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Pathfinder Roleplaying Game GM Screen (OGL)

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Pathfinder Roleplaying Game GM Screen (OGL)

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Protect your important notes and die rolls from prying player eyes with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game GM Screen! This beautiful 4-panel screen features stunning artwork from Wayne Reynolds on the player's side, and a huge number of charts and tables on the GM side to speed up play and reduce time spent leafing through rulebooks in search of an obscure modifier or result. From skill check Difficulty Classes to two-weapon fighting modifiers, the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game GM Screen gives you the tools you need to keep the game fast and fun. Constructed of ultra-high-grade hardcover book stock, this durable screen is perfect for travel, convention play, or repeated regular use.

Tables and Charts Included
Acrobatics DCs and Modifiers
Bluff Modifiers
Climb DCs and Modifiers
Diplomacy DCs and Modifiers
Disable Device DCs
Fly DCs and Wind Effects on Flight 		Heal DCs
Knowledge DCs
Perception DCs and Modifiers
Ride DCs
Spellcraft DCs
Survival DCs and Tracking Modifiers 		Swim DCs
Attack Roll Modifiers
Armor Class Modifiers
Combat Maneuvers
Two-Weapon Fighting Penalties
Concentration Check DCs 		Common Conditions
Armor and Weapon Hardness and Hit Points
Substance Hardness and Hit Points
Common Object Hardness and Hit Points
Experience Point Awards
Treasure Values per Encounter

The Pathfinder Roleplaying Game GM Screen measures 8.5" x 11" when folded and 34" x 11" in when unfolded.

ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-216-6

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Mostly Excellent Presentation of Key Information

4/5 —

I've had the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game GM Screen for years, long before I actually started playing Pathfinder regularly. The purpose of a screen, of course, is so the GM can hide their notes from pesky players, assemble miniatures of diabolical villains without being seen, roll dice ominously, and, most importantly, remind themselves of key rules so the game doesn't have to stop so everyone can flip open their 500+ page rulebooks. This four-panel screen is certainly a durable product, as it's survived (quite literally) more than a hundred sessions and still looks brand new. It's made of quite sturdy stuff, unlike many other screens I've seen, and won't easily tip over.

The exterior side facing the PCs is a line-up of the most iconic images of the Pathfinder Iconics: the embodiment of each character class. I once found the art style a bit over-the-top and cartoony, but I've really warmed to it now and quite like it. I can't say what it's like to stare at the characters for hours, but there's so many little details on each character that the eye shouldn't get bored quickly! (Note there are two alternate screens available with different characters, but I don't own either of those). I've found it quite handy to use paperclips to hold pics of NPCs the party is talking too, monsters they're fighting, etc.

The interior side facing the DM is, of course, what matters!

Two full panels are depicted to summaries of various skills: Acrobatics, Bluff, Climb, Diplomacy, Disable Device, Fly, Heal, Knowledge, Perception, Ride, Spellcraft, Survival, and Swim. Not every skill is represented, and one could argue that some of the missing skills (like Stealth, Intimidate, and Use Magic Device are used more often than some of the skills that are represented like Swim). Still, the skills that are included are broken down into very handy, easy-to-read lists of activities, modifiers, and DCs. It's a very attractive, smart presentation.

The third panel is devoted to combat, and the top half of the panel has five sections: Attack roll modifiers, armor class modifiers, combat maneuvers, two-weapon fighting penalties, and concentration checks. With the possible exception of two-weapon fighting penalties (which a player should have figured out well ahead of time), all of these things are extremely important things to have available for easy reference. The bottom half of the panel is a summary of the effects of common conditions, which is again quite handy--it's annoying to have to stop and look up what the effects of being stunned or nauseated are every time it happens.

The fourth panel is a bunch of miscellaneous stuff, and it's here that I think there was room for improvement. The left half of the panel is all devoted to listing the hardness and hit points of weapons, armor, common objects, and various materials. I don't mind this much, because even though this information is needed rarely, when it's needed it's usually important (like whether a sundered weapon is going to break). Still, I wouldn't have devoted so much space to it considering how much other stuff in the game is probably more important. The right half of the panel lists experience point awards by CR and treasure values per encounter. To my mind, this is the least essential information to be on the screen, as most groups handle this either between sessions or at least after a session, when an extra minute to flip open a book is no big deal. Because most monster entries already list XP and treasure, this is the only part of the screen that I never use.

