What should go on a DM screen?

[Jurble]

I was just tihnking about this as im getting into my game now learning the DM ropes. I figured the encounter ECL vs #creatures table would be immensely useful for those random encounters i have been throwing at my pcs. to balance them somewhat?

Some great suggestions in here Im thinking of making my own as well!

Marc

 

[devilish]

Celebrim raises an excellent point --- we *needed* DM screens in first edition
(before THACO) to look up adventurer lvl v. armor class, the 5 saving throws
across each class, etc. Now.....not so much. Reminds me of computer screen
savers --- we needed them initially to prevent screen burn-in but nowadays
monitors are less prone to burn-in and screen savers are more fashion statements
(barring password locks) than anything else.

I find myself looking up ability modifiers often on the screen (don't have
them memorized yet.) Mostly when DMing a pre-fab module and having to
reverse-engineer a stat-block. eg. only having an AC and having to subtract
Dex bonus in the case of flat-footedness.

 

[Soel]

Here's a thread re: 3.5 DM screens with a couple links in it.

[EDIT] and another

Thanx, Devliish!