Used to use a laptop, now I use my phone. It served the same purpose of "shit the players either don't need to or shouldn't know." I've always done open rolls to keep myself honest, stops me from fudging a roll to keep a player alive (I still can since the players wouldn't know the dcs or modifiers for a given roll, but I'm a lot less tempted to). That and it's fun to roll a d% for random encounters in full view of the players who have no idea what the roll even means.
>cloth gloves
As everybody should know by now, conservators and archivists don't use gloves when reading books except in the rarest of circumstances. The risk of damage to a book is far greater with gloves than without.
Yes, if the DM is Matt Mercer that's the biggest indicator. I can't believe that he is a professional voice actor and has Scottish parents and his dwarf voice remains so incredibly shit. If you have an ear for accents it's enough to make you envy the deaf.
They aren't but they should speak in Scots, like in Three Hearts, Three Lions by Poul Anderson.
Mercer does not speak Scots. He's a clipe an' easily frichted by the glaikit audience he's courted.
I mostly use my DH screen because it has quick references for weapon stats, combat action, common modifiers, and other shit that's nice to not have to open up the book for. It's a handy tool that keeps the game moving.
>Gary (Gygax) ran games in his office, which was provided with chairs, a couch, and file cabinets. While playing, Gary would open the drawers of the file cabinet and sit behind them so that the players COULD NOT SEE HIM. They only experienced the Dungeon Master as a disembodied voice. >Dave Arneson was manning the store that day, and our little group represented a pretty big sale, so Dave offered to Dungeon Master a game for us. The kitchen of the house has been arranged for running D&D. Dave sat in the kitchen proper and we sat in the breakfast nook. A table spanned the two little spaces but it was divided by a sheet of plywood, which was perforated with holes like a bank teller's window. This meant we could not see Dave, only hear him. As his disembodied voice led us through our adventure in Blackmoor, occassionally a hand would appear through the slot at table height and deposit dice in front of us. "ROLL THESE," the voice of god commanded; we complied, and our fates were decided. In the end we were killed off by a combination of acid and rats and sent back to Chicago.
If you aren't hidden in a confessional while DMing you're NGMI. I bet you don't even have a caller and a mapper. You just draw the maps for the players like a cuck.
My only concern with that are battle maps, in more tactile systems (like the child of wargames D&D is).
Though in the age of online gaming, plenty of people do this with minimal issues of seeing the table.
I usually find one or two problems in game-specific ones making me dislike them. I have yet to find a general one that I like, one where I can just slip in papers in the front and back (so I can add my own art)
It's easier to make stuff up if I need to or to take a minute to remember what I was talking about after being interrupted for the nth time by some random inane comment. I can simple just shuffle my papers around and pretend to be looking for something
Don't see a reason there's a problem using one. Plenty of times I don't want players to see what monster I am about to throw at them. At the moment I'm rolling everything except monster hit points in front of the players not that I'd need a screen for that.
Anyone care to elaborate or am I just feeding a b8 thread?
Not using a screen.
concealing information from the players is like half of being the DM
This. The GM is the story’s god. Players are along for the fun of it.
I wanna hide the cool monster mini before the combat starts
Ah. That's another one. A use of terrain or minis is a major sign of massive homosexualry.
Can you tell us what kind of DMing is not homosexualy in your opinion so we can have some kind of springboard for this discussion?
Whatever you and your group dont do, because he's a shitposter, and not even a very interesting one
Oh, I'm sure. I just figured I'd at least try to have something fruitful out of this shitheap of a thread.
how can any part of DMing (dick mastering) ever not be homosexual you homosexual?
You laugh, but that ginger is learned by the blade and he would cleave you asunder! What's more, he'd laugh all the same!
I just like arts and crafts.
Used to use a laptop, now I use my phone. It served the same purpose of "shit the players either don't need to or shouldn't know." I've always done open rolls to keep myself honest, stops me from fudging a roll to keep a player alive (I still can since the players wouldn't know the dcs or modifiers for a given roll, but I'm a lot less tempted to). That and it's fun to roll a d% for random encounters in full view of the players who have no idea what the roll even means.