So on the whole, that's 3 to 3 1/2 panels of a 4 panel GM screen that are extremely useful! My biggest problem is actually remembering what's on the screen, as often I look something up in a book only to realize later that it was on the screen the whole time. Anyway, while a screen like this is not strictly essential, it's about as close as it gets. A session will run faster and smoother if the GM has one of these, and it's worth the money.

Functional and well-built, but utilitarian

4/5 —

Pros
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* Very sturdy.
* Good selection of DM info.
* Fair price.

Cons
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* I'd prefer a landscape screen. Pretty please?
* The art is a collage of recycled iconic portraits, which probably helped keep costs down, but I would have preferred something a bit more inspiring. After all, the players are going to be staring at this thing quite a bit...

(****-)

Another Great Product...

5/5 —

This four panel Gamemasters screen for the Pathfinder role playing game features extra durable hardcover stock pages, a great piece of art on the player's side, and four pages of quick reference charts on the GM's side.

Page One, "Skills", includes charts for acrobatic maneuvers, bluffing, wind effects on flight, Climbing, Diplomacy, Disabling Devices, and flying.

Page Two, "Skills", has references for healing, knowledge, perception, riding, spellcraft, survival, and swimming.

Page Three, "Combat", contains attack roll modifiers, armor class modifiers, combat maneuvers, two-weapon fighting, concentration checks, and a great list of conditions that affect combat.

Page Four, "Miscellaneous", shows armor and weapon hardness, other item hardness, and common item hardness as well as charts for XP awards, and for treasure values per encounter.

Having these charts at your fingertips saves a lot of time leafing through the various books for a quick ruling. The four panel construction gives GM's room for both a notepad and their maps. The heavy card stock covers means its very durable and suitable for frequent use. If you're a GM for a Pathfinder game, and you don't have this screen, my suggestion is that it be the next item on your "To Purchase" list. Highly recommended.

Impressed

5/5 —

Don't know what to say that the other reviews haven't already said. This GM screen was built to last, and the boatload of information each of the panels contains is the perfect reference for any GM.

I actually don't mind the fourth panel. I just figured it was common for party members to think "I should try and break his sword instead of just stabbing him." :)

Great Value

5/5 —

I was very impressed with the quality of this screen. For the money, I really expected just a thin card stock screen. What I got was a very, heavy wall.

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Liberty's Edge
Tonnerre wrote:

Wow nice!

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

A second request on that question; I greatly prefer landscape-orientation instead of portrait for GM screens.

EDIT: yep, portrait. Not a deal breaker...

Also, is there anything else in the package besides the screen itself? A small adventure, additional charts and tables, or even a short essay set?
BobSlaughter wrote:
Tonnerre wrote:

Wow nice!

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

A second request on that question; I greatly prefer landscape-orientation instead of portrait for GM screens.

EDIT: yep, portrait. Not a deal breaker...

Also, is there anything else in the package besides the screen itself? A small adventure, additional charts and tables, or even a short essay set?

Yes, portrait orientation. I prefer Landscape, myself but as you said, not a deal breaker.

Gorbacz wrote:
No, that's Lini, the iconic gnome druid.

I realized this right after I posted. I saw the tiger animal companion and I was like "There's NO way that could be an elf, unless they made elves suddenly like Christmas Elves."

I failed my Bardic Knowledge check for RPG iconics enough that I got false information. I guess I'm just not steeped enough in Pathfinder Lore, still in the 3.5 iconics mindset.....
Sovereign Court

Okay, I want this, I really do, because I love a good DM screen on the DM side,

Having said that, am I the only person getting tired of the same Iconic art rehashed over and over and over. It's on the covers of my APs its in each class description in my beta copy and my final copy, and now it's on the danged DM screen. I love the iconics and the artist did tremendous work, but couldn't he at least have gotten comissioned to do new poses instead of just copy pasting the same images in a panorama?
Silver Crusade
lastknightleft wrote:
... am I the only person getting tired of the same Iconic art rehashed over and over and over. It's on the covers of my APs its in each class description in my beta copy and my final copy, and now it's on the danged DM screen. I love the iconics and the artist did tremendous work, but couldn't he at least have gotten comissioned to do new poses instead of just copy pasting the same images in a panorama?

Second. I'll give them a pass for this one, but it's getting kind of stale. If you HAVE to cut and paste artwork, how about some action shots from the adventures? These poses have a whole "I can't hear you over the sound of how awesome I am" feel to them.

