NPCGen5e User Reviews

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Freaking wonderful!

Best npc generator i have found. Well worth the $2 dollars. Heck i would have spent double that. What makes it worth it is to export out to xml for VTT’s like encounter plus. My only complaint is not being to change the name, but I can work around that.

Update fixed iPad filters

The filters now work and so this has become much more useful!

No filter

When I click on the filter icon, nothing happens. I am on an iPad Air 5.

Almost good

I paid for the platinum level so I could use the filters but the filters tab does not work.

Paid for premium can’t figure out how to generate PCs at a given level

I purchased the highest premium level so I could generate 20th level NPCs. Clicking filters does nothing. I’ve restored purchases and still nothing… also, there does not appear to be a way to EDIT what was created.. at the moment it looks like your stuck with what is generated.

Crashing

The app crashes every time I select a new generated character.

Crashes a lot

I would love to use this app, but it crashes at random, sometimes even when just opening the app. I’ll try again and change my rating if the crashes stop.

Fantastic app when it’s not crashing.

I’m running this app on both my iPhone 12 as well as my iPad. In both cases, it works well up and to the point that you try to use any filters. As soon as you tell the app that you want a particular race, level or challenge rating it will crash and reload, losing anything you were doing. It only successfully generates a character one out of 10 times. If the crash issue could be fixed, this could easily be a five star app.
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Prepare for Crashes

My app is constantly crashing and I can barely use it. Really disappointed seeing as I have purchased the platinum version.

Updated review: great tool, great developer

Need a quick random NPC? This is a great solution. You can even generate several and save them for later. Also, the developer replies to these reviews, so if you have a problem, don’t hesitate to contact them!

Spectacular app, can't wait to see where it'll go

As a fairly new DM running a custom campaign, NPCs are a pain to come up with, especially on the fly. Once i got the app I almost immediately got the platinum version (what a steal at so cheap!) and haven't looked back. It's great at what it does, and helps a ton to figure out what kinda person that merchant is going to be.

That being said, I hope the app continues to grow and become more in the future. It has some issues still, but for a small developer making this app, I love supporting it and I'll happily use it in my games.
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Very well made hope to see more updates!

I feel its a very well made app and will see many uses at my table. Im ignorant to how apps are made but would love to have a way to edit and insert custom races into the generator or races not covered in current version.

thank you for your work

CR & Level aren’t the same thing.

Should be able to use levels AND CR without the app brainfarting itself.

Love it, some repetitively though

Great app definitely will be using in my games. A few of the characters I had generated had the same trait of having a lisp I don’t know how many traits are programmed but is definitely worth the upgrade to platinum

Good not great

In essence, the generated NPCs here are really great.

The app just lacks a little in-depth filtration, doesn’t show character levels, and could maybe do with a little visual update.

Overall I like it, but tiny improvements could make it great!

Response from developer

Thanks for the review, Matt! Just so you know, I’m currently working on an update that will remodel the data within the app and allow for better filtration, including level, alignment, and, hopefully, challenge rating. I was going to include the challenge rating filter with the last update, but had a major issue to fix with it and wanted to get a patch out for it, ASAP. Also, just so you know, there isn’t an straight-forward way to identify the level of a generaed NPC, but there is a way. If you look at the hit points of a creature, it will look something like this: “Hit Points 85 (19d8).” The number of dice is the NPC’s level.

Nice app

Very well put together app. Would like to be able to specify a specific level of npc to create. For example a halfling thief cr15 level. Other than that, very nice app.

General Improvements

Great app, I wish I could have a saved folder with npc's it generated that I liked.
Also I wish there was a capacity to set parameters for they types of npc's created. I feel that the ability to generate NPCs up to 20th level without the capacity to utilize it is an unfortunate waste of a purchase. If the app had these features, I believe it would be a 100 fold improvement.
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