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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

Alternate cover art versions of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game GM Screen are also available:

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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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@LoriB,

You might try JustZipIt unzip software. I couldn't get some downloads to work with the Windows unzip software but I could use this software and it works, and it's free. You might try goggling "JustZipIt" to see if you can find it.
Liberty's Edge
silverhair2008 wrote:

@LoriB,

You might try JustZipIt unzip software. I couldn't get some downloads to work with the Windows unzip software but I could use this software and it works, and it's free. You might try goggling "JustZipIt" to see if you can find it.

It worked! Thank you!

BEST! SCREEN! EVAR!!!

Seriously. The hardbound book stock is super durable as everyone has said, and the table selection is the best I've ever seen in a screen. The fact that they included the conditions and item hardness/hp is what I personally think is most useful and different from the other screens I've seen.

Though I would have liked the Actions in Combat, I'm glad they didn't put that in since it would take out tables other then just the exp/treasure tables (which I personally don't use in game).

I'm just gonna print out my own actions in combat table, and if I can possibly get it to fit in half a page I'll tape it to the screen. If not, I'll just clip it to it so I can look under it.
Lori B wrote:
Vic Wertz wrote:
WheresNia wrote:

I downloaded my PFD versions this morning, but the zip file for the single page per panel is empty. Downloaded several times and no files. 3 other downloads are file.

Anyone else had this problem?
The default unzipping utility in some version of Windows has issues with some files. Using an alternate unzipping utility should solve the problem.

I have never had any problems unzipping Paizo files until this one. I have downloaded several other utilities that will not open it either. Do you have a specific one you recommend?

Is there any way Paizo could post an unzipped version of this file into my downloads?

I've had no issues with zips from Paizo using winrar. Works great for most packed files.

This is awesome, I love it. I make game play go by so much smoother.

Another great use I've discovered for the screen is a perch for my webcam (we have one player Skyped into our group); the screen easily holds the webcam which affords a great view of the battle map.

On the good side: great sturdiness, height and width, professional appearance, usefulness of most tables included

On the bad side: would have liked to see the AoO chart included (not the XP and Treasure stuff), and the manga-style artwork (I know I am in the minority opinion here, but the more "cartooney" the artwork looks the more it detracts from a sense of realism in the game)

Overall, nice job, Paizo. I do not regret the $15 price tag at all. :)

I was amazed with product. I had Game master screens from many product and they are just normally flimsy cardboard with a artwork on one side. The table they usually give you are of limited use and they generally space them so that you get much less info. Those screen generally are also on 3 panels.

When I ordered the Pathfinder screen I was expecting much of the same. It's useful but never a great product. Then this product arrived and I was amazed. This is the best screen I've ever had! The quality is is great in how sturdy it is and it's jam packed with charts that I find very useful.

Paizo, you out do yourself it seem with every product. Just makes me want to spend more money.
The Exchange
Robert Billingham wrote:
Excellent screen - very durable, but definitely could have had more fold-outs like the Hackmaster screen ;-).

By Garweeze, I remember that one! The Battle Mode, the charts for quick-made towns and taverns, and we can't forget the Pizza Matrix. All that and more on a good, heavy stock, multi-panel/multi-page screen laminated for ease of use with wet/dry erase markers...WOTC could have taken a lesson there! ;)

Dark Archive
ChrisRevocateur wrote:

BEST! SCREEN! EVAR!!!

Seriously. The hardbound book stock is super durable as everyone has said, and the table selection is the best I've ever seen in a screen. The fact that they included the conditions and item hardness/hp is what I personally think is most useful and different from the other screens I've seen.

Truly -- I finally got mine and it's the most beautiful and sturdiest GM screen I've yet seen! :)

The only minus (as obidavekenobi notes above) is that it's missing the AoO chart (I, too, think that you don't need the XP chart until the end of the session, so it should have been left out).
Asgetrion wrote:
ChrisRevocateur wrote:

BEST! SCREEN! EVAR!!!

Seriously. The hardbound book stock is super durable as everyone has said, and the table selection is the best I've ever seen in a screen. The fact that they included the conditions and item hardness/hp is what I personally think is most useful and different from the other screens I've seen.

