Customised Paraphenalia [Archive] - Wizards Community

Customised Paraphenalia [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Azezel
04-10-06, 03:27 PM I have heavilly customised my PHB, and made my own custom DM screen - I was wandering how many other people have modified or created gaming matterials to suit their own taste.

My PHB:

The Index: There are 11 chaptersin the PHB (and an introduction), and the pages are just about 11 inches tall, so it is quite easy to cut the edge off each page to make an easy-to-use chapter index. Dont cut the pages of chapter Eleven - cut a one inch by 1/3 inch section from the top right of each page in Chapter Ten, cut a 2 inch by 1/3 inch section from the top right of every page in Chapter Nine - etc.

It is then very quick to flick to the correct chapter.

Errata: Every official errata change is carefully added to the appropriate section,

Magic: The start of Chapter Eleven lists all spells by class and level. The idea is that one looks up the spells here and then turns to the appropriate spell listing later in the chapter. To aid this I have painstakingly (it takes a long time) written the page number next to every spell in the book. I can instantly look at the Druid list and see that Barkskin is on page 203 without having to look it up alphabetically.

My DM Screen:

Time was the official DM screen was a propper manly affair, it was a tall, impossing thing you could peer over menacingly, and hide collosal scale miniatures too. Not any more - if you've seen the new 3.5 'Deluxe' screen they've been flogging, you will have been disapopinted too.
I took it into my mind to make my own screen. It is made of two A4 ring binders joined together along the long edge. It's easily able to cover the whidth of a normal table and is more than a foot tall. It has space for two open books behind it as well as dice and notes (it has a stack of post-its built in). inside it has all of the tables from the standard 3.5 Screen, as well as the BHB tables for all Simple, Martial & Exotic weapons, plus armour and the size modification to weapon dice table. It has a pouch for keeping my area templates (cone, line and circle) too. The outside is decorated with several layers of DnD artwork, including most of the best known images from the core books. NAturally, the Beholder from the MM is front and centre.

Anyway, I cannot imagine I am the only one running a DnD custom shop...
Iddig Ap Nil
04-10-06, 05:25 PM I'm in the process of buying a house, when that's all said and done, I will begin to get measurements and will construct a gaming room customised for my homebrew setting, including a wall for the world maps, I have about 1/8th of it mapped out on a 4'x5' sheet of paper, which I'm painting with watercolors and will be framed by the end of the summer. On one wall will be that map and 3 others representing one continental mass (more then one continent though) and the opposite wall will have maps for the other side of the world. On the other two walls will be smaller scale wilderness maps (maybe at the kingdom level) as well as "county" and city maps. That's all I have so far, other plans will be determined once I know the nature of the space I'll be working with (it's also a basement room, there will be shelves for gaming and research books and I'm thinking counter space for snack food preparation areas.
steventirey1985
04-10-06, 08:35 PM ... :weep:

I wish I had the money and time to do something like that... :weep:
Beezelbob
04-10-06, 10:25 PM A friend of mine had turned half of his garage into a gaming room. He built this massive table (very solid, you'd swear a dwarf had built it) with one end enclosed with a large wooden screen. Behind the screen was an overhead projector that could be used to project overlays onto a large screen viewable by the entire room. He had also built in a stereo system that was controlled from behind the screen for playing sound effects and such. The only drawback was the fridge was on the other side of the garage from the screen. :)
Seeker95
04-11-06, 09:17 AM Not a big thing, but my books contain the errata. Not post-it notes or pages inserted. Rather, I used my dremel calligraphy eraser to remove the old text and then used my .003mm Micron pen to insert the new text. The type font looks nearly identical, and my books are "up to date".
Iddig Ap Nil
04-11-06, 06:42 PM ... :weep:

I wish I had the money and time to do something like that... :weep:We'll see how well it turns out, a lot of stuff for it I'll be doing myself, and decorations will be looked for at Rummage/Garage Sales and similar places. For the time being, I'm not really doing anything fancy equipment-wise (no projectors, sound systems, etc. Though I might put a computer hook-up down there for use witht he house network (well, that's a goal of mine, will have to talk to the Network Admins I know about the best, inexpensive way to go about that).

