The Perfect DMs Screen

[Darrin Drader]

So I think the DMs screen in the latest Dragon is an excellent free offering, but others have mentioned that it would be better to omit some of the stuff on there and instead include the XP tables. Others would prefer to have material properties including the break DC and hardness. Personally I wouldn't mind seeing the weapon stats tables in there.

So the question is two-fold:
1. If you could design your perfect DMs screen, what would you put on it.
2. Would you replace the art on the outside with information more useful to players?

 

[bolen]

The Kalamar screen is very good (I like the flipping idea)

 

[Blacksad]

it depends on my familiarity with the game, I know that there is a GM screen to put sheet of paper in it, but I do not remember which publisher does it

Anyway:

chart for various "typical" NPC from the NPC classes at all level
movement rules per hour/day cross referenced with terrain
very small weapon chart
size modifier
concealment/cover effect
various DC for skills

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Attack/AC modifiers

Condition summaries

Cleric turning charts

NPC reaction table

(Paizo got 3 of the four)

 

[haiiro]

it depends on my familiarity with the game, I know that there is a GM screen to put sheet of paper in it, but I do not remember which publisher does it

It's called MasterScreen, and is put out by Citizen Games: http://www.citizengames.com/masterscreen.htm.

Edit: ...or will be. The 4-panel version isn't out yet, although I could have sworn that the 3-panel one has been out for awhile.

 

[gariig]

. The 4-panel version isn't out yet, although I could have sworn that the 3-panel one has been out for awhile.

It's been discontinued for the 4 panel screen. I could have sworn it should have been out by now. O well, it will be here when it gets here.

Gariig

 

[Staffan]

I find most screens to be a bit too small. I want one that can actually enclose an open book, and 4-panel screens can't do that.

Once upon a time, I had a seven-panel home-made screen for AD&D/Dark Sun. That one rawked - it had virtually every table one could possibly need during game play, including the modifiers for various ability scores, weapons (including ones from the Dark Sun box and Gladiator's Handbook), vision ranges (including the ones from Dark Sun), wild mage level variation (but not the wild surge table), piecemeal armor table, and a bunch of other stuff. Too bad I lost both it and the Word file used to make it.

 

[Kugar]

You can buy the 4 panel masterscreen from warehouse 23.

Warehouse 23

 

[Enceladus]

This screen from Dragon, is this for subscribers only? Or can I go down to my FLGS and buy it?

 

[John Crichton]

It's called MasterScreen, and is put out by Citizen Games: http://www.citizengames.com/masterscreen.htm.

Edit: ...or will be. The 4-panel version isn't out yet, although I could have sworn that the 3-panel one has been out for awhile.

Tis out. You can also buy it from the ENworld store.

http://enworld.rpgshop.com/product_info.php?products_id=32761&

I'm buying one at the beginning of next month.