tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post244329406421830763..comments2024-02-16T22:05:32.773+02:00Comments on LotFP: RPG: Inspiration vs CommerceJimLotFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02992397707040836366noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-44204904173985910422011-05-27T18:18:02.839+03:002011-05-27T18:18:02.839+03:00Since I got this thing: Savage Worlds Customizable...Since I got this thing: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Savage-Worlds-Customizable-Screen-S2P10002/dp/1930855591" rel="nofollow">Savage Worlds Customizable GM Screen</a><br /><br />I'll probably never buy another screen again. But that's just me.Jeremy Deramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166744272459044563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-90909389662128345422011-05-25T04:39:16.303+03:002011-05-25T04:39:16.303+03:00I use the same 1E screen (although I use the one w...I use the same 1E screen (although I use the one with the old art). I find that I only use the combat tables (even though I'm running Adventures Dark and Deep with it, the tables still work the same). The psionics tables are completely lost on me.Greyhawk Grognardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929743865700766901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-55134244581929967592011-05-24T06:27:39.982+03:002011-05-24T06:27:39.982+03:00FWIW, the only screen I use is a Master Screen. It...FWIW, the only screen I use is a Master Screen. It is a hard durable 4-part screen with plastic covers that allows you to slide in your own pages. I make my own with the charts (from the rules and homemade) that I deem necessary. Also, the art I select follows the tone of my game. For example, although LotFP's implied setting is Renaissance, I'm still keeping my campaign gritty S&S. Renaissance images would invoke the wrong feeling for my game. I may still pick it up for the charts, but then I'm not purchasing it for a screen. In this case, I wonder if the format is best for it's purpose.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12460232211687806213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-79136086650800629372011-05-23T16:44:36.612+03:002011-05-23T16:44:36.612+03:00I'd would by a screen that had the following:
...I'd would by a screen that had the following:<br /><br />On the Player's Side:<br /><br />Weather Display (Temp/Wind/Conditions)<br />Time Keeper Display (24 Hour Clock Broken down into turns)<br />Art<br /><br />DM's Side:<br /><br />NPC & Monster Reactions tables <br />Changeable Encounter Tables<br />Weather Table<br />Ranger and Travel ChartsKorean Kodiak aka Evil Elihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04373014560739709071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-41627161623867122582011-05-23T11:25:56.039+03:002011-05-23T11:25:56.039+03:00I'd use a screen that had cool art on one side...I'd use a screen that had cool art on one side and on the other side random tables for cool stuff (like the Vornheim guide), and then just sleeves for you to print off your own charts and insert them. That way it doesn't look like crap, but you change the printouts for whatever system you're using and keep the screen looking good.John Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15768771014487413321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-65661856515532878392011-05-23T07:32:02.900+03:002011-05-23T07:32:02.900+03:00For what it's worth, I just started running a ...For what it's worth, I just started running a LotFP game and I need a DM screen. I probably won't run LotFP exclusively or forever, but if you come up with a screen that's anything like what you're currently producing, I'll buy it and use it.Russhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06818303172957630563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-74978214518405922262011-05-23T04:08:49.548+03:002011-05-23T04:08:49.548+03:00"what is Zak's 'day job?'"--...<b><i>"what is Zak's 'day job?'"</i>--Clovis Cithog</b><br /><br />Here's a link to the Wikipedia page about him:<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zak_Smith" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zak_Smith</a>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14398295844409607075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-32527875122818136502011-05-23T03:02:36.944+03:002011-05-23T03:02:36.944+03:00still use my Esoteric Creature Generator