Silver Crusade
Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber

Pffft, you can never have too much of Wayne's Seoni.

Here, here, expensively bought WAR art for the win! Hopefully the success of PFRPG gives them the funds to buy more!
Sovereign Court
Gorbacz wrote:
Pffft, you can never have too much of Wayne's Seoni.

Which is exactly why I would have hoped they bought more so that we'd have new wayne reynolds Seoni on the cover instead of Seoni we've seen x times before.

Paizo Employee CEO
lastknightleft wrote:
Gorbacz wrote:
Pffft, you can never have too much of Wayne's Seoni.
Which is exactly why I would have hoped they bought more so that we'd have new wayne reynolds Seoni on the cover instead of Seoni we've seen x times before.

There was no way that we could get Wayne to do new artwork for this and have it come out in 2009. Wayne is a very busy artist and we have trouble finding time for him to do the books he does for us (he does do work for other companies from time to time too). We had talked with him about doing something new for the screen, but it just wasn't in the cards. However, I love the iconic art he has done and the screen layout is beautiful. Maybe for the 10th anniversary GM Screen in 2019?

-Lisa
Shadow Lodge
Lisa Stevens wrote:

Maybe for the 10th anniversary GM Screen in 2019?

-Lisa

*tries to imagine Pathfinder version X.Y in 2019*

The Exchange

I am so looking forward to this product as the 3.5 shield I'm using now is frankly rubbish all thats on the back of it is skill check DC's and a long list of what types of action various options are and whether or not they provoke an AoO. I'm hoping that this shield will be a lot more useful. Plus hardback book stock panels!! Can't wait.
Dark Archive

so if it is OGL, does that mean it wont have the PFRPG rule changes on the screen?
Scarab Sages
Soliloquies wrote:
so if it is OGL, does that mean it wont have the PFRPG rule changes on the screen?

Uh, the rule changes are OGL. Or am I misunderstanding the question?

Dark Archive
Wicht wrote:
Soliloquies wrote:
so if it is OGL, does that mean it wont have the PFRPG rule changes on the screen?
Uh, the rule changes are OGL. Or am I misunderstanding the question?

Im a newbie and trying to understand the difference. I thought Open Gaming License (OGL) was for the 3.5 edition which was licensed from that other company. They just did a revamp of 3.5 in PFRPG, call it 3.6 for lack of better terms and all of the new products have (PFRPG) codes next to the descriptor.

for example, from the catalogue

Old rules...

Pathfinder #13—Second Darkness Chapter 1: "Shadow in the Sky"—Alternate Cover (OGL)

New rules with the core handbook released at Gencon...

Pathfinder: Council of Thieves Player's Guide (PFRPG)

So if the new screen that is being released is advertised with (OGL), I am assuming it has charts from the old 3.5 stuff and not the new Core rulebook.
Scarab Sages

OGL refers to the Open Gaming License, not to the rules published under this license.

The old 3.0 and 3.5 rules were open, meaning others could copy them and use them in their own books. This is the major factor that allows Paizo to do what they are doing with their rules. PFRPG is also OGL, meaning it is published under the OGL and that other publishers can use the rules in their own books. See page 569 of the rulebook for the license itself.

Poor half-orc, he´s ugly and nobody called him to pose...:(
The Exchange

Wow, that'll be a lot better than the home made GM screen I'm using (a frosted mini wheats box). Though I'm curious as to what charts it includes. I've added a lot of handy charts to my GM screen, and want to know if their charts would be better. Does anyone have a full list of what charts are printed on this?
Pathfinder Maps, Starfinder Adventure Path, Starfinder Maps, Starfinder Roleplaying Game, Starfinder Society Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber
Legacyblade wrote:
Wow, that'll be a lot better than the home made GM screen I'm using (a frosted mini wheats box). Though I'm curious as to what charts it includes. I've added a lot of handy charts to my GM screen, and want to know if their charts would be better. Does anyone have a full list of what charts are printed on this?

Sadly, I don't think that this version will have any nutritional facts.

The Exchange
Jam412 wrote:


Sadly, I don't think that this version will have any nutritional facts.

Alas, the information contained therein is very useful for my campaign. However, if I knew what charts the Pathfinder GM screen contained, I might sacrifice the nutritional facts.