Truly -- I finally got mine and it's the most beautiful and sturdiest GM screen I've yet seen! :)

The only minus (as obidavekenobi notes above) is that it's missing the AoO chart (I, too, think that you don't need the XP chart until the end of the session, so it should have been left out).

I like the XP chart. I give out XP after the encounters though. Sometimes my player level up mid game session. But then we play long session every two weeks. Instead of a 4 hour session a week we do an 8 hour session every two weeks. So I like to give the XP out immediately because leveling up sometime needs to happen mid game as the AP requires expect the players to be at certain level by certain points.

As for AoO that's something we don't look up very often. We all have the chart practically memorized.

Amazon is out. Anyone know when they will be restocking?
Paizo Employee Chief Technical Officer

I've just realized that the main image for this product has long been one grabbed from the middle of the screen itself, and not the one designed for the wrap, with the "GM Screen" text, which is the product's "actual" cover. Fixed.
Paizo Employee Chief Technical Officer
Deyvantius wrote:
Amazon is out. Anyone know when they will be restocking?

We have no insight into their processes, but we'll see if we can't ask their distributor to give them a poke.

Paizo Employee CEO

Actually, we are pretty much out of stock on the first print run. The second print run should be here in late January to early February. We have a few dozen left to sell on paizo.com and then the first print run will be gone.

Btw, for those about to ask, there were no changes to the second print run.

-Lisa
Scarab Sages

I got mine yesterday, and I have to say I love it. Sturdy, well-designed, nice artwork, and with great information. Definitely one of the best DM screens I've ever seen.
Sovereign Court
Pathfinder Pathfinder Accessories, Starfinder Adventure Path, Starfinder Roleplaying Game, Starfinder Society Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Charter Superscriber
Aberzombie wrote:
I got mine yesterday, and I have to say I love it. Sturdy, well-designed, nice artwork, and with great information. Definitely one of the best DM screens I've ever seen.

no doubt! it probably should have been called a GM Shield not a screen. This is the most sturdy one I've ever seen.

This is going for 128.99 over on Amazon. Hah!
Mairkurion {tm} wrote:
This is going for 128.99 over on Amazon. Hah!

Glad I got mine immediately.

Dark Archive
Lisa Stevens wrote:

Actually, we are pretty much out of stock on the first print run. The second print run should be here in late January to early February. We have a few dozen left to sell on paizo.com and then the first print run will be gone.

Btw, for those about to ask, there were no changes to the second print run.

-Lisa

I literally grabbed mine from the hands of one of the owners of my FLGS -- they had only received one screen, and since I had ordered mine before he did, he had to give it to me (I would have fought him, if he hadn't ;))! And boy, wasn't he disappointed about having to wait for the second print run... :)

Liberty's Edge
Lisa Stevens wrote:

Actually, we are pretty much out of stock on the first print run. The second print run should be here in late January to early February. We have a few dozen left to sell on paizo.com and then the first print run will be gone.

Btw, for those about to ask, there were no changes to the second print run.

-Lisa

LISA,

It's now early/mid February, any more of a solid date on when we're going to see the Pathfinder GM screen back on store shelves?

Thanks.
Paizo Employee Chief Technical Officer
Floyd Wesel wrote:
Lisa Stevens wrote:

Actually, we are pretty much out of stock on the first print run. The second print run should be here in late January to early February. We have a few dozen left to sell on paizo.com and then the first print run will be gone.

Btw, for those about to ask, there were no changes to the second print run.

-Lisa

LISA,

It's now early/mid February, any more of a solid date on when we're going to see the Pathfinder GM screen back on store shelves?

Thanks.

Hopefully it'll be in our warehouse within the next two or three weeks, and at retail a week or two after that.

Liberty's Edge
Vic Wertz wrote:
Hopefully it'll be in our warehouse within the next two or three weeks, and at retail a week or two after that.

Thanks for the update, Vic!

