As a matter of principle, such a screen can complement or reference the source material and reply to needs that the original product cannot cover.
The strong points: Having reviewed a few of the screens in this series, I keep believing that there is a need for custom-made screens that accompany demanding adventures or campaigns. It should be noted that none of the tables and extracts on this screen reference the pages or books they originally appeared in. The screen's final panel shows ten images of the cultists and enemies that the players will encounter in the adventure: Frulam Mondath, Talis the White, Rath Modar, and Sandesyl Morgia can be found amongst them. One fifth of that panel is taken by a close up of the image on page 6 (Greenest in Flames). Each is explained in anything from two to five bullet points. The third leftmost panel includes fourteen (!) of D&D's conditions: Blinded, Charmed, Deafened, Frightened, Grappled etc all the way to Unconscious. The remaining one third of the panel is taken by the image on page 72 of the adventure. One is devoted to the random encounters of Episode 1, one to the wandering monsters of Episode 3, two to the Hiring Out and the Trade Way events of Episode 4, one to the Encounters North of Waterdeep from Episode 5, and one on the Encounters on the Mere of the Dead Men from Episode 6. Images (you read that right: images) of the adventure's four main allies can be found under them: Tarbaw Nighthill, Leosin Erlanthar, Ontharr Frume, and Jamna Gleamsilver. On the DM's side the rightmost panel begins with small maps of Greenest and Parnast, along with their two keys. Under these two images the screen hosts the two logos of Dungeons & Dragons and Tyranny of Dragons. 43 of the adventure) and the Hunting Lodge (p. The two extreme panels depict Castle Naerytar (p. The player-facing side central panels of the screen depicts a close up on the adventure's cover (the dragon having frozen one opponent to death and proceeding with the second). In other words, this review relates exclusively to the print edition.Ĭontents: The screen is a 4-panel hardcover affair in landscape mode (21,5 x 27 cm per panel at 2 mm of thickness) for a total length of 108 cm. What you get: Your EUR 13 or USD 15 or GBP 11 will buy you the Dungeon Master's Screen - Tyranny of Dragons, a screen created not for any Dungeons and Dragons 5e adventure in general, but specifically for Hoard of the Dragon Queen.Īs with almost all D&D fifth edition products, Dungeon Master's Screen - Tyranny of Dragons as is does not currently have a pdf version. The screen features a fearsome image of Glazhael the Cloudchaser, a white dragon, as well as glimpses of a wintery lodge and ruined keep to be explored.'
Between exasperation and disappointment, I'd go for the former.īlurb from the publisher: 'This screen is the perfect companion for those Dungeon Masters running the Hoard of the Dragon Queen adventure. Review Summary: A screen that learned nothing from the mistakes of earlier products in the same line.
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