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Dungeon Masters Screen

Dungeon Masters Screen (later called Dungeon Master's Screen) is an accessory for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.

The 1979 Dungeon Masters Screen was the original dungeon master's screen for the first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons rules and came as a two-panel piece with a separate four-panel piece. It contained the most essential combat rules for easy reference.

The first Dungeon Masters Screen featured a cover by Dave Trampier and was published by TSR in 1979 as two cardboard screens; a second printing in the same year consisted of two cardstock screens, with an Erol Otus painting featuring a warrior fighting a dragon on the title panel.

The original screen was revised, repackaged, and retitled as REF1, Dungeon Master's Screen, designed by Bob Blake, and published by TSR in 1985 as two three-panel cardstock screens. The 1985 revision REF1 Dungeon Master's Screen contained revised charts and tables for combat. This one included a Dungeon Master's Screen, a Players' Screen, and a covering sheet that gives a summary of abilities for player characters by level and what each class has for prime requisites.

A screen for the second edition AD&D rules was designed by Jean Rabe and Bruce Rabe, with a cover by Jeff Easley, and was published by TSR in 1989 as a cardstock screen with a 16-page booklet.

The 1989 second edition AD&D version of REF1 came with an adventure scenario called Terrible Trouble at Tragidore, which contained suggestions on how to improve as a more experienced DM. Its author was Teeuwynn Woodruff. The second edition's revised Dungeon Master Screen & Master Index contains two screens with a full list of tables intended to provide easy reference including: critical hits, lists of equipment and where the planes of existence are located. The two indices contained within the Master Index codify the rules and lists found in the seven core second edition books, detailing each rule, numerical modifier, magic item and spell in alphabetical order and cross-referenced with where they can be found in the books.

Another version, the Dungeon Master Screen & Master Index was published by TSR in 1995.

A Dungeon Master Screen was published in 2000, developed and assembled by Dale Donovan and Kim Mohan, and featuring cover art by Jeff Easley. A Dungeon Master Screen was also published for the Forgotten Realms campaign, which included a booklet titled "Encounters in Faerûn" designed by Skip Williams and Duane Maxwell, and featuring cover art by Justin Sweet.

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