When is this going to be back in stock? I usually prefer to buy through my local game store because they let us game there but they haven't been able to get any.
Shadow Lodge
Pathfinder Lost Omens, Rulebook, Starfinder Adventure Path, Starfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber

I got this as a Valentine's gift and I couldn't be happier! It has most of the things I normally I have to scrounge for in the rulebook printed on it. It's solid, unlike the slimsy ones I have, and if needed can be used to hit problem players in the head hehehehe :)
The Exchange
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It may not be as cool as the official one, and its certainly not as sturdy (since its constructed of computer bits lol) but you can try this one until the real deal comes in!

It's a 4-panel landscape-oriented PDF with art on the player side and charts on the GM side. Print and glue to some card-stock and that might do ya for a few weeks till you can get the real deal :)

Any idea when this will be back in stock?

-The Gneech
Mairkurion {tm} wrote:
This is going for 128.99 over on Amazon. Hah!

It's now at $242.61 minimum... that's just crazy.

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GentleGiant wrote:
Mairkurion {tm} wrote:
This is going for 128.99 over on Amazon. Hah!
It's now at $242.61 minimum... that's just crazy.

What I wanna know is--who actually would pay that? Is someone that impatient for the next print run?

I'm just glad mine came in a couple weeks ago. No idea that it was going to run out!

It's a gorgeous GM screen. I've noticed as an added bonus since it's hard coverstock, I can sit it in my lap so I can still see the game table and use it as a writing surface for my notes as well.

Most of the information is very useful (everything except the XP and treasure awards, which I don't really need DURING games)--this is the first GM screen I kept checking as I was running a session.
Pathfinder Pathfinder Accessories, Starfinder Adventure Path, Starfinder Society Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber
GentleGiant wrote:
Mairkurion {tm} wrote:
This is going for 128.99 over on Amazon. Hah!
It's now at $242.61 minimum... that's just crazy.

That's the craziest thing I've ever heard, what the hell would cause someone to charge that much?

John Robey wrote:

Any idea when this will be back in stock?

-The Gneech

Wow, I totally missed Vic's update three posts above mine. My bad! *forehead slap*

-TG
Paizo Employee Chief Technical Officer

The second print run just arrived today. (It's identical to the first printing.) Attentive retailers should have copies in a couple of weeks at most.
Liberty's Edge

This is really a remarkable screen. Everyone that sees it loves it.

I noticed a typo on mine and I'm not sure if it has been fixed for any newer printings but figured I'd mention it. Knowledge table: ancient is spelled anicent. No big deal, just pointing it out for any future runs if not fixed already.
Legendary Games, Necromancer Games

Quick question...

Is this a Pathfinder-ey 3.5 screen, or is it truly a screen for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game? It appears to be the latter, but I want to make sure before I order it.
Grand Lodge
Clark Peterson wrote:

Quick question...

Is this a Pathfinder-ey 3.5 screen, or is it truly a screen for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game? It appears to be the latter, but I want to make sure before I order it.

It is the latter

I just ordered my screen from Amazon this morning for $10.19. But realized afterwards they are out of stock. So not sure when I will get it.

No big rush at the moment, though. (Except wanting to get my grubby hands on it).

Second printing arrived back in February, yet Amazon (the European branches too) is still out...
I would have ordered it from here, but the shipping costs make it cost prohibitive (since I need 4 screens)...
Anyone else know where it's available for a reasonable price?
GentleGiant wrote:

Second printing arrived back in February, yet Amazon (the European branches too) is still out...

I would have ordered it from here, but the shipping costs make it cost prohibitive (since I need 4 screens)...
Anyone else know where it's available for a reasonable price?

Bump...

Paizo Employee CEO
GentleGiant wrote:
GentleGiant wrote:

Second printing arrived back in February, yet Amazon (the European branches too) is still out...

I would have ordered it from here, but the shipping costs make it cost prohibitive (since I need 4 screens)...
Anyone else know where it's available for a reasonable price?
Bump...

The screen has been available to all distributors and retailers since the beginning of this year. We have absolutely no control over who buys it and what they sell it for. But it IS in stock right now.

-Lisa
Liberty's Edge
GentleGiant wrote:
GentleGiant wrote:

Second printing arrived back in February, yet Amazon (the European branches too) is still out...

