D&D 5E DM Screen 'Wilderness Kit'

A 'Wilderness Kit' has appeared on WotC's website, which includes a DM screen, hex maps, ration tracker, wilderness rules references, and 27 cards. It comes out on 17th November (same day as Tasha's Cauldron of Everything) for $24.99.

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CHART A COURSE IN THE WILDS
Venture into the wilds with this kit for the world's greatest roleplaying game.

This kit equips the Dungeon Master with a screen and other tools that are perfect for running D&D adventures in the wilderness.

The Dungeon Master’s screen features a gorgeous painting of fantasy landscapes on the outside, and useful rules references cover the inside of the screen, with an emphasis on wilderness rules. The kit also includes the following:

• 5 dry-erase sheets, featuring hex maps, a food-and-water tracker, and rules references (wilderness chases, wilderness journeys, and the actions you can take in combat)
• 27 cards that make it easy to keep track of conditions, initiative, and environmental effects
• 1 box to hold the kit's cards

 

[Parmandur]

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Looks like a combo of the DM screen, some parts of the Essentials Kit, and a few wilderness themed goodies. Art is nice.

@Morrus

That's pretty neat...I already have two DM screens...must stay strong...

 

[Remathilis]

That's pretty neat...I already have two DM screens...must stay strong...

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[stadi]

I guess these are similar cards to the ones on the Essentials Kit, so the paper quality is quite bad. But the screen looks good.

 

[Ibrandul]

Hmm. Some of this looks interesting, but I’m pretty disappointed to see that 18 of those 27 cards are duplicates from the Essentials Kit (the nine Condition cards and the nine Initiative cards, which are literally just cards labeled with the numbers 1 through 9).

 

[ChaosOS]

So clearly Tasha's is meant to respond to the complaints that 5e's exploration pillar is lacking. I hope the fantastic locations section includes rules or at least guidance for making our own - planes and magical places are a great way to do this stuff.

 

[LeviBonaparte]

I had bought the SKT DM screen to be on theme with the campaign I was running, but this might even be more useful, especially for the secondary campaign I'm runnin parallel to SKT. Will probably preorder.

 

[aco175]

I like the idea of condition cards, but something more durable. Maybe some of my old Magic card sleeves would work ok, but I was thinking poker chips that I could slam down like Dominoes. Like Boyz in the Hood and Ice Cube.

 

[timbannock]

Hmm. Some of this looks interesting, but I’m pretty disappointed to see that 18 of those 27 cards are duplicates from the Essentials Kit (the nine Condition cards and the nine Initiative cards, which are literally just cards labeled with the numbers 1 through 9).

Yeah, that killed this release for me. It's such an interesting idea and very useful in theory, but that quality-level makes it a no go. I'll just find pix of it once it's released and make my own dry erase tools to cover the best parts of this release. Really too bad.

 

[R_J_K75]

Seems like this is aimed more towards the Rime of the Frost Maiden adventure than Tasha's, a bit late IMO. Anyhow considering WotC track record on garbage DM Screens, I'll pass on this. Nothing I need or cant do with a quick text document. Not to mention another completely wasted side with art that could be used for information. Not a knock on the artist or art, its actually really good looking. I just don't understand why they insist on using the side facing the players for art and the god awful landscape orientation for their screens.