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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2024
- Dwarven Forge: shop.dwarvenforge.com/?... Dungeon Master Screen | Dungeon Kit amzn.to/3nSl3ag
In full transparency I did another video about the Dungeon Master's Screen Dungeon Kit for Wizards that was a trailer. The thoughts and ideas presented in THIS video are my own, I just outline the screen and use some of the same footage. I'm really hyped for this screen or any specialty DM screens.
DM screen specially designed for dungeon delving, with tables for adding thrilling D&D encounters and chilling dungeon details
36 punch-out dungeon geomorph cards with pathway connection points-arrange in different formations to create dungeon maps in the middle of play
Double-sided dry-erase sheet-has a numbered grid for sketching maps on one side and a summary of the main actions a character can take in combat on the other
18 illustrated punch-out condition cards, including mold and slime cards
9 punch-out numbered and illustrated initiative cards-easily track turn order for players, monsters, and nonplayer characters
1 storage folder & 1 card storage box - Ігри
In full transparency I did another video about the Dungeon Master's Screen Dungeon Kit for Wizards that was a trailer. The thoughts and ideas presented in THIS video are my own, I just outline the screen and use some of the same footage. I'm really hyped for this screen or any specialty DM screens. I appreciate all of you. Also, I love video taping D&D books and related merch, weirdly relaxing.
thanks todd! love the vid!
My only complaint with this kit is that I wish they'd done something else with the initiative cards than numbers...this is the third set of the cards for initiative and conditions, and adding letters or something else would have been more useful and could still function the same.
Kind of wish that with the wilderness kit they'd put a symbol on all of them or something else as well (Perhaps if they put a tree symbol on those and a cave entrance on these ones), that would let them all work for things in larger encounters with each counting for more there.
The condition cards are nice because it can be handed out as people need them to more people...and I don't need to keep the quick reference sheet of them around.
The art is beautiful. I hope they come up with a kit for those who like city/social encounters. I'm not into dungeons as much as some people are.
Great! Thanks for the look / review!
Thank you for the great video, I will be getting this for sure
ripping mine apart right now! LOVE IT!
Dyson Logos says "For reference, when working with rectangular geomorphs, don't lay them out in a straight pattern like shown on the left... instead lay them out in a basketweave. This works to conceal the tiling nature of the geomorphs:"
waves!
This would be a fun gift for an old or new DM.
Omg I really really need this
This looks great for new DMs
I’m running a dungeon crawl focused campaign and this would be perfect for it.
Would have loved this when I started DMing.
Cool
That fire crystal art is HOT 🔥
also, love those dungeon templates. Those are way more useful than a 'conditions' table on the DM screen, but that's not saying much 😂
Depends. Some might say a death save table is just as useless but you still need it when it comes up. It's hard to make a screen with short cuts as DMs all forget and use different things. I find encumbering and exhaustion rules are something I don't need on DM screen but many other might. Best way to get one suited to having things you know you'll need is to make your own or cover this one with your own notes.
@@meikahidenori for sure! And that's what I do. I know there are a couple screens out there that are tillable, but haven't found one I liked yet
I was going to get this, but got the essentials kit instead
I wonder if they will ever make an 1980s animated cartoon variant?
If so, they can take my money
Why have I not seen this announced anywhere?
Is this any different than one of the box sets which has those condition cards and a dm screen etc? Oh the geomorph cards are neat. Reminds me of a ks with dice with maps on them that I saw.
This screen is an amazing tool for new DMs! But I feel that the default one or the one included in the Essentials kit are somewhat better. Although this package in general seems interesting, I wouldn't recommend if not to newcomers.
Why? This one, the wilderness, and the revamped are 95% the original one in their core without the awful name gen table and adding the tavern food cost and one or two tables. The essentials is a copy of the revamped in a flimsy cardboard. So why is the original and the flimsy one better in your opinion? :)
@@syd4890woops, with the "default" I meant the Reincarnated screen, I wasn't aware of an older 5e screen.
imo I think that the Reincarnated and the Essentials kit one are far more generic and adaptable to any situation, wheras the Wilderness one focuses on travel, meteorology etc, and Dungeon Kit is way too focused on dungeon delving (I get that these are the actual point of the screens, but I feel they are not as handy as the more generic ones).
