role-players
People playing pretend
Role-players are people who adopt personas or characters, either for entertainment, training, or social purposes.
In gaming, role-players inhabit fictional characters in tabletop or video games: The role-players gathered for their weekly Dungeons & Dragons session.
In professional settings, role-players simulate scenarios for training: Medical students practiced with role-players acting as patients.
The term also describes people who engage in sexual role-play or those who perform expected social functions without genuine commitment.
Organized effort toward goal
- diceMarked cubes for chance
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- backstoryCharacter's past narrative
- NPCUncontrolled game character
party · homebrew · module · rulebook · stats · initiative · encounter · worldbuilding
Multiplayer internet adventure game
- multiplayerInvolving multiple participants
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
- raidSudden armed incursion
- avatarDigital user representation
build · tank · healer · DPS · loadout · PvP · co-op · grinding
campaign
Organized effort toward goal
NPC · party · homebrew · module · rulebook · stats · initiative · encounter · worldbuilding · narrative
MMORPG
Multiplayer internet adventure game
- multiplayerInvolving multiple participants
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
- raidSudden armed incursion
avatar · build · tank · healer · DPS · loadout · PvP · co-op · grinding · leveling
actor
One who portrays characters
- scriptWritten words for performance
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
- auditionTrial performance for selection
monologue · dialogue · stage · costume · drama · cast · ensemble · understudy · blocking · motivation
wizard
Practitioner of sorcery
paladin · ranger · warlock · necromancer · cleric · rogue · barbarian · sorcerer · druid · bard
role-playersspectators
Those who observe events
observers · audience · onlookers · bystanders · viewers
role-playersstars
Luminous celestial bodies
superstars · franchise players · all-stars · marquee players · team leaders
play, roll, player, role, playing, played, plays, players, replay