D&D 5E What's on the Dungeon Master's Screen?

[Sword of Spirit]

I'm trying to determine whether I should buy the 5e DM's screen, or just make my own reference sheets--the primary determinant being if the screen has the stuff I want on it (like mob rules, improvised damage, damaging objects, etc). Would anyone be willing to tell me which particular rules and tables are on the screen?

 

[pukunui]

Outer Left Panel
NPC Characteristics
NPC Ideals
NPC Bonds
NPC Flaws
Name Generator

Inner Left Panel
Conditions

Inner Right Panel
Conditions, cont.
Setting a DC
Cover
Obscured Areas
Light
Skills and Associated Abilities

Far Right Panel
Travel Pace
Encounter Distance
Damage by Level and Severity
Something Happens!
Quick Finds


I've made myself a cheat sheet to go with the screen that includes the following tables: Object AC, Object HP, Mob Attacks, Targets in Area of Effect, Improvising Damage, Weather, Wilderness Navigation, Tracking DCs, Foraging DCs, Daily Food/Water Needs, Ability Checks, Saving Throws, and Conversation Reaction.

 

[ZickZak]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct1x4k8TiPE

 

[discosoc]

Make your own. The official one looks pretty, but so much space is taken up with art and typography.

 

[MerricB]

I really like the official one. There's not much more I'd want on it.

Cheers!

 

[pukunui]

Make your own. The official one looks pretty, but so much space is taken up with art and typography.

I like the way they've done it. I find ones that have tons of tables crammed onto them hard to use. The layout on the 5e screen is just right, in my opinion. But then I'm a graphic designer.


There are a few substitutions I would've made, but overall I'm pretty happy with the official screen.

Also, the screen has a few tables on it that aren't in the DMG, like the Encounter Distance table, as well as the quirky Something Happens! table.

 

[akr71]

I have the party's marching order along with relevant stats (AC/Passive Perception/Initiative adjustment) paper-clipped to the inside of mine. Sometimes some sticky notes of things I need to keep in mind for that session - NPC names or random facts/tidbits I had to come up with on the spot. If there is a player's map, it usually gets paper clipped to the outside of the screen.

 

[DMCF]

A tablet with an excel sheet or a laptop if you want a screen will be just fine. The nice thing about individual screens is the art presented to the players since it helps boost the imagination in regard to the setting.

 

[HEEGZ]

I have the official 5e one and love it a lot. I also have a few others, but it's my favorite, and I no longer use the other ones.

 

[Giltonio_Santos]

I've run about 6-8 sessions with the new screen by now, and I've made more use of the random name generator table than of every other table in every other screen I've owned in the last 20+ years of D&D.