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Old-School Essentials Referee's Screen Inserts

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The Ultimate Old-School Essentials Referee's Screen!

This 4-panel screen provides a quick reference to the most common rules and procedures needed to run Old-School Essentials Classic Fantasy or Advanced Fantasy games:

  • Master attack matrix.
  • Saving throw tables for monsters and all Classic Fantasy character classes (cleric, dwarf, elf, fighter, halfling, magic-user, thief).
  • Combat rules summary.
  • Procedures for encounters, dungeon adventures, and wilderness adventures.
  • Summary of options available during downtime between adventures.
  • Summary of character class abilities, including tables for spell progression, thief skills, and turning the undead.
  • Complete equipment lists, including weapon combat stats, mounts, and land vehicles.
  • Master movement rate table, listing base, encounter, and overland movement rates.
  • Great for all Basic/Expert games!

The front of the screen is graced by a fantastic, four-panel dungeon diorama painting by the legendary Peter Mullen! The PDF includes high-resolution artwork for home printing.

The panels are in US Letter format (8.5" x 11"), for use in the universal GM screen available from DriveThruRPG (see info below).

Art Panels (Front of Screen)

Referee screen art panels

Reference Panels (Back of Screen)

Referee screen info panels

See the Full-size Preview (link below product image) for an in-depth look!

 Game Master Screens (Landscape)

Many publishers offer GM Screen Inserts which are professionally printed cardstock pages designed to slide into the pockets of our deluxe GM Screens. When you purchase the GM Screen Inserts, you have the option to purchase the screen itself with the inserts, and when you do the inserts are free.

Our deluxe, black vinyl screens are:

Thick and durable - It's the last GM Screen you'll ever need to buy.

Large - Four panels wide and each panel has clear pockets on both sides to hold a total of 8 inserted pages

Customizable and Reusable - As you change campaigns or game systems, you need only remove and replace the inserts


More Information on the Landscape Screen
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rocky M July 10, 2023 1:57 pm UTC
Can you please make this Portrait too? I really want to use it with my DM Screen
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Necrotic G July 11, 2023 12:33 am UTC
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It's something we may do at some point, but it's not planned for the near future. (It would require a complete redesign of how all the text and tables are laid out, so unfortunately isn't a trivial task.)
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Edward P June 18, 2023 11:25 pm UTC
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When will the updated 1.2 file be uploaded to here?
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Necrotic G June 19, 2023 4:25 am UTC
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There isn't a v1.2 file for the screen inserts -- v1.1 is the latest file. The comment below about v1.2 was referring to the PDF that accompanies the deluxe referee's screen that we sell elsewhere.
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Ty S April 11, 2023 5:48 pm UTC
Just received notice about a 1.2 update to the screen. Where may I find a list of changes compared to my physical version of the screen?

OSE forever!
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Necrotic G April 11, 2023 6:24 pm UTC
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There's an errata list here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dzQnig4CNET8-1yLJgOfYdssc70oUp5rGfGUZuBZBQE.
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Mortan L January 17, 2023 6:26 pm UTC
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Any chance you could make a portrait orientated screen?
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Necrotic G January 18, 2023 8:38 am UTC
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Possibly at some point, but it's not something we have plans for in the near future.
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Christopher B May 02, 2022 7:18 pm UTC
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Do you have inserts for the Advanced Game?
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Necrotic G May 03, 2022 7:58 am UTC
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Not currently, though it's something we might consider in the future. Everything included on these insert panels works with Old-School Essentials Classic or Advanced. It might be possible to add an extra insert panel with details on the additional Advanced classes though.
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Keith M September 27, 2021 5:36 pm UTC
Any plans to make/update a screen to include the new “Advanced Fantasy Player and Referee Tomes”?

The current screen is good but to have all the new classes, races, abilities, tables, equipment, etc. would be fantastic!

Thanks!
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Necrotic G September 28, 2021 7:30 am UTC
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Hi Keith, we don't have any plans for an Advanced Fantasy screen. The reason is that the majority of the screen is taken up with core game rules which apply equally to OSE Classic or Advanced Fantasy. In order to fit on tables for the Advanced Fantasy classes, we'd have to remove core game rules, which isn't a worthwhile trade-off.
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Keith M September 28, 2021 8:06 am UTC
I understand and it is a great screen. It is a shame though, because with all the great new race/class additions, it just feels incomplete now. Everyone in my group is using the new classes and the info isn’t there so it requires a separate lookup.

Not the end of the world, but the OCD in me wants all the info in one spot and doesn’t want to leave any man (class) behind, lol.

I guess I can just make an additional sheet and append it to the screen.

Anyway, thanks for listening.

Also, The new OSE books are a work of art, you did an amazing job!
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Necrotic G September 28, 2021 8:16 am UTC
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Glad you're enjoying the game!

We do sell a reference booklet that includes more tables/info than can fit on the referee's screen, including tables for all of the Advanced Fantasy classes. That might be of interest if you want more quick reference tables at your fingertips when running games.