AWESOME! A must have!
Dark Archive

If anyone doesn't like the iconics, just do what I do - my players draw their figures (most are articistic) and I clip those to the screen, or I cut up a beautiful shot of Conan from Frazetta and put that on a panel - or for example, I cut out a picture of Grazz't with his lover from an old Dragon magazine...every few months I will change it up.

Too bad we have to wait...this is a nice screen.
Dark Archive
Brandonb70 wrote:
Too bad we have to wait...this is a nice screen.

Like I said before, it *would* have been even *better* with valiant Hellknights trampling foes of Cheliax and Inquisitors of Asmodeus torturing infidels -- however, even as it is, it's the best-looking GM screen I've yet seen (even "recycled" WAR pieces totally rock!). Congratulations to the Art Director (Sarah?), too! :)

Lisa, speaking of those Hellknights and Inquisitors... maybe the second printing will include them, hey? ;P
Liberty's Edge

I'm wondering if the screen is landscape as well. Looks like it from the picture. Can anyone confirm it?
Liberty's Edge
Kevin Mack wrote:
What I want to know is are the characters to scale?(against each other I mean)

probably not or that's a tall elf rogue

Liberty's Edge

I know this and the beastary is due out next month. Any word on the street dates?
Paizo Employee Chief Technical Officer
CapeCodRPGer wrote:
I'm wondering if the screen is landscape as well. Looks like it from the picture. Can anyone confirm it?

It's not landscape. It's 4 panels wide.

It should be shipping in early October, along with the Bestiary.
Sczarni
CapeCodRPGer wrote:
I know this and the beastary is due out next month. Any word on the street dates?

In the interview Jason made at GenCon OZ he mentioned that this was due from the printer at any time,maybe even as he was there, so it sounds like they are just waiting for the ship to come in and clear customs

Vic Wertz wrote:
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.

I guess you can't please all the folks, all the time... and I would be one of those un-pleased folks. After GM'ing with a landscape screen (Savage Worlds customizable one that is currently out of print) I now really dislike potrait/vertical screens.

Quote:
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.

In my 25 years of rpg'ing I have never really found this to be a problem. The GM screen is more of a "privacy block" than it is a "constant reference". I'm guessing that in the average gaming session I refer to the GM screen at most, 5 times. I can't recall there being anything blocking the tables I was looking at but a quick and simple small shift of either a book or dice alleviates this concern, for the few times it is being referenced.

I'm sorry Vic, but this "blocking of the screen" just doesn't seem like a strong enough reason to have not made a landscape screen. Once you use one, its hard to go back to a portrait screen.

Vic Wertz wrote:
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.

I think I now see where the problem is. A 3-panel horizontal only measures about 35" (As per the Savage Worlds customizable GM screen). I am guessing that at 44" you spec'd out a 4 panel screen. I certainly would not want a 4 panel landscape screen, but I would just prefer slightly smaller print / tables, to fit the horizontal screen. (I often find that on a 4 panel screen, that there is much white space, graphics or filler material).

Oh well, although I am sad that no landscape screen was made, I will just resize the PF screen and and make inserts for my Savage Worlds screen. (I'm assuming that the screen will also be sold as a PDF).
Paizo Employee Chief Technical Officer
Kor - Orc Scrollkeeper wrote:
I certainly would not want a 4 panel landscape screen, but I would just prefer slightly smaller print / tables, to fit the horizontal screen. (I often find that on a 4 panel screen, that there is much white space, graphics or filler material).

Well, our screen is pretty full—there's about an inch margin at the bottom, and half-inch margins around each panel, but the rest is full of charts and such. Inside those margins, there's no art and no white space... just data. And, horizontal vs. vertical aside for a moment, moving to a 3-panel screen would mean you'd get 25% less data, minimum.

Dark Archive

As long as the screen doesn't contain images of miniatures I'm a happy camper. :)
Liberty's Edge

I see that the date has been changed to November. Shipping problems? I mean it is no big deal but I was just curious (hence my chimp avatar).
Paizo Employee Chief Technical Officer
Kevida wrote:
I see that the date has been changed to November. Shipping problems? I mean it is no big deal but I was just curious (hence my chimp avatar).

It was delayed at the printer.

Sovereign Court
Vic Wertz wrote:
Kevida wrote:
I see that the date has been changed to November. Shipping problems? I mean it is no big deal but I was just curious (hence my chimp avatar).
It was delayed at the printer.

