In Defense of the Screen from The Whispering GM

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In Defense of the Screen

34 minutes Posted Aug 7, 2024 at 9:00 am.

Intro

Theme

The Dungeon Master Screen

A Case Against: Transparency in Dice Rolls

Some Rolls Should Be Secret

What about the RAW?

Rolling in the Open: A Guard against Fudge

The ACTUAL Point of the DM Screen

The Best of Both Worlds

Some Secrecy is Good for the Players

But What about Low Prep / No Prep?

Call in: Red Dice Diaries John - Scheming Players & Fudging Dice

Call In: Diagetic Advancement Riley - Active Defense

...A Final Word on Ghouls

...LBB-ified Thief vs Greyhawk Thief

Ghouls! What constitutes a Touch?

Why Specify a Wand of Paralysis?

Where did Con-Based Resurrection Survival Come From?

What actually IS Ghoul paralysis?

Thank You, Callers, Listeners, and Other Interacters

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-- Description --

The Dungeon Master Screen: do you use one? I do - but some other folks don't: why would they eschew this time-tested tool and why I think DM screens are great.

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-- Show Notes --

-- Links --

Aug's Entirely Too Long Custom Screen: https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/2024/01/0e-reference-sheets.html

Confessions of a High Prep GM:

- Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-whispering-gm/episodes/Confessions-of-a-High-Prep-GM-e2dr5lp

- YouTube: https://youtu.be/3omIW4201EQ

Red Dice Diaries: https://reddicediaries.bearblog.dev/

Diagetic Advancement: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/diegeticadvancement

Wight Box: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/473031/wight-box-original-medieval-fantasy-adventure-campaigns

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