The immersion shatters.
A pill organizer. No, seriously. Buy a 7-day, 4-times-per-day vitamin organizer. Label the columns: Trinkets, Consumables, Weapons, Magic Scrolls. Label the rows: Easy, Medium, Hard, Boss. Fill it with slips of paper. rpg room optimizer better
Now roll for initiative. The room is ready. The immersion shatters
Use a Raspberry Pi mounted under the table running a local instance of Obsidian.md or Notion. Link it to a 7-inch touch screen recessed into the DM screen. Your "random encounter" button now rolls the dice, pulls the stat block, and adds the treasure to a loot pool instantly. Buy a 7-day, 4-times-per-day vitamin organizer
In combat, you have roughly three seconds to resolve a spell effect or monster action before the table gets bored and checks their phone. In standard rooms, GMs spend 60% of their time rifling through piles.
The "Faraday Trench." Build (or buy) a wooden valet tray for each player seat. Line it with copper mesh (static blocking) and felt. Instruct players to place their phones face down in the tray. It doesn't block signal, but it creates a designated "off game" space.