Product Description

All You Need Before Your Eyes
There's nothing more frustrating for a Mage: The Awakening Storyteller than searching for that one rule during a game. Well, that and needing to use a spell and not having enough Quintessence. At least we can solve the first one.

A Play Aid for Mage: The Awakening

* Four-panel screen displays all the necessary rules and charts for easy reference during game sessions.

* Made of thick, durable cardboard stock (like the cover of a hardback book) - no flimsy screen here.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #348550 in Books
• Published on: 2005-10-03
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 4 pages

Customer Reviews

Excellent product
I think that the Storyteller's Screens put out by White Wolf have only done nothing but improve over time. In year's past, the screens were slightly flexible and not nearly as sturdy as they should have been, and not nearly as nice looking as they could have been. This one is definitely nicely done.

Firstly, the screen itself is made of the same material as the hardcover books you buy from White Wolf. In and of itself, this is a huge leap forward, as the screen is about as sturdy as you can get, at the same time being easily folded up for transportation. It's also a nicely sized screen, covering plenty of area that you want to obscure. And the cover itself is very similar to the designs and patterns on the Mage book.

The screen has plenty of information from the original WoD book (so you don't need to have it open all the time), as well as plenty of material from the Mage book itself. Definitely something that makes it a bit easier on the spines of those hardcover books (which is a shame to damage in the case of the very beautiful looking Mage book). In some respects, it's almost too packed, as there is literally information all over the 4 folding sections of the screen. So, you definitely get what you paid for.

Which is really my only complaint; the screen is almost too full of information. So, it can be hard to find stuff as there's a lot up there. The large type face makes things fairly easy to find, but it still has a lot all over the sections facing the Storyteller. Many might find this a hard complaint, as the more information available at a glance the better... But there's always some little bit of less referenced information that can be left off.

Still, all in all, it's an excellent piece of work. For the $14 or so price, it's worth it.

Solid Product, inside and out
When I first saw this product listed as "Hardcover", I assumed it was a typo. I've never had an RPG screen that wasn't just cardstock paper. This is really hardcover - the same material that the books use. It has 4 panels that fold away, so it fits on the shelf nicely with the rest of the line (it can be read like a book, too, given the way the book folds). The front image is the same as the cover for the Mage book (green, turquoise swirls with gold lettering and holographic overlay).

The contents are pretty helpful - some of it is reminders for the Storytelling system and some is for Mage in particular.
Tables:
Combat Summary (stages and dice modifiers)
Grappling summary
Melee weapons
Ranged weapons
Armor chart
Extended Actions (how often you roll and the target #successes)
Fire types & Damage
Explosives (for Call of Cthulhu players :)
Sample Objects: durability, size, structure, damage potential
Feats of Strength (dot ratings = lift potential)
Electrocution damage
poisons (toxicity ratings)
Sympathetic Magic penalties
Paradox (rolls and severity)
Effect of Gnosis levels
Spell Factors (dice penalties - very handy)
Experience costs
Gauntlet Strength
Aura signifiers
Wisdom Chart

My big complaint is that there is no list of rotes w/ reminders, like "req. 1 mana", vulgar/covert, and instant/extended casting. Make it tiny print, whatever, it just is very time consuming to look up each rote when it is used if you are inexperienced (and if I were experienced, I wouldn't need the screen!) Anyway, I still highly recommend this screen as a reminder table of almost everything you could need.

Good screen
Rigid screen , very classy , nice illustrations , verid solid and good tables .