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Azezel 04-10-06, 03:27 PM	I have heavilly customised my PHB, and made my own custom DM screen - I was wandering how many other people have modified or created gaming matterials to suit their own taste. My PHB: The Index: There are 11 chaptersin the PHB (and an introduction), and the pages are just about 11 inches tall, so it is quite easy to cut the edge off each page to make an easy-to-use chapter index. Dont cut the pages of chapter Eleven - cut a one inch by 1/3 inch section from the top right of each page in Chapter Ten, cut a 2 inch by 1/3 inch section from the top right of every page in Chapter Nine - etc. It is then very quick to flick to the correct chapter. Errata: Every official errata change is carefully added to the appropriate section, Magic: The start of Chapter Eleven lists all spells by class and level. The idea is that one looks up the spells here and then turns to the appropriate spell listing later in the chapter. To aid this I have painstakingly (it takes a long time) written the page number next to every spell in the book. I can instantly look at the Druid list and see that Barkskin is on page 203 without having to look it up alphabetically. My DM Screen: Time was the official DM screen was a propper manly affair, it was a tall, impossing thing you could peer over menacingly, and hide collosal scale miniatures too. Not any more - if you've seen the new 3.5 'Deluxe' screen they've been flogging, you will have been disapopinted too. I took it into my mind to make my own screen. It is made of two A4 ring binders joined together along the long edge. It's easily able to cover the whidth of a normal table and is more than a foot tall. It has space for two open books behind it as well as dice and notes (it has a stack of post-its built in). inside it has all of the tables from the standard 3.5 Screen, as well as the BHB tables for all Simple, Martial & Exotic weapons, plus armour and the size modification to weapon dice table. It has a pouch for keeping my area templates (cone, line and circle) too. The outside is decorated with several layers of DnD artwork, including most of the best known images from the core books. NAturally, the Beholder from the MM is front and centre. Anyway, I cannot imagine I am the only one running a DnD custom shop...
Iddig Ap Nil 04-10-06, 05:25 PM	I'm in the process of buying a house, when that's all said and done, I will begin to get measurements and will construct a gaming room customised for my homebrew setting, including a wall for the world maps, I have about 1/8th of it mapped out on a 4'x5' sheet of paper, which I'm painting with watercolors and will be framed by the end of the summer. On one wall will be that map and 3 others representing one continental mass (more then one continent though) and the opposite wall will have maps for the other side of the world. On the other two walls will be smaller scale wilderness maps (maybe at the kingdom level) as well as "county" and city maps. That's all I have so far, other plans will be determined once I know the nature of the space I'll be working with (it's also a basement room, there will be shelves for gaming and research books and I'm thinking counter space for snack food preparation areas.
steventirey1985 04-10-06, 08:35 PM	... :weep: I wish I had the money and time to do something like that... :weep:
Beezelbob 04-10-06, 10:25 PM	A friend of mine had turned half of his garage into a gaming room. He built this massive table (very solid, you'd swear a dwarf had built it) with one end enclosed with a large wooden screen. Behind the screen was an overhead projector that could be used to project overlays onto a large screen viewable by the entire room. He had also built in a stereo system that was controlled from behind the screen for playing sound effects and such. The only drawback was the fridge was on the other side of the garage from the screen. :)
Seeker95 04-11-06, 09:17 AM	Not a big thing, but my books contain the errata. Not post-it notes or pages inserted. Rather, I used my dremel calligraphy eraser to remove the old text and then used my .003mm Micron pen to insert the new text. The type font looks nearly identical, and my books are "up to date".
Iddig Ap Nil 04-11-06, 06:42 PM	... :weep: I wish I had the money and time to do something like that... :weep:We'll see how well it turns out, a lot of stuff for it I'll be doing myself, and decorations will be looked for at Rummage/Garage Sales and similar places. For the time being, I'm not really doing anything fancy equipment-wise (no projectors, sound systems, etc. Though I might put a computer hook-up down there for use witht he house network (well, that's a goal of mine, will have to talk to the Network Admins I know about the best, inexpensive way to go about that).