I would have ordered it from here, but the shipping costs make it cost prohibitive (since I need 4 screens)...
Anyone else know where it's available for a reasonable price?
Bump...

To me it seems like if you did need four screens it would be better. The cost of shipping spread out over four screens.....

Better than buying one screen and having the cost on that only.

Sean

This, along with the core rulebook, is one of the greatest gaming purchases I've ever made. I'm not one for overstatement either.

This is a priceless resource for my table and has save me so(o^10^50) much time while running a crazy bit of sudden combat or remembering what the darn effects do to the PC's stats.

I highly recommend this for anyone new to the Pathfinder game who is lucky enough to stand behind such an accessory and call themselves Game Master (though, good luck getting your players to respect you enough to follow suit). If you are new to the game you're late but very, very welcome.

Can you tell I like the game? ;)
Grand Lodge
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This screen is as good as they come! Paizo if you had the rights to Call of Cthulhu you would be my absolute favorite publisher and my total one stop for all my gaming supplies.

I went to order, thinking shipping wouldn't be much for this product, and to my shock... over ten dollars on shipping and handling.

Seriously, for a product that doesn't weigh that much? That's a bit excessive in my book and it really disappoints me.

I want to support Paizo, but I'm not going to pay an excessive premium on shipping to do it, particularly when I can get it elsewhere for less than half the total price. :\
Paizo Employee Chief Technical Officer
PurpleWizard wrote:

I went to order, thinking shipping wouldn't be much for this product, and to my shock... over ten dollars on shipping and handling.

Seriously, for a product that doesn't weigh that much? That's a bit excessive in my book and really disappoints me.

I don't think I'm going to shell out 25 bucks just for a fancy screen when I can buy it elsewhere for less than half of the total price.

I can't look at your shipping details from home, or see what country you live in... but assuming you live in the US, what's going on here is this:

By itself, the the screen doesn't qualify for the low Bound Printed Matter rate, and it's three ounces over the weight limit for First Class mail, so the two most reasonable choices left within the US are UPS and USPS Priority Mail, neither of which are particularly inexpensive. (UPS rates are based on distance, so if you're close to us, it's usually the cheaper method, but if you're on the East Coast, Priority Mail is probably the cheaper method.)

I do have two suggestions for you, though.

The first is that if you add enough Bound Printed Matter to outweigh the screen, then we can send it by a cheaper method. For example, if I were to ship the Screen to Boston by itself, it would have to go Priority, costing $11.54... but if I add two Pathfinder Adventure Path volumes, then I can ship the whole lot to Boston using Bound Printed Matter rates for $6.54. (This kind of weirdness only applies to domestic shipping. Internationally, the contents don't really matter—just the weight. It's kind of crazy, but it's actually cheaper to ship a screen by itself to Australia than it is to New York.)

The second thing is that if you're currently going Priority and not UPS, odds are good that the rate that has been selected is a Priority Flat Rate Box—or that you're very close to one—and you can add stuff to a Flat Rate Box until it's physically full without having the shipping price go up much, if at all. For example, it costs $11.54 to ship that one screen Priority... but I can ship *ten* screens for just $12.24. (Obviously, you don't want ten screens, but the point is that you could add dice, miniatures, T-shirts, or whatever else, and not see a big increase for a while.)

I'm in Michigan, and selected the cheapest option, which was UPS ground. Appreciate the explanation, Vic. :)
Dark Archive

I just looked at one of these in my store, and it said second printing on the back. Are there any differences between the first and second printings?
Paizo Employee Chief Technical Officer
avgbountyhunter wrote:
I just looked at one of these in my store, and it said second printing on the back. Are there any differences between the first and second printings?

Nothing substantial enough to release an errata document. We added some legal text to the paper wrapper, and fixed the misspelled word "symbol" on the Knowledge DCs chart.

Pathfinder Maps, Pathfinder Accessories Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Charter Superscriber; Starfinder Charter Superscriber

So now there's a third printing, any changes worth pointing out?
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Zaister wrote:
So now there's a third printing, any changes worth pointing out?

From what I understand, there were only minimal editorial changes (nothing worth supplying an Errata document for).

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