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<blockquote data-quote="Messageboard Golem" data-source="post: 2008901" data-attributes="member: 18387"><p>I revise this review after being informed that the original DM Screen is unavailable.</p><p></p><p>The Forgotten Realms DM Screen is very useful for anyone attempting to remove FR from the standard DND realm of Oerth and create a setting with a unique flavor that can only be FR. Not only are the players presented with images depicting both the beauty and danger of Faerun, but the DM is provided with very important tables that relate solely to FR. Yes, some of the tables from the original DM screen have been omitted to provide space, but then what DM Screen is perfectly useful?</p><p></p><p>Packaged with the DM screen is a booklet filled to the brim with random encounter charts. Intended to replace the charts in the DM Guide, not only are these charts divided up by climate, but by region. These include subtables for intelligent parties (warbands, pirates, etc.), dragons, and dracolichs.</p><p></p><p>Problems arise for anyone not running a FR campaign, so I wouldn't recommend this product to anyone who desires to make Faerun a "generic" campaign world. Many of the Encounters are very difficult and not suited for a low-powered game either. For instance, the only Underdark random encounter table in the book ranges from (EL 1-20). Above ground, many regions familiar as much as they are popular to players also carry extremely high EL's.</p><p></p><p>I would also not recommend this product to those DM's who like to populate a single continent with 10,000 different kinds of monsters rather than make ecological considerations. The FR DM Screen tables carry with them an attempt to provide a working ecosystem where predators and prey are kept in check. Nevertheless, the encounters are many and varied, and I would recommend this to anyone who wants to play in the Forgotten Realms.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Messageboard Golem, post: 2008901, member: 18387"] I revise this review after being informed that the original DM Screen is unavailable. The Forgotten Realms DM Screen is very useful for anyone attempting to remove FR from the standard DND realm of Oerth and create a setting with a unique flavor that can only be FR. Not only are the players presented with images depicting both the beauty and danger of Faerun, but the DM is provided with very important tables that relate solely to FR. Yes, some of the tables from the original DM screen have been omitted to provide space, but then what DM Screen is perfectly useful? Packaged with the DM screen is a booklet filled to the brim with random encounter charts. Intended to replace the charts in the DM Guide, not only are these charts divided up by climate, but by region. These include subtables for intelligent parties (warbands, pirates, etc.), dragons, and dracolichs. Problems arise for anyone not running a FR campaign, so I wouldn't recommend this product to anyone who desires to make Faerun a "generic" campaign world. Many of the Encounters are very difficult and not suited for a low-powered game either. For instance, the only Underdark random encounter table in the book ranges from (EL 1-20). Above ground, many regions familiar as much as they are popular to players also carry extremely high EL's. I would also not recommend this product to those DM's who like to populate a single continent with 10,000 different kinds of monsters rather than make ecological considerations. The FR DM Screen tables carry with them an attempt to provide a working ecosystem where predators and prey are kept in check. Nevertheless, the encounters are many and varied, and I would recommend this to anyone who wants to play in the Forgotten Realms. [/QUOTE]
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