>using electronic devices at the table
Ah, the biggest indicator of a homosexual GM.
>using a hardbound book
Without my plastic condom and cloth gloves? No way freak!
>cloth gloves
As everybody should know by now, conservators and archivists don't use gloves when reading books except in the rarest of circumstances. The risk of damage to a book is far greater with gloves than without.
Can OP once not be a moronic homosexual?
I use a gm screen, it lays flat on top of my notes when i go to take a shit
>Anon carves his notes on the table
Elaborate or else you are just a shitposter
>consumerist
>need to legitimize self rather than just run good games
>can't see man boobs
So I was correct
>he thinks it's bait
I think he meant the homosexual part
it's just that usually OP is a homosexual less literally
I don't have anything that I would need to put behind a screen.
But if you do then fine, have fun.
The screen makes me feel powerful.
Agreed, red cards, rewinding, stars, etc. all are homosexual things which let you know you shouldn't play with such idiots.
picrelated
How is pic related, exactly?
Yes, if the DM is Matt Mercer that's the biggest indicator. I can't believe that he is a professional voice actor and has Scottish parents and his dwarf voice remains so incredibly shit. If you have an ear for accents it's enough to make you envy the deaf.
Dwarves aren’t Scottish.
Yes they are
They aren't but they should speak in Scots, like in Three Hearts, Three Lions by Poul Anderson.
Mercer does not speak Scots. He's a clipe an' easily frichted by the glaikit audience he's courted.
I sit in a bin.
I mostly use my DH screen because it has quick references for weapon stats, combat action, common modifiers, and other shit that's nice to not have to open up the book for. It's a handy tool that keeps the game moving.
>Gary (Gygax) ran games in his office, which was provided with chairs, a couch, and file cabinets. While playing, Gary would open the drawers of the file cabinet and sit behind them so that the players COULD NOT SEE HIM. They only experienced the Dungeon Master as a disembodied voice.
>Dave Arneson was manning the store that day, and our little group represented a pretty big sale, so Dave offered to Dungeon Master a game for us. The kitchen of the house has been arranged for running D&D. Dave sat in the kitchen proper and we sat in the breakfast nook. A table spanned the two little spaces but it was divided by a sheet of plywood, which was perforated with holes like a bank teller's window. This meant we could not see Dave, only hear him. As his disembodied voice led us through our adventure in Blackmoor, occassionally a hand would appear through the slot at table height and deposit dice in front of us. "ROLL THESE," the voice of god commanded; we complied, and our fates were decided. In the end we were killed off by a combination of acid and rats and sent back to Chicago.
If you aren't hidden in a confessional while DMing you're NGMI. I bet you don't even have a caller and a mapper. You just draw the maps for the players like a cuck.
My only concern with that are battle maps, in more tactile systems (like the child of wargames D&D is).
Though in the age of online gaming, plenty of people do this with minimal issues of seeing the table.
I don't give a frick about rolls. It does a good job of letting me keep statblocks and condition pages pinned up in front of my eyes.
I usually find one or two problems in game-specific ones making me dislike them. I have yet to find a general one that I like, one where I can just slip in papers in the front and back (so I can add my own art)
Have you thought about just using a binder?
>build a wizard's tower out of trash cans
Frick yeah I wanna sit in the tower
It's easier to make stuff up if I need to or to take a minute to remember what I was talking about after being interrupted for the nth time by some random inane comment. I can simple just shuffle my papers around and pretend to be looking for something
What's more cringe?
A DM's screen or a laptop?
I dunno, I think running games in the first place is kinda cringe, you know?
it makes me feel safer and protected from the player menace.
>is there any bigger indicator that the gm is cringe?
I can think of one.
Don't see a reason there's a problem using one. Plenty of times I don't want players to see what monster I am about to throw at them. At the moment I'm rolling everything except monster hit points in front of the players not that I'd need a screen for that.
Anyone care to elaborate or am I just feeding a b8 thread?
There are hundreds of images of gm screen pics available. OP chooses one with that guy in it. Post isn't about screens, it's about that guy.