==Dictionary Definitions==
Uhm... could you please not turn RPGnet's wiki into a Wikipedia? I think we all know what a GM is, what the d20 system is, et multiple cetera. -_-; [[User:Almafeta|Almafeta]] 14:00, 7 May 2005 (PDT)

== What's the harm? ==

Why not? It's not like it's hurting anything.

== Seconded ==

I'll second the motion that it doesn't hurt anything. Plus, if people come looking for good explanations of what an RPG is, we should be a good place to explain it. I just don't want it taking up too much "header space" in the major pages -- but that doesn't seem to be a problem so far.

== Thanks, Argyle! ==

I, too, don't mind if this is the Wikipedia for RPGs.

And thanks, Argyle - I appreciate your tidying up my very first attempts at meddling with a wiki, and moving the free-copying note. That was cool of you. I'll never malign your socks again. ;)

[[User:Brad Elliott|Brad Elliott]] 17:30, 14 May 2005 (PDT)

== You're Welcome ==

Heh. You are most welcome. That's at least half the point of having a wiki, after all!

Okay, I give up. How do I get an automatic timestamp and stuff?
-- Timestamp-free Argyle

== No Clue... ==

I stole Almafeta's and edited. I'm sneaky that way.

[[User:Brad Elliott|Brad Elliott]] 19:22, 14 May 2005 (PDT)

== This is How! ==

:You have to put in four tildes, one right after the other, with no spaces. The software intercepts it and automatically includes the correct code. F'rex: [[User:Almafeta|Almafeta]] 08:57, 15 May 2005 (PDT)
:Generally, you want to use headings for new discussions, not between every line. nn; [[User:Almafeta|Almafeta]] 08:57, 15 May 2005 (PDT)

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Game title abbreviations

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[[Category:Games]]




<h2> Overview </h2>
This is a guide to the many abbreviations for game books and game lines that you may encounter on the RPG.net forums.

Numbers at the end of an abbreviation usually indicate the edition. UA2 or UA2E, for example, would mean 'Unknown armies second edition'.

A very useful resource for publication histories and brief descriptions of these games (and many others) is the online Encyclopedia of Role-Playing Games: [http://www.darkshire.net/~jhkim/rpg/encyclopedia/ Encyclopedia of Role-Playing Games]

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== # ==
*'''3.5''' - ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' Edition 3.5
*'''3E''' - ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' 3rd Edition
*'''7S''' - ''[[7th Sea]]''

== A ==
AD&D - Advanced Dungeons and Dragons

ADRPG - Amber Diceless RPG

AE - Amazing Engine ''or'' Arcana Evolved

AFMBE - All Flesh Must Be Eaten

AM - Ars Magica

AU - Arcana Unearthed

== B ==
B&B - Bunnies and Burrows

BD&D - Basic Dungeons and Dragons

BESM - Big Eyes Small Mouth (official acronym)

BG - Blood Games

BGC - Bubblegum Crisis

BNW - Brave New World

BP - Blue Planet

BR - Blue Rose

BRP - Basic Roleplaying

BtVS - Buffy the Vampire Slayer

== C ==
C&C - Castles and Crusades

C&S - Chivalry and Sorcery

CC - Core Command

CoC - Call of Cthulhu

ConX - Conspiracy X

CP - Cyberpunk

CP2020 - Cyberpunk 2.0.2.0.

CT - Classic Traveller

CTD - Changeling: The Dreaming

== D ==
D&D - Dungeons and Dragons

DA:F - Dark Ages: Fae

DA:I - Dark Ages: Inquisitor

DA:M - Dark Ages: Mage

DA:V - Dark Ages: Vampire

DA:WW - Dark Ages: Werewolf

DND - Dungeons and Dragons (usually refers to edition 3.0 or 3.5)

DC - Dark Conspiracy ''or'' DC Heroes

DITV - Dogs in the Vineyard

DG - Delta Green

DMG - Dungeon Master's Guide. Usually in reference to Dungeons and Dragons.

DTF - Demon: The Fallen

== E ==
*'''ED''' - ''[[Earthdawn]]''
*'''EPT''' - ''[[Empire of the Petal Throne]]''
*'''E:tA''' - ''[[Exalted: The Abyssals]]''
*'''E:tAu''' - ''[[Exalted: The Autochthonians]]''
*'''E:tFF''' - ''[[Exalted: The Fair Folk]]''
*'''E:tL''' - ''[[Exalted: The Lunars]]''
*'''E:tS''' - ''[[Exalted: The Sidereals]]

== F ==
FB - Fireborn

FF - Forgotten Futures

FS - Feng Shui ''or'' Fading Suns

FR - Forgotten Realms

FATE - Fantastic Adventures in Tabletop Entertainment (official acronym)