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/336579/OldSchool-Essentials-Advanced-Fantasy-Reference-Booklet
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Keith M September 29, 2021 8:16 am UTC
Yep, I already had that from the KickStarter.

Great booklet indeed.

Game on!
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Jason W May 03, 2021 6:27 pm UTC
Overall, a pretty good screen that captures all the tables, and rules, save one. The Ascending Armor conversion is not listed on this screen. I am not sure why it was left out, when it was included in the book multiple times, but this will make the screen harder to use when running any post TSR modules. Overall, great screen that captures all the classic rules.
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Necrotic G May 04, 2021 8:20 am UTC
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Thanks for the feedback. I see what you mean about the DAC to AAC conversion. I guess that would be useful for groups who use AAC to run old adventures or groups using DAC to run new adventures.

I've had a look, but the screen is already so full of tables that there's unfortunately not really any free space available to add anything else.

The Armour section on the Equipment panel does give the AC conversion for unarmoured, leather, chainmail, and plate mail, but of course that doesn't cover the entire range of AC. There's not actually a direct conversion table that covers the complete AC range in the rule books either, which is why it didn't occur to me to add one to the screen.

Glad you're enjoying the screen anyway!
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Andy B August 14, 2020 7:08 pm UTC
So, is the pdf a three page deal? I have the three panel screen that is advertised on this page and just wondered what I was getting.
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Necrotic G August 15, 2020 5:41 am UTC
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It's a 4 panel screen suitable for insertion in the Hammerdog universal GM screen.
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July 29, 2020 10:14 pm UTC
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This is a very good product. It hit exactly the correct tables and notes; and set them in a logical order.
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Robin S April 30, 2020 7:04 pm UTC
I noticed that the screen on the Necrotic Gnome site is 3 panel, while this one is 4. What page is the extra one?
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Necrotic G May 01, 2020 6:38 am UTC
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It's not a simple case of one whole extra panel with extra information -- the panels were heavily restructured for the 3-panel version of the screen.

The main things that are extra on the 4-panel version are:
1. Equipment prices.
2. Mounts and land vehicles.
3. Summary of class abilities.
4. Spell progression tables.

For more details, the best thing to do is compare the preview images of both versions of the screen (see above and https://necroticgnome.com/collections/old-school-essentials/products/old-school-essentials-deluxe-referees-screen-print.)
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Marc C February 17, 2020 10:55 pm UTC
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What are the dimensions of these panels?
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Necrotic G February 18, 2020 7:26 am UTC
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They're US Letter format (8.5" x 11").
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kristiaan L January 03, 2020 2:33 am UTC
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My local print shop is giving me a hard time about printing this. Any ideas?
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Necrotic G January 03, 2020 8:24 am UTC
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Do you think it would help if the PDF included the phrase said "Permission is granted to print this PDF for personal use"?
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kristiaan L January 03, 2020 3:28 pm UTC
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That would be fantastic!
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kristiaan L January 03, 2020 4:03 pm UTC
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Its all good now. The Printer verified that i bought it so it printing now! Thanks Gavin.
Also, will non backers be able to purchase an actual screen at some point? This is by far the ultimate b/x gm screen
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Necrotic G January 03, 2020 4:21 pm UTC
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Glad they're cool with it now.

An actual screen hasn't been produced yet (so no one has been able to buy a copy!), but we're planning to produce one soon: https://necroticgnome.com/blogs/news/old-school-essentials-deluxe-referee-screen-coming-2020
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Gianfranco B December 31, 2019 11:16 am UTC
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I'm a backer but can't download the screen
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Necrotic G December 31, 2019 11:21 am UTC
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Please email us at summon@necroticgnome.com and we'll sort you out.
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Gianfranco B December 31, 2019 12:20 pm UTC
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Problem solved. Could not see it on my library from mobile
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Adam J November 28, 2019 9:54 pm UTC
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There was supposedly an option to order the universal GM screen with the inserts?
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Necrotic G December 01, 2019 6:52 am UTC
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Yep, if you select "Premium landscape GM Screen Insert(s)" (or the option with the PDF) then you can click on "ADD TO CART with GM screen".
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David C September 26, 2019 12:46 pm UTC
This looks wonderful! When is the print on demand version available? Due to its large size, I'll probably wait for the POD version.
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Wade S September 27, 2019 9:59 pm UTC
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Per Necrotic Gnome via notification on Sep 26 to their Kickstarter backers:

"Once the setup for the print-on-demand screen inserts has been completed, you'll also receive a code to order those at cost. (It usually takes 3-4 weeks for print product setup.)"
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Necrotic G September 28, 2019 6:42 am UTC
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Yep, as Wade S mentioned, the print-on-demand setup usually takes about 3-4 weeks.
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Necrotic G October 06, 2019 7:37 am UTC
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The print-on-demand inserts are available to order now!
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Marc C February 17, 2020 9:58 pm UTC
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Has the all-in-one printed cardstock version been released yet?
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Necrotic G February 18, 2020 7:27 am UTC
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Not yet. It's being printed in the next weeks.
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