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Andrew Betts (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber), Sat, Jun 13, 2009, 11:18 PM

Looks great, can't wait to get my hands on it

Kevin Mack (Pathfinder Chronicles Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber), Sat, Jun 13, 2009, 11:23 PM

Mother of god...........

Gene, Sat, Jun 13, 2009, 11:31 PM

*gamergasm*

wrote:

...hardcover book stock...

This sold it for me.

Tonnerre, Sat, Jun 13, 2009, 11:32 PM

Wow nice!
Are the screen's panels set up horizontally (like 4e's screen) or vertically?

Kevin Mack (Pathfinder Chronicles Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber), Sat, Jun 13, 2009, 11:33 PM

What I want to know is are the characters to scale?(against each other I mean)

firbolg (Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Adventure Path, Pathfinder Chronicles, Pathfinder Companion, GameMastery Cards Subscriber), Sat, Jun 13, 2009, 11:55 PM

hmmm- heavy cardstock.
I'm in!

Pax Veritas (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Modules Subscriber), Sat, Jun 13, 2009, 11:58 PM

Way to go PAIZO.

sanwah68 (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber), Sun, Jun 14, 2009, 12:42 AM

Wallet screams....

Kevin Mack (Pathfinder Chronicles Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber), Sun, Jun 14, 2009, 12:45 AM

sanwah68 wrote:

Wallet screams....

With joy or with pain?

sanwah68 (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber), Sun, Jun 14, 2009, 12:52 AM

Both of course!!!

Misery, Sun, Jun 14, 2009, 02:18 AM

Sold.

Lazaro, Sun, Jun 14, 2009, 02:27 AM

Want!

seekerofshadowlight, Sun, Jun 14, 2009, 02:38 AM

Just, damn...sold

Kvantum (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber), Sun, Jun 14, 2009, 02:43 AM

Yeah, looks like it's about time to retire my old Kalamar 3.0 DM's Shield. Upgrade!

(This is going to be a part of the RPG subscription, correct?)

Morgen, Sun, Jun 14, 2009, 02:44 AM

By the blessings of Niruku...that's excellent. Guess I do need to get going on that job.

golem101 (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber), Sun, Jun 14, 2009, 02:45 AM

Gaaaaaahhh... *drools*

Taliesin Hoyle (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Chronicles, Pathfinder Companion Subscriber), Sun, Jun 14, 2009, 02:49 AM

I will buy this, but I don't like the artwork at all. I like the iconics, but this is cluttered and compacted. The formatting of the image is all over the place, and the details are lost in the confusion. Sometimes less is more. I will just have to live with it. I would have preferred something more like a dynamic tableaux. Is this placeholder art?

Wolf Munroe (Pathfinder Chronicles Superscriber; GameMastery Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber), Sun, Jun 14, 2009, 03:52 AM

Taliesin Hoyle wrote:

I will buy this, but I don't like the artwork at all. I like the iconics, but this is cluttered and compacted. The formatting of the image is all over the place, and the details are lost in the confusion. Sometimes less is more. I will just have to live with it. I would have preferred something more like a dynamic tableaux. Is this placeholder art?

Looks great to me. I'm only disappointed Seoni isn't closer to the middle.

My guess is that it isn't placeholder art because they've provided a thumbnail of the entire screen image and not just the standard product image.

Vesavius, Sun, Jun 14, 2009, 05:06 AM

every product I am seeing in this launch makes impresses me more and more...

Best looking GM screen I have seen in a very long time. Maybe I won't have to hide my real screen behind my Planescape one now ;D

Hayden, Sun, Jun 14, 2009, 05:17 AM

I've to say... impressive! O_o

WANT!

Perram, Sun, Jun 14, 2009, 05:32 AM

Ordered!

I'm so glad to hear it will be on hard stock. I have to admit that the 4e DM screen has spoiled me and made me envious, and I was hoping the Pathfinder one would be as good.

My only question is will it have the status conditions summarized in it?

Papa-DRB (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber), Sun, Jun 14, 2009, 05:53 AM

Ordered....

-- david
Papa.DRB

Joana (Pathfinder Chronicles Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Planet Stories Subscriber), Sun, Jun 14, 2009, 05:58 AM

Kevin Mack wrote:

What I want to know is are the characters to scale?(against each other I mean)

If so, either Harsk is the *Shortest* *Dwarf* *Ever* or Lem and Lini have each taken a potion of enlarge person.

Mr Baron (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber), Sun, Jun 14, 2009, 06:23 AM

Will this be available at Gencon, or will it be a post gencon offering?

