I'm currently working on my own DM Screen and was wondering what kind of information other DM's use on their screens. Hopefully to help give me an idea of some things that would be useful to add to mine.
Some things I've seen/heard are like notes of things you should take note of for the coming sessions, or like backstories and stats of your players, maybe loot tables for what shops could have and stuff like chests. If you don't have a sheet for the places you're at you could put notes there as well. Another thing I've seen are rules that they might forget just in case.
All of D&D Beyond, all my notes ( in Google Docs ), all the sites I use during play ( Kobold Fight Club, RPG Tinker , Fantasy Name Generators ) and the entire Internet - but I use a laptop as my "DM Screen" :)
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Some things I've seen/heard are like notes of things you should take note of for the coming sessions, or like backstories and stats of your players, maybe loot tables for what shops could have and stuff like chests. If you don't have a sheet for the places you're at you could put notes there as well. Another thing I've seen are rules that they might forget just in case.
That's a great idea. I think I'll keep my players passive perception and stuff taped on my DM's screen and maybe have a folder full of notes and locations around the land they could visit. Thanks for the reply!
Yeah, I'm actually DMing a group online so I use my Computer mostly but just found myself so overwhelmed with tabs I had opened during our first session so I wanted to work on something I could have ready in front of me at all times. I also have been using different random sites for Fantasy Names and such but seeing "Kobold Fight Club" & "RPG Tinker" really is exciting. Thanks for sharing those two sites. I know I'm going to use them a ton!
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I'm currently working on my own DM Screen and was wondering what kind of information other DM's use on their screens. Hopefully to help give me an idea of some things that would be useful to add to mine.
Some things I've seen/heard are like notes of things you should take note of for the coming sessions, or like backstories and stats of your players, maybe loot tables for what shops could have and stuff like chests. If you don't have a sheet for the places you're at you could put notes there as well. Another thing I've seen are rules that they might forget just in case.
All of D&D Beyond, all my notes ( in Google Docs ), all the sites I use during play ( Kobold Fight Club, RPG Tinker , Fantasy Name Generators ) and the entire Internet - but I use a laptop as my "DM Screen" :)
My DM Philosophy, as summed up by other people: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rN5w4-azTq3Kbn0Yvk9nfqQhwQ1R5by1/view
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That's a great idea. I think I'll keep my players passive perception and stuff taped on my DM's screen and maybe have a folder full of notes and locations around the land they could visit. Thanks for the reply!
Yeah, I'm actually DMing a group online so I use my Computer mostly but just found myself so overwhelmed with tabs I had opened during our first session so I wanted to work on something I could have ready in front of me at all times. I also have been using different random sites for Fantasy Names and such but seeing "Kobold Fight Club" & "RPG Tinker" really is exciting. Thanks for sharing those two sites. I know I'm going to use them a ton!