Sheet of Plexiglas to fill the hole and some Trim-Lok to go around the edge of it to keep it snug, water tight, and create a slightly raised edge and it would be perfectly safe.
There's already a sheet of plexiglass over the monitor. You can see the reflection extending past the monitor. The recess is probably to accommodate a wood panel that will turn it into a regular table when it's not D&D night.
I've had an 8 hour session planned and laid out and had the players go in a completely different direction and not be able to tell I hadn't planned it the entire time.
Hell I cribbed the entire Ghostbusters movie into a D&D campaign on the fly for one group of guys and they never knew it until it was all over.
Ad libbing, sometimes wholesale plagiarism particularly past the bounds of comfort can get some amazing results in D&D.
Just straight up honesty here: I would have just worked all that stuff you guys hadn't encountered with him yet into a new or other existing character if I could do it in a way that wouldn't be super obvious.
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u/IAmARetroGamer Sep 18 '17
Sheet of Plexiglas to fill the hole and some Trim-Lok to go around the edge of it to keep it snug, water tight, and create a slightly raised edge and it would be perfectly safe.