Paul Watson (Pathfinder Chronicles Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Planet Stories Subscriber), Sun, Jun 14, 2009, 06:29 AM

Mr Baron wrote:

Will this be available at Gencon, or will it be a post gencon offering?

September release so looks like post.

DM Jeff (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, GameMastery Maps Subscriber), Sun, Jun 14, 2009, 06:56 AM

We asked, they delivered. Again. Notice a pattern here?

AWESOME!

-DM Jeff

Matthew Morris (RPG Superstar 2009 Top 32, 2010 Top 16), Sun, Jun 14, 2009, 07:19 AM

This will look good at hobbie stores.

I too, wonder if this will be part of the subscription.

Kruelaid (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Chronicles, Pathfinder Companion, Planet Stories Subscriber), Sun, Jun 14, 2009, 07:27 AM

At the risk of being the guy who complains a lot. It really freaks me out how the lighting is all coming from different angles on the iconics in that montage....

Not really my fault I guess - it's just the art classes talking.

I'm not going to be looking at that side anyway.

Ultra-high grade book stock? Niiiice.

Perram, Sun, Jun 14, 2009, 12:30 PM

Tonnerre wrote:

Wow nice!
Are the screen's panels set up horizontally (like 4e's screen) or vertically?

Well, if the art they are showing is to scale, it looks like it will be vertically aligned.

1000px total wide, meaning each panel is 250px by 324px tall... so standard letter format.

bugleyman, Sun, Jun 14, 2009, 12:35 PM

Hardback cover stock is the only way to do it. I'm so glad Paizo (and WotC before them) followed Green Ronin's example (at least, I think we have Green Ronin to thank; the True20 screen is the first place I saw it). It is one of those things that is so obvious in retrospect, but such a huge improvement.

Bravo!

Vic Wertz (Technical Director), Sun, Jun 14, 2009, 12:42 PM

Answers to questions:

It's a vertical format—4 panels at 8.5" wide x 11" tall (more or less) each.

This is finished artwork.

I don't have a list of exactly which tables are printed here, but Jason personally selected them as the most useful.

Wildfire142 (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, GameMastery Cards, Planet Stories Subscriber), Sun, Jun 14, 2009, 03:01 PM

Looks great - ordered, now my players have something to look at other than my laptop.

And the hard stock will mean it should survive even Royal Mails attempts to destroy it as they try to deliver it to me.

dm4hire, Sun, Jun 14, 2009, 09:59 PM

I love it, absolutely love it. It will be mine, oh yes, it will be mine. <BEG>

Robert Miller 55 (Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Adventure Path, Pathfinder Chronicles, GameMastery Maps Subscriber), Sun, Jun 14, 2009, 11:33 PM

OK, I have absolutely no intention of ever running PFRPG, but I think I'll buy this just for the art alone! Nice!

Nyarlathotep (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber), Mon, Jun 15, 2009, 12:40 PM

Boo-urns to vertical alignment!

This would be a sure buy for me, if only it was in landscape format :(

Darkwolf (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, GameMastery Cards Subscriber), Mon, Jun 15, 2009, 01:55 PM

Vic Wertz wrote:

Answers to questions:

It's a vertical format—4 panels at 8.5" wide x 11" tall (more or less) each.

This is finished artwork.

I don't have a list of exactly which tables are printed here, but Jason personally selected them as the most useful.

Oh no, Vic please say that was a typo. That the panels of this screen of beauty are actually 8.5" tall x 11" wide...

Pretty please?

KaeYoss (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Chronicles, Pathfinder Companion, Planet Stories Subscriber), Mon, Jun 15, 2009, 01:56 PM

bugleyman wrote:

Hardback cover stock is the only way to do it. I'm so glad Paizo (and WotC before them) followed Green Ronin's example

Vampire The Requiem was the first place I saw it.

Vic Wertz wrote:

It's a vertical format—4 panels at 8.5" wide x 11" tall (more or less) each.

Darn. Well, you can't have everything.

Vic Wertz (Technical Director), Mon, Jun 15, 2009, 02:44 PM

Nyarlathotep wrote:

Boo-urns to vertical alignment!

This would be a sure buy for me, if only it was in landscape format :(

Some of us do like that it's easier to see over a landscape-format screen. But many of us feel that the 34" arc of a vertical 4-panel screen is about right, while the 44" arc of a horizontal screen is just too big.