FUDGE - Freeform Universal Do-It-Yourself Gaming Engine (official acronym)

== G ==
GB - Gangbusters ''or'' Ghostbusters

GBI - Ghostbusters International

GH - Greyhawk ''or'' Golden Heroes

GK - Gear Krieg

GURPS - Generic, Universal Role-Playing System (official acronym)

GT - GURPS Traveller

GW - Gamma World

== H ==
*'''HG''' - ''[[Heavy Gear]]''
*'''HOL''' - ''[[Human Occupied Landfill]]''
*'''HQ''' - ''[[Heroquest]]''

== I ==
IC - Ironclaw

IK - Iron Kingdoms

IN - In Nomine

== J ==

JAGS - Just Another Generic System (official acronym)

JC - Jovian Chronicles ''or'' Jadeclaw

JD - Judge Dredd

== K ==
KOTE - Kindred of the East

KPFS - Kill puppies for Satan

== L ==
L&S - Lace and Steel

L5R - Legend of the Five Rings

LOTR - Lord of the Rings

LS - Lost Souls

== M ==
M&M - Mutants and Masterminds

MA - Metamorphosis Alpha

MEGS - Mayfair Exponential Gaming System (official acronym)

MERP - Middle-Earth Roleplaying

MET - Mind's Eye Theatre

MM - Monster Manual. Usually in reference to Dungeons and dragons.

MLWM - My Life With Master

MSPE - Mercenaries, Spies, and Private-Eyes

MT - MegaTraveller

MTA - Mage: The Ascension ''or'' Mage: The awakening

MTDA - Mage: The Dark Ages

MTSC - Mage: The Sorcerers' Crusade

MTR - Mummy: The Resurrection

MURPG - Marvel Universe RPG

MW - Mechwarrior

MWWG - Macho Women With Guns

== N ==
N&SS - Ninjas and Superspies

NWOD - New World of Darkness.

== O ==
OD&D - Original Dungeons and Dragons

OTE - Over the Edge

OVA - Open Versatile Anime Role-Playing Game (official acronym)

OWOD - Old World of Darkness

== P ==
PD - Pendragon

PHB - Players Handbook. Usually in reference to Dungeons and Dragons.

== Q ==
== R ==
RA - Random Anime

RC - Rules Cyclopedia. Usually in reference to Dungeons and Dragons.

RQ - Runequest

RW - Ringworld

== S ==
*'''SAS''' - ''[[Silver Age Sentinels]]''
*'''SB''' - ''[[Stormbringer]]''
*'''SC''' - ''[[StarCluster]]'' '''or''' ''[[Sweet Chariot]]''
*'''SLA''' - ''[[SLA Industries]]''
*'''SoJ''' - ''[[Skyrealms of Jorune]]'' '''or''' ''[[Secrets of Japan]]'' (''[[Call of Cthulhu]]'' supplement)
*'''SR''' - ''[[Shadowrun]]''
*'''ST''' - ''[[Star Trek]]'' '''or''' [[Storyteller]]
*'''SW''' - ''[[Savage Worlds]]'' '''or''' ''[[Star Wars]]'' '''or''' ''[[Superworld]]''

== T ==
T&T - Tunnels and Trolls

T20 - Traveller 20

T4 - Marc Miller's Traveller

T5 - Upcoming 5th Edition of Traveller

T8 - Tribe 8

Tal - Talislanta

THS - Transhuman Space

TINS - There Is No Spoon

TMNT - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness

TNE - Traveller: The New Era

ToMN - Tribes of Mother Night

TROS - The Riddle of Steel

TS - Transhuman Space ''or'' The Terran Story ''or'' Top Secret

TSOY - The Shadow of Yesterday

== U ==
UA - Unknown Armies ''or'' Unearthed Arcana ''or'' Urban Arcana

== V ==
V&V - Villains and Vigilantes

VTDA - Vampire: The Dark Ages

VTM - Vampire: The Masquerade

VTR - Vampire: The Requiem

== W ==
WC - Witchcraft

WFRP - Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying

WHFRP - Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying

WLD - World's Largest Dungeon

WOD - World of Darkness

WOTG - [[Weapons of the Gods]]

WoW - Worlds of Wonder

WTA - Werewolf: The Apocalypse

WTF - Werewolf: The Forsaken

WTO - Wraith: The Oblivion

== X ==
== Y ==
== Z ==

Referee

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The referee of a [[role-playing game]] is a [[player]] with a special job. Rather than playing a single [[character]], he plays all the [[non-player character]]s in the game as well as presenting the current scenario or [[adventure]] to the [[player]]s.

==Alternate Titles==
Games frequently have their own title for the referee. Below is a list of examples and the games from which they derive.

