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<blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 2656694" data-attributes="member: 32740"><p>We have a decent sized conference table so I pretty much get one end all to myself. I have at least one, maybe two DM screens. These are really not so much for the tables as they are to maintain the Wall of Fear and Ignorance. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> No, seriously, I don't use the tables on the screen much.</p><p></p><p>To the top of the screen are clipped a few things (or stickied as the case may be with post-its) like a list of PC AC's and basic combat information, PC daily spell lists (though I tend to get lazy about ensuring that these are properly updated by the players), a piece of paper for recording choice in-game quotations, and perhaps one or two other things.</p><p></p><p>Behind the screen I usually have the MM and PH laying open on top of each other with the DMG buried underneath. There's often a small pile of notebook paper and/or printouts containing notes for the current adventure, player maps and illustrations for the adventure, campaign maps (DM maps), basic "random" encounter stats (if I've prepared any ahead of time), a notepad or notebook paper for tallying damage and tracking initiative, a notepad or paper for taking in-game notes, a Post-It pad for all kinds of purposes, and of course a small pile of dice resting upon the outside of the dice bag.</p><p></p><p>Nearby somewhere is a shelf with additional game books, Dwarven Forge pieces, extra pens, post-its, 3-d terrain and whatnots. The miniatures currently number upwards of 3000 so they have to be positioned somewhere nearby where I can get at them all but won't keep getting tripped over.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Man in the Funny Hat, post: 2656694, member: 32740"] We have a decent sized conference table so I pretty much get one end all to myself. I have at least one, maybe two DM screens. These are really not so much for the tables as they are to maintain the Wall of Fear and Ignorance. :) No, seriously, I don't use the tables on the screen much. To the top of the screen are clipped a few things (or stickied as the case may be with post-its) like a list of PC AC's and basic combat information, PC daily spell lists (though I tend to get lazy about ensuring that these are properly updated by the players), a piece of paper for recording choice in-game quotations, and perhaps one or two other things. Behind the screen I usually have the MM and PH laying open on top of each other with the DMG buried underneath. There's often a small pile of notebook paper and/or printouts containing notes for the current adventure, player maps and illustrations for the adventure, campaign maps (DM maps), basic "random" encounter stats (if I've prepared any ahead of time), a notepad or notebook paper for tallying damage and tracking initiative, a notepad or paper for taking in-game notes, a Post-It pad for all kinds of purposes, and of course a small pile of dice resting upon the outside of the dice bag. Nearby somewhere is a shelf with additional game books, Dwarven Forge pieces, extra pens, post-its, 3-d terrain and whatnots. The miniatures currently number upwards of 3000 so they have to be positioned somewhere nearby where I can get at them all but won't keep getting tripped over. [/QUOTE]
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