The Essentials Kit screen is the same price as Wilderness and Dungeon, but includes a campaign and the screen (although flimsy) is more akin to the Reincarnated, with generic and overall more versatile mechanics.
That being said, if you are new in the dungeon mastering realm, get the Reincanated screen. If you have some experience already, you should use your knowledge and get a customizable DM screen (the ones you can change the panels), which are extremely more versatile that official ones, and allows you to carry a set pf panels relevant to your game with mechanics for dungeon delving, traveling, random encounters, etc... while also having the standard stuff we all love from the Reincarnated screen.
@@Sigma_x99 ok now it makes more sense ^^
I have to disagree on the Essentials Kit screen being better. As a new DM uo until now it had been the only one I owned, so it was all I have been using, and I find this new Dungeon Kit to be the better of the two.
The Essentials Kit screen is still a great screen, but it has two major flaws against it. The first is the obvious, it's just too thin and flimsy. I understand why they made it that way, and it's still better than nothing, but having a sturdier screen is definitely better.
The other major flaw the Essentials Kit screen has, is the inclusion of the actions you can take in combat, which wastes almost an entire panel of space. As a DM this information is virtually useless to me, this is information that the players need more than the DM does. That space could be put to better use.
As for the rest, the Dungeon Kit screen has almost all of the other information that the Essentials Kit has. The only tables that are missing on the Dungeon Kit that the Essentials Kit has, is the Services (coach cab, messenger, etc) and the Encounter Distance. Neither of those I find to be super useful to be frank.
But all of the other information that is on the Essentials Kit screen is still there on the Dungeon Kit screen. The extra information that is on this new screen is definitely a plus, and with the Dungeon Kit you're still getting the Actions in Combat information except now it's on a separate handout that you can conveniently hand to your players for them to use, or even share back and forth with the DM if you need a reminder yourself.
Add in those pre-made dungeon maps and for me it's a no-brainer, this kit is an excellent screen for DMs both new and old, and a definite improvement over the Essentials Kit one.
Can I please ask a question? What dimension have the tiles at geomorph cards?
The screen actually looks like it will be quite durable. Not like the flimsy one in the Essentials kit.
It is. I have the wilderness kit Variant that came out a while back (essentially the same thing but focusing on wilderness travel rather than dungeon exploration) and it's a hard cover quality DM screen. A nice detail perk is the Matte finish rather than gloss on the outside of the screen
Yep, it's a proper screen like the other ones that are sold, the essentials kit one is the exception (but that one works well enough for first time dm's)
When did the outside of screen just become pictures? 1E on the outside had some player information. My personal screen has PHB and Spell Cost on the outside.
Maybe since 2e or 3e? So a few decades ago
@@syd4890 Well it has been decades since I bought a new screen.
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When will it be available?
Tomorrow I believe! amzn.to/3nSl3ag
I love these things but... a lot of the damage types you mentioned are explicitly things that will come up mayyybe once a campaign (a moon-sized monster?)... and therefore not all that useful behind a screen?
Is it available now? And where?
amzn.to/3nSl3ag
@@ToddKenreck thank you!!!
If the back has information on Spelljammer ships, Shut up and take my money
You're handsome!
Ah yes, another kit I will only buy for the DM screen. The reincarnated DM screen is extremely boring. I wish WotC never changed the design of the first 5e screen, the art on it is incredible and it just gives off an actual DnD vibe as opposed to having my players look at the same boring red dragon over and over again. Now those old screen are hard to get and if you want to buy a used one from the states for like 50 bucks, you end up paying a ton of shipping as well.
Love the art on this one.
Overpriced. So just buying a screen.
Improvising a dungeon just by having a map is a terrible idea.
Loosely agree, I personally always start with, what is happening here, monster cave? Villians lair? Ancient ruin?
I personally think what the map ideas would do is keep it fresh, as my designs are repetitious. So pick a map style that matches the theme.