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

Well good thing I'm a subscriber so I don't have to wait for my copy of the bestiary to get here before I can do a full conversion. I bundled everything together when I preordered a month or so ago.

do you guys know what part of november it will be?

Oh my goodness... this looks great! I think this will be the first DM Screen I have bought since 2nd Edition.

Please... PLEASE! For the love of Tiamat... release a high-res jpg of the cover that I can spread as wallpaper across all 3 monitors I have at work. That would be sweet. :-D
Paizo Employee Chief Technical Officer
Chrispy wrote:
Vic Wertz wrote:
Kevida wrote:
I see that the date has been changed to November. Shipping problems? I mean it is no big deal but I was just curious (hence my chimp avatar).
It was delayed at the printer.

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

Well good thing I'm a subscriber so I don't have to wait for my copy of the bestiary to get here before I can do a full conversion. I bundled everything together when I preordered a month or so ago.

do you guys know what part of november it will be?

At this point, the printer estimates mid-November. But there's still plenty of time for that to move either way.

Liberty's Edge

Delays with this and the Beastary. *sigh*
Chrispy wrote:
Vic Wertz wrote:
Kevida wrote:
I see that the date has been changed to November. Shipping problems? I mean it is no big deal but I was just curious (hence my chimp avatar).
It was delayed at the printer.

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

Well good thing I'm a subscriber so I don't have to wait for my copy of the bestiary to get here before I can do a full conversion. I bundled everything together when I preordered a month or so ago.

do you guys know what part of november it will be?

Not yet but hopefully we'll have a better idea in a few more weeks.

Sovereign Court
Pathfinder Adventure Path, Starfinder Society Subscriber

tis the season for spending more fa,la,la,la,

that looks awesome when does it arrive and i can't wait to get my hands on it.
Paizo Employee Chief Technical Officer
sora3456 wrote:
that looks awesome when does it arrive and i can't wait to get my hands on it.

It's currently expected in Mid-November.

Vic Wertz wrote:
sora3456 wrote:
that looks awesome when does it arrive and i can't wait to get my hands on it.
It's currently expected in Mid-November.

Thanks vic!

Paizo Employee Chief Technical Officer

By the way, we got an early copy from the printer yesterday, and it looks nice! Really solid.
Vic Wertz wrote:
By the way, we got an early copy from the printer yesterday, and it looks nice! Really solid.

Will you have a preview to see it or not just wondering.

Paizo Employee Chief Technical Officer
sora3456 wrote:
Vic Wertz wrote:
By the way, we got an early copy from the printer yesterday, and it looks nice! Really solid.
Will you have a preview to see it or not just wondering.

How do you mean?

Vic Wertz wrote:
sora3456 wrote:
Vic Wertz wrote:
By the way, we got an early copy from the printer yesterday, and it looks nice! Really solid.
Will you have a preview to see it or not just wondering.
How do you mean?

I think Sora may be referring to a picture of it set up in play.

Kyle Baird wrote:
Vic Wertz wrote:
sora3456 wrote:
Vic Wertz wrote:
By the way, we got an early copy from the printer yesterday, and it looks nice! Really solid.
Will you have a preview to see it or not just wondering.
How do you mean?
I think Sora may be referring to a picture of it set up in play.

That what i mean i just want to see it. thanks for the help kyle

Paizo Employee Chief Technical Officer
sora3456 wrote:
Kyle Baird wrote:
Vic Wertz wrote:
sora3456 wrote:
Vic Wertz wrote:
By the way, we got an early copy from the printer yesterday, and it looks nice! Really solid.
Will you have a preview to see it or not just wondering.
How do you mean?
I think Sora may be referring to a picture of it set up in play.
That what i mean i just want to see it. thanks for the help kyle

Hmm. Maybe in a future blog post....

Vic Wertz wrote:
sora3456 wrote:
Kyle Baird wrote:
Vic Wertz wrote:
sora3456 wrote:
Vic Wertz wrote:
By the way, we got an early copy from the printer yesterday, and it looks nice! Really solid.
Will you have a preview to see it or not just wondering.
How do you mean?
I think Sora may be referring to a picture of it set up in play.
That what i mean i just want to see it. thanks for the help kyle
Hmm. Maybe in a future blog post....

thanks vic

Must have this asap!!!

Starting Council of Thieves soon... :)
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