(now play...still use my Esoteric Creature Generator<br />(now playing mutant future ; - )<br /><br />my vote . . . system neutral GMs screen<br /><br />Im curious,<br />what is Zak's 'day job?'Clovis Cithoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18208194219083373456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-7049097929980066572011-05-22T22:10:16.734+03:002011-05-22T22:10:16.734+03:00I bought a used 4E D&D hardcover landscape scr...I bought a used 4E D&D hardcover landscape screen for cheap and made my own LOTFP screen by printing and pasting parts of the pdf on the inside. On the inner 4 panels I've pasted the back pages of the Rules & Magic book and the Referee's book; Common Activities, Saving Throws, Combat Options, and Encumberance table from the character sheet; the Equipment and Watercraft tables; and the Retainers table. My ideal offical screen would have the naga/Flame Princess art on one side and the above tables on the other.vfultshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15810309751770061681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-27513013622752293742011-05-22T19:15:11.149+03:002011-05-22T19:15:11.149+03:00I never use a DM's screen. I tried to a couple...I never use a DM's screen. I tried to a couple times back in the early 80s, but I hated the damn thing and ended up throwing it across the room. The only value I ever got out of my screen was sitting and staring at its wondrous Trampier art.<br /><br />I also never use character sheets. Just give me a piece of notebook paper, which is the best character sheet ever. You never have the problem of "Hey, I can't fit this in the little space!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-21668003873270215782011-05-22T19:03:25.093+03:002011-05-22T19:03:25.093+03:00I love screens! But it's always been more abou...I love screens! But it's always been more about the evocative art than rules (or hiding stuff, for that matter). That said something like Vornheim that helps you come up with stuff on the fly would be very handy on a screen!Mallius Vanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017597212038657943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-85945281271460927072011-05-22T18:46:10.833+03:002011-05-22T18:46:10.833+03:00Here is a idea. Myself and the GMs I grew up with ...Here is a idea. Myself and the GMs I grew up with used the screen merely as a Wall to hide behind and not as a useful set of refined rules. I do not think anyone bothered with the rules printed on them - rules were memorized, books were handy. <br /><br />Why not make a set of screens - Art on either side. The art would evoke a mood in the game - combat, spooky, gruesome, chill, relxing, urban etc. When the GM wants to capture that mood he/she flips that side of the screen toward the players.<br /><br />I could see a LotFP screen cut and shaped like the Naga thing on the Blog Banner/Cover of the Box set. It would sort of wrap around the GM.<br /><br />Would such a item be a gaming tool? In as much as it acts as the 4th wall as times - yes. As a handy dandy helper with charts and shit. Nope.<br /><br />Why not prints up hand out and GM cheat sheets - or maybe a well indxed cheat sheet mini book for the GM to use and include that.<br /><br />Kick ass super mega awesome as fuck looking screen to act as a wall and a handy dandy set of handouts/cheat sheets or mini books well indxed with rules for GMs and players.Anathematicianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09690147218442114230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-33170082749682526462011-05-22T18:05:20.958+03:002011-05-22T18:05:20.958+03:00I think my ideal screen is a hardcover landscape d...I think my ideal screen is a hardcover landscape design with cool art on the outside and with easy to grok random charts for coming up with NPCs, color for towns and dungeonss, etc. on the inside. I'd pay for that.maasenstodthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08901306527875471546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-13841776150032374872011-05-22T14:48:38.999+03:002011-05-22T14:48:38.999+03:00I use a plastic screen with clear pockets on each ...I use a plastic screen with clear pockets on each panel. That lets me put rules stuff for the players on the outside and my own notes for the game on the inside. I think the screen actually came from Pinnacle originally, but I use it for all sorts of things.<br /><br />I only ever published one thing (so far) and that was a case of "nobody's ever done a game which was actually ABOUT metal, so maybe I should" rather than any deep research, which is how Umläut came about. So I'm probably not a great person to ask...Rich Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07496033995933535275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-37387498627999187892011-05-22T13:17:32.723+03:002011-05-22T13:17:32.723+03:00Yeah, I'm thinking of rules-independent screen...Yeah, I'm thinking of rules-independent screen so it wouldn't be tied specifically to MY GAME, but at the same time still be something that makes my personal game easier to run.JimLotFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992397707040836366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-18684935029835102652011-05-22T13:12:18.568+03:002011-05-22T13:12:18.568+03:00You could always have a screen full of improvisati...You could always have a screen full of improvisation stuff, like Zak's Urbancrawl rules (or my own, very influenced by Zak, Dungeon Crawl), relationship charts, things that help a referee run the game. No need for all the rules, since they are easily accessed by character sheets and the books (which are easy to find rules in). Something like that would make a screen worthwhile.Simon Forsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01243845335993440168noreply@blogger.com