DM's Screen Question

[ComicJam]

Sounds a bit like you want four or five different GM Screen completely. 

Yeah, well I ended up making something very similar to ArawnNox.
It's printed out half size and on my GMing clip board. I think I put too much detail (and time) into it...

Cheers!

[Gunbunny]

Is it something you'd be willing to share, maybe in PDF format?

GB

[ComicJam]

I would love to, but I can't as it is written in my bizarre shorthand to keep the word count down (thus less pages) and uses great chunks of text taken and modified straight from the rulebook.

Sorry, but I think Pat and Alex would have my head if I posted something like that!

Cheers!

[Dawnblade]

I would love a DM screen.  Even if there is just mostly art on it and little rules it would still be of fantasy craft which is my favorite fantasy system right now.  So make one and take my monies!!

[Glacialis]

Is there any chance of one being made available through print-on-demand services? I don't know how cost effective it would be for the buyer.

[Thathane]

Hi all,

here a lowly attempt (initially designed for my own usage).

[Kaptn_Lath]

Cant see it without joining the site 

[aegis]

It should work now.

[Gunbunny]

Thathane,

Excellent work!

Aegis,

Thanks for hosting it!

GB

[Doublebond]

Hi all,

here a lowly attempt (initially designed for my own usage).

ohmygodthisisamazing

[LordKruelos]

Hi all,

here a lowly attempt (initially designed for my own usage).

A good start, would you be interested in some specific comments/changes or are you happy with what you've got?

[aegis]

Thanks for hosting it!

I don't host it. Thathane is one of our top staff members at le Scriptorium. 

[Thathane]

 @LordKruelos :
Of course, if you think it deserves a comment, i'll gladly read it.

PS : thanks to watch over the herd, Aegis.

[LordKruelos]

I like it, it's better than what I put together http://tiny.cc/i09ov

Suggestions:
If possible, get the Table Number in the titles -- even if you have the title, the number comes in handy when trying to cross-reference into the book.

Some of the tables kind of disappear into the page in their last cell -- instead of alternating Color / no color, it might be worth alternating Color / off-white or light shading

Some of the abbreviations seem confusing -- since you made it I'm sure you know exactly what they mean but they take me a few moments when there's still a lot of white space.

I would shrink the size of the white internal margins and give the outside a bit more buffer for easier printing -- I'm guessing this was done in excel? shrink those interior margin columns.

While I kinda like the scattered color-coded layout, I would suggest maybe grouping tables a little differently (get most/all the "Skill use" tables onto one page, shift NPC and Environment entries to a single page (one that probably gets looked at less likely than the others))

Page 1
I'd suggest aligning along the top rather than center-justifying the NPC Traits table

"PCs & villains can avoid assit. for 1 AD" -- take the extra couple lines of open space to make the text easier to understand at a glance.

[Kaptn_Lath]

Margens on the leftside of each page need to be a bout a centimeter larger. Just printed it and it cuts off about that much on the left side of each page.

Page one NPC TRAITS becomes RAITS
Page two PERSUASION becomes ASION
                DISGUISES becomes UISES
                RESEARCHING becomes ARCHING
Page three ACTIONS becomes NS
                  GRAPPLE becomes PLE
Page four SKILLS completely disappears.