dungeon mastering
Guiding fantasy adventures
Dungeon mastering is the act of running a tabletop role-playing game, especially Dungeons & Dragons.
The dungeon master (DM) creates the world, controls non-player characters, narrates events, and adjudicates rules while players make choices for their characters.
The term has expanded beyond D&D to describe facilitating any collaborative storytelling game: I've been dungeon mastering for my friends every Saturday.
- guidebookReference for travelers
- diceMarked cubes for chance
- natural twentyUnmodified maximum on twenty-sided die
- initiativeSelf-directed action capacity
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
bestiary · improvisation · reading the room · manual · world-building · encounters · player characters · characters · narrative arcs · session zero · compendium · gamemaster · immersive storytelling · ruleset · rules lawyer · gameplay · storytelling · role-playing
dungeon masteringplaying
Participating in recreation
player character · adventuring · party member · party membership · spectating
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