen (Sample)	ngerman.pdb	34 k	From the Debian package "wngerman" (Source)
German (Old)	Gen (Sample)	german.pdb	33 k	From the Debian package "wogerman" (Source)
Hawaiian	Gen (Sample)	hawaiian.pdb	1.9 k	Created from a text by Laiana Wong (Source)
Italian	Gen (Sample)	italian.pdb	14 k	From the Debian package "witalian" (Source)
	Gen (Sample)	bokmal.pdb	32 k	From the Debian package "wnorwegian" (Source)
Norwegian (nynorsk)	Gen (Sample)	nynorsk.pdb	33 k	From the Debian package "wnorwegian" (Source)
Polish	Gen (Sample)	polish.pdb	33 k	From the Polish wordlist (Source)
Spanish	Gen (Sample)	spanish.pdb	28 k	From the Debian package "wspanish" (Source)
Swedish	Gen (Sample)	swedish.pdb	28 k	From the Debian package "wswedish" (Source)
of selected files

Other Related Items

Files listed here are probably for "advanced" users only. I link to them for the odd chance that they might help someone.

Source Code: The source code for the latest version is available here. Feel free to find bugs and submit patches!
D&D Helper Class: This PHP class is an extender for PHP-PDB (a PHP class to read and write PDB files). It will assist in writing databases that can be used by D&D Helper. This class is very slow when dealing with letter pair databases, so you should only write 'Pick' and 'PSR' style databases on the fly, if ever.
PSR PHP Functions: These are the functions I use to load PSR files for showing sample output and for generating the Palm databases.
MenuHack: A HackMaster extension (that works with HackMaster, EVPlugBase, X-Master, etc.) that will let you tap the menu bar of an application to pull down the menu, instead of doing the counter-intuitive action of pressing the menu button for the menu. Only older Palm handhelds can benefit from this -- the newer ones have this built-in. This is not required to run the program. It merely makes life easier.

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DB Types
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