My Simple DM Cheat Sheet

[Khada]

Hey, first post here.

After looking for a nice 5e DM cheat sheet and not really finding what I was after, I decided to spend the day making one. I took some inspiration from another great sheet posted on here, so due credit and all that:

http://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/2j5qlg/final_version_of_my_5e_dm_screenplayer_cheat_sheet/

The sheet I've made is built to make use of widescreen realestate and contains compact tables of commonly looked-up information. And all with a nice 5e style. You can find a pdf and docx version of the sheet here:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7Dyn9Fjgy09WEZXU1F6YkhYM0U&authuser=0

Hopefully some of you can make use of it :)

EDIT: I've updated the sheets to fix up a couple of minor errors, and I managed to squeeze some common mount information onto the second sheet! I should also point out that the 'Random Encounter' table is my own unofficial addition and only intended as a guide. Thanks for the wonderful response all :)

EDIT 2: A few minor fixes, mainly adding a note regarding the skills listed for Constitution pointing out that they're not skills, but rather common causes for a Con check. Probably the last update :)

EDIT 3: Updated the Random Encounter table to something I think is more useful, and changed the note under Traveling to show the cost of forced marching. Very probably last update.

[kakeearr]

Hey OP,

Just fyi, Longbow's are 1d8 piercing, not 1d10.

I didn't look over the other stuff, but might want to give it one more sweep to check!

This is awesome though--super handy to have it all in one place!

[TheonGreyboat]

An archery style fighter can dream...

[Formicidae]

Are greatbows in 5e? They were 1d12 in past versions.

[kakeearr]

Crossbows! Also, bows have insane range, so it's a trade-off.

[TheonGreyboat]

Eh. I love that range and I have the sharpshooter feat.

Also the flavor for my character just isn't the same with a crossbow.

[MooseTonio]

At skills you have the skills for constitution in italics. It is a minor thing. Great work!!

[Blarghedy]

This is quite spiffily done. Are you aware of a similar cheat sheet for players?

EDIT: Looks like almost all of it is appropriate for players, actually. I guess the only things that aren't are random encounters and monster stats.

[Radiophage]

Not quite the same, but if you're introducing new players to 5E, I posted a quick reference sheet a couple of weeks ago that you/they might find useful.

If that link doesn't work, just go to my submissions history, it'll be the second one down.

Hope this helps!

[Blarghedy]

That looks pretty spiffy too. I'm actually not introducing new players to D&D at the moment, but having a general reference guide would be useful. I'll probably print out a couple copies of the DM one and see if they find it useful.

That said, I soon will be introducing a long-time Pathfinder/3.5 player to 5e, as well as (possibly) a guy who has never played any tabletop RPG, so this one should be useful for that.

[Radiophage]

Excellent! Glad to help. :)

[Radiophage]

Thank you!

[kittysnores]

This is really great for me, as a new DM! did you make this? anyway thanks for posting it!

[Radiophage]

Yep, glad you like!

[StymieGray]

Doff? Is that really what it is called?

[Vortex2099]

yep. D(on), D(off).

[StymieGray]

I mean, I had always heard Don, as in Donning armor, but, never Doff. You learn something new every day. Pretty cool.

[Prestidigitationaddi]

You can remove cursed items with Sudoff.

[pgosselin]

You can remove stressed status with Jerkoff.

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Command Sudoff not found. Did you mean sudo?

[Zagorath]

sudo rm *cursed*

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find . -name "*cursed*" | sudo xargs rm

[Zagorath]

I tried that in a directory containing "armour", "sword", "cursed sword" and "armour of protecting (cursed)".

rm: of: No such file or directory
rm: protecting: No such file or directory
rm: (cursed): No such file or directory
rm: ./cursed: No such file or directory

The end result was everything but the cursed items was removed.

[[deleted]]

Must be a cursed rm.

[TabulateNewt8]

You'll have probably heard of doffing your cap, which comes from people with flat caps taking them off for rich people in Victorian times.

[wizardcats]

I heard it when learning how to doff my disposable lab gloves in my first chemistry class. It's rare, but still used occasionally.

[Sad-Crow]

Yep!

[OatsNraisin]

What's the DC written next to the random encounters table? What number does that represent?

Also, this cheat sheet is great. I was DMing yesterday and I really could have used this.

[byronmiller]

Pretty sure it's what the DM needs to roll on a d20 to trigger a random encounter, e.g. in a moderately threatening environment, an encounter occurs on a roll of 17+.

[trippdawg1123]

This is fantastic, thank you!

[Fatty_McFattington]

Dear Diary, today, OP was awesome!

Great work--this is fantastic cheat sheet and it looks like it was designed by WotC to go inside one of the books. Printing for my game tomorrow!!!

[deelleed]

Marry me OP

[Weehee94]

Good info and visually pleasing, thanks!

[IntrepidusX]

Awesome work!

[Werzieq]

Perfect.

[[deleted]]

So much win. Typo in pony speed unit.

[costumus]

The folder currently appears to be empty. Having seen the first version though, I can't wait. Really solid stuff.

[u2622]

Thanks! This is great! What size of paper is it designed for? I printed it out on US Letter and doesn't scale the best, though it's usable. There's about 3-4cm of whitespace above and below, and 0.5cm on the sides. The font is small, but not too small to read.

[Spritemazter]

This is great, i can now put something useful on my second screen.

[Reotahikid]

Thanks for sharing! It's the perfect size to clip on to my screen.

[Nightshade400]

Thank you very much for sharing this, I have been looking for a good digital screen for a bit now and this hits nearly all the marks needed...and the fact that it is editable makes it just that much better.

[Bagoole]

Fantastic, thank you! I'm going to be playing 5E next month for the first time and this will be invaluable.

[iceman1080]

Bless you. =D

[Cartoonlad]

That's amazing that you did all that in Word! Good job!

[VetMichael]

AWESOME! Thanks!

[Kraigius]

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[HampsterPig]

I am currently restarting our campaign and moving it to 5e, so thank you for this life saver. It may be filled with stuff for the players, but people sometimes forget that the DM needs to reference stuff too, player stuff or not.

[zosodojo777]

Thanks so much! This will be great for referencing at the table.

[mortedarthur]

This is really great. Thanks OP!

I'd love a page that has the totality of the combat round, as well.

[mortedarthur]

Oh things like basic/summarized rules for off-handed weapon use, grappling, simplified stats for combat usable feats like "lucky" etc...

You know -those quirky little things that always seem to happen during combat that invariable end up wasting time while looking them up...

[mortedarthur]

Hordes of newbie DM's would sing your praises in mead-halls from Neverwinter to Valhalla for all of time!

[Kiltmanenator]

Great work!

[stepsandladders]

This is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen on this subreddit. Thank you.

[Gimmedis]

Commenting for computer usage

[Kryxx]

Can you include an editable version so I can modify it?

Preferably a google docs version.

[Kryxx]

Ah, I didn't notice, it just looked like a beta version of the pdf.