Oil filter, hand tighten as much as I can usually about 3/4 turn after the gasket makes contact. Drain plug hand tighten as well for myself, but 30 or so ft-lbs sound about right.
Oil level it's best to check after it's been running for a couple minutes, so it's been fully circulated throughout. (But turn the engine off when checking though--we were wondering why the oil seemed high in shop class in high school when checked it with the engine running.
) Some '05+ Tacoma V6 owners on another forum have drilled out the dimples and sanded in some hash marks to help with the readings.