The real dealbreaker for the horizontal format for us, I think, is that since your books, dice, minis and such usually block the bottom inch or two of the screen, horizontal layout means we'd lose as much as 20 square inches of useful printable area for tables (compared to vertical layout). That's a fair amount of real estate that we can put to good use.

Louis Agresta (Contributor), Mon, Jun 15, 2009, 04:45 PM

SOLD!

Tom Qadim (RPG Superstar 2010 Top 16), Tue, Jun 16, 2009, 04:39 AM

This is an essential item! Consider it purchased.

Tom Qadim (RPG Superstar 2010 Top 16), Tue, Jun 16, 2009, 04:43 AM

Wolf Munroe wrote:

Looks great to me. I'm only disappointed Seoni isn't closer to the middle.

Seoni? Bah! Where's my beloved Lamashtu???

I really like the art, and the fact that it is made of sturdy material makes purchasing it a no-brainer. Is it September yet?

Asgetrion, Tue, Jun 16, 2009, 06:31 AM

Vesavius wrote:

every product I am seeing in this launch makes impresses me more and more...

Best looking GM screen I have seen in a very long time. Maybe I won't have to hide my real screen behind my Planescape one now ;D

You don't say... that's the best-looking GM screen I have ever seen! Wow... I thought I could manage with my old 2E DM's screen, but this is a must buy!

toyrobots, Tue, Jun 16, 2009, 07:25 AM

Vic Wertz wrote:

Nyarlathotep wrote:

Boo-urns to vertical alignment!

This would be a sure buy for me, if only it was in landscape format :(

Some of us do like that it's easier to see over a landscape-format screen. But many of us feel that the 34" arc of a vertical 4-panel screen is about right, while the 44" arc of a horizontal screen is just too big.

The real dealbreaker for the horizontal format for us, I think, is that since your books, dice, minis and such usually block the bottom inch or two of the screen, horizontal layout means we'd lose as much as 20 square inches of useful printable area for tables (compared to vertical layout). That's a fair amount of real estate that we can put to good use.

Maybe in the future we can get a landscape screen with some more picturesque art. I've nothing against the iconics, I just always preferred an action scene on the screen. It sends a message to the players: "Should I be just standing around looking cool or should I be battling monsters?"

Matthew Morris (RPG Superstar 2009 Top 32, 2010 Top 16), Tue, Jun 16, 2009, 08:08 AM

toyrobots wrote:

Maybe in the future we can get a landscape screen with some more picturesque art. I've nothing against the iconics, I just always preferred an action scene on the screen. It sends a message to the players: "Should I be just standing around looking cool or should I be battling monsters?"

Play a conjurer. That way you can look cool, while your minions fight the monsters ;-)

Elora (Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber), Tue, Jun 16, 2009, 01:43 PM

Matthew Morris wrote:

This will look good at hobbie stores.

I too, wonder if this will be part of the subscription.

Yes, according to the Preview Banquet at PaizoCon, this will be part of the PFRPG Subscription :-).

Marc Radle 81, Tue, Jun 16, 2009, 02:40 PM

So, I see and recognize all the iconics but ...who is all the way to the right? Did I miss an iconic? Do we have an iconic Drow wizard or something that I totally missed???

ShinHakkaider (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber), Tue, Jun 16, 2009, 02:47 PM

I'm a little put off by the vertical orientation of the Screen, but Vic's argument makes sense.
Hardback Screen like True20 and M&M? GLORIOUS.

CRAP.

Just looked at my cart and realized that I'm going to be DEAD FRICKIN BROKE come September thanks to Paizo.

James Jacobs (Creative Director), Tue, Jun 16, 2009, 02:49 PM

Marc Radle 81 wrote:

So, I see and recognize all the iconics but ...who is all the way to the right? Did I miss an iconic? Do we have an iconic Drow wizard or something that I totally missed???

That's Seltyiel, the iconic multiclass character from the cover of Pathfinder #12. He's a half-elf.

Agognon (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber), Tue, Jun 16, 2009, 02:54 PM

The iconic on the far right is Seltyiel. The iconic multi-classed character. He is a half-elf fighter/wizard/eldritch knight.

Edit: Grrr! ninjaed by JJ the great.

Vic Wertz (Technical Director), Tue, Jun 16, 2009, 07:40 PM

KaeYoss wrote:

bugleyman wrote:

Hardback cover stock is the only way to do it. I'm so glad Paizo (and WotC before them) followed Green Ronin's example

Vampire The Requiem was the first place I saw it.

I think that's the one we sent to the printer with a note saying "we want it it at least as good as this."