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I never have but meant to do so. Last year I picked up some 6"x8" acrylic menu stands, drew up & printed out pictures of my PCs to put in the stands and I have yet to place them on a table for a game.
I only see about one or two people at a table using a table tent. With the big explosion of new players in my area (Denver) I think I'm going to start using them.
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As a GM and as a player, I LOVE when people use them - but I usually don't, due to space issues. I handed them out to my players at my first con, but after the clutter of a typical gaming table once you add maps, terrain, laptops, books... I went back to making notes for myself.
Yeah once I take down all the info on the Tents I ask my players to remove them from the table, unless ofcourse the table is large enough to accomfate them. I have never been to a convention that had a large enough table.
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I've always wanted to do this at conventions but I haven't yet for two primary reasons. First, I rarely get to play and second, I'm not the most organized guy.
But I always admire the players out there that do have table tents. Especially ones with pictures or key statistics displayed. It does help everyone get into the roleplaying spirit.
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I use the PFS table tent PDF to create mine and I do use them.
Same here.
I keep all my characters in one of those binders with a clear plastic sleeve, and the table tents form the 'cover' of the binder. So in the event there isn't room to display it on the table, it's still generally in plain view, or handy to be flashed if need be.
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I use character tents to remind folks of my character's name and possibly some representative flavor text.
Atavisk, Shield Basher of Rovagug
Bruno Breakbone, pre-Lissala corruption
Bruno Breakbone, post-Lissala corruption
Cyrus Sevenfingers, dwarven Zen Archer/Inquisitor
Nyssa Nox, teenage pathfinder and student at Absalom High
Going through all these just reminded me I forgot to update/create a tent for my L15 Venture Captain!
Since my main character drops so many buffs, I created a bunch of buff tents. Some examples:
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I use a table tents all the time (provided I have one for the character, which I do for nearly all of them). I truly to no understand the claim that they take up too much table space. Maybe I am spoiler by the local game stores and cons where the tables are big enough for a 2" deep paper tent right at the top of a character sheet. Can't say for sure. I always leave mine there because it reminds people of my character's name and what I'm doing there. Which is why I love it when other players use tents as well.
As for the buff tents, love these like none other! Especially when they list what kind of bonus it is so we know quickly if it stacks or not. No more confusion!
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I actually have my PC's in plastic sheet protectors in binders. The first page of my binder has a card-stock table tent that I slip halfway out of the binder (or 1/3) and fold up to show my PC writeup and picture. Just pull the page partway out of the protector, fold it once to get it to stand up and instant table tent.
I like that. I admit I was just thinking that I use a fair bit of table space for my computer, I should add a "character tent" and Buff tent to the back side of the screen.
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This is my first time hearing about these things! Need to craft a couple.
Funny how memorizing each other's characters is easy up here in the north. Guess it comes with having a central wiki that anyone can edit. Idle long enough and you'll soon know what, and how, the rest of the community plays.
Anyhow, on to crafting.
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I use them and wish more people would, especially at cons. It's a lot easier to talk to people in character when you know what to call them. Using acrylic stands is a great idea, as the tents invariably get in the way.
I love the buff tents too. The buff cards are nice, but hard to read when you're not sitting next to the bard who keeps laying them down on the table.
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I use a custom tent for my PCs. GM side has a pic, character name, and critical GM reminders like "trap spotter", or favorite enemies. Situational stuff that is easily forgotten by the GM. On my side is a cliff note character sheet (saves, AC, attacks).
Downside, need to update it and reprint every level.
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The last couple Cons I have been to I have noticed even fewer people using them.
Anyone else notice that Table tents (what few there were of them) are disappearing?
May be space issues.
Not at the table, in the bags.
At GenCon, I ended up leaving my acrylic stand in my room because I was trying to fit all the books I needed plus my dice plus my figure bag plus a spare shirt (for going out at the end of the day)plus pens, pencils, notepads, notebooks, etc...
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but the large ones (acrylic stands etc.) where not all that common anyway. and I have been seeing more of the "dice roller" trays lately, which are larger, and less stacks of books...
Most of the table tents were/are simple sheets of paper folded once. So ... just a little bit of work to make them before the game and some (like mine) don't even take up table space.
True, but keeping up to date can get kind of crazy if you weren't planning on a character playing at a given convention and a good path/opportunity opened up for them. My -1 was initially going to be taking GenCon 'off', but I ended up playing him five slots....
I try to have a character tent whenever possible. In part because my character names can be hard to pronounce (not deliberately, honest!) for some people, and in part because people seem to forget racial characteristics...
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I never have but meant to do so. Last year I picked up some 6"x8" acrylic menu stands, drew up & printed out pictures of my PCs to put in the stands and I have yet to place them on a table for a game.
I only see about one or two people at a table using a table tent. With the big explosion of new players in my area (Denver) I think I'm going to start using them.
I did - I got some menu stands like you did - but at some venues there is often a premium of table space so enough time being asked to remove them, I stopped bringing mine.
I am thinking of bringing them back for NPCs
I make sure I bring one that everyone can fit in, nobody likes the guy that brings a Pup tent :-)
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Venture-Captain, California—San Francisco Bay Area North & East
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I make pretty nifty table tents. Nice picture on the front with its name, role, faction, deity, level, race, and my name. Still all fits fine.
The back of mine is also a mini-character sheet. Saves, AC, most common spells, and attack options.
I make them in excel, but they still need updating every time I level.
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I make a custom table tent in Publisher for each of my PCs right before a big con. General info on the front for other players and quick reference info on my side (AC, standard attack info and saves).
On the table side, for my ranger I placed favored enemy information or four my rogue "Trapspotter". This is a quick visual reminder for the GM of some of my special abilities that might get missed if a specific situation arises.
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It looks like I will be GMing a couple adventures at Queen City Conquest, so I was wondering if anyone has had their GM bring either the acrylics or table tents for people to fill out?
I know I would prefer to use the character's names and it doesn't seem like most players bring their own.
Just hand out card stock scraps folded in half. work almost as well and are MUCH cheaper.
Thinking about carving a tent or two out of some basswood i have lying around..
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On the table side, for my ranger I placed favored enemy information or four my rogue "Trapspotter". This is a quick visual reminder for the GM of some of my special abilities that might get missed if a specific situation arises.
I played (perhaps with you) at Gencon and having the trapspotter on the tent did remind me to use that talent when dming.