* '''[[Administrator]]''' -- ''[[Top Secret]]''
* '''[[Animator]]''' -- ''[[Toon]]''
* '''[[Director]]''' -- ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', ''[[Angel]]'', ''[[Dungeoneer]]''
* '''[[Dungeon Master]]''' -- ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''
* '''[[Eminence Grise]]''' -- ''[[Agone]]''
* '''[[Game Master]]''' -- ''[[Shadowrun]]'', ''[[Jovian Chronicles]]'', ''[[7th Sea]]'', many others
* '''[[Holmeister]]''' -- ''[[HOL]]''
* '''[[Hollyhock God]]''' -- ''[[Nobilis]]''
* '''[[Host]]''' -- ''[[Castle Falkenstein]]'', ''[[IronClaw, JadeClaw]]''
* '''[[Keeper of Arcane Lore]]''' (or simply '''Keeper''') -- ''[[Call of Cthulhu]]''
* '''[[Kennel Master]]''' -- ''[[Woof Meow]]''
* '''[[Man, The]]''' -- ''[[Starchildren]]''
* '''[[Marshal]]''' -- ''[[Deadlands]]''
* '''[[Mission Director]]''' -- ''[[RECON]]'' and ''[[RECON Modern Combat]]''
* '''[[Moderator]]''' -- ''[[Blue Planet]]''
* '''[[Narrator]]''' -- ''[[Star Trek]]''
* '''[[Referee]]''' -- ''[[Traveller]]''
* '''[[SchoolMaster]]''' -- ''[[Alma Mater]]''
* '''[[Storyguide]]''' -- ''[[Ars Magica]]''
* '''[[Storyteller]]''' -- [[White Wolf]]'s various games
* '''[[Wulin Sage]]''' -- ''[[Weapons of the Gods]]''

[[Category:Terminology]]

Lightfoot Style

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Brad Elliott:

Lightfoot Style is a [[canon]]ical Common [[Martial Arts|Martial Art]] Style for [[Weapons of the Gods]]. In this game, all Martial Arts fall into categories of availability (how hard it is to find teachers): Common (easily found), Uncommon (must join a clan or organization to learn) and Rare (must prove oneself at great lengths to one’s clan to learn).

Destiny Cost: Free (No Buy-In and the First Technique is taught during training).

==Description==

The oldest human dream is to fly; so this style is perhaps the very first form of all kung fu to be devised. Perhaps that’s why you can use any color of chi to invoke it; the dream is that old and that dear, that chi flows so easily into it to create the oldest favored effect… first great leaps, then into the sky. This form is practiced by virtually every martial artist, and for good reason; it allows the insanely rapid travel and long flying leaps that allow a kung fu warrior to outmaneuver any merely mundane fighter. Please note that Lightfoot techniques have the benefit of changing what would be an Athletics action (requiring a full action) into a kung fu technique… which is a free action. This is why martial arts warriors can have extended battles while flying through the air!

''Signature:'' Wuxia heroes (or villains) using this style seem to move through the air on invisible wires, with great grace and speed; they pirouette and spiral and bound like gazelles or glide like seagulls through the sky.

Type: Free (Athletics).
Default Critical Successes: None.

===Weapons and Armor===

Lightfoot Kung fu is a non-combat style of martial arts, and as such does not lend itself to any weapon use, while wearing heavy armor can double the chi cost of its techniques.

==Techniques==
=== Surefoot ===
Level: 1
Destiny Cost: None (all martial artists know this technique in their training)
Chi Cost: 1 Any Chi

While using this technique, you can cling to walls like a spider, climb at your running speed, run on water, and take no damage from falling no matter how far you plummet. You may also recover from being Downed in the next round by bouncing to your feet using this technique. Note that there are instances and conditions where this technique will not work!

=== Run Like A Deer ===
Level: 2
Destiny Cost: 2
Chi Cost: 2 Any Chi

This technique makes any attempts to Cover Ground by running a Free Action.

''Mobility Bonus: '' You may put on sudden bursts of speed for the entire round, which allows you to add +5 to your Dodge rolls… but only if you describe the maneuver that you’re using the technique with (each time!), including any landscape features as supplied by the Sage or the player.

=== Headlong Flying Leap ===
Level: 3
Destiny Cost: 3
Chi Cost: 3 Any Chi

This technique acts like ''Run Like a Deer'', only for Jumping as well as Covering Ground. With a successful Athletics roll as a Free Action, against an Everyday ( 18 ) difficulty, you make long flying leaps, ten yards for each result die from your roll. You fly at a rate of ten yards per round. Note that if you take damage while in midair, you may have to make an additional Athletics roll to continue on to your landing point without falling and being Downed.

''Mobility Bonus: '' You may perform incredible aerial maneuvers for the round, usually off some local item or piece of landscape, which you must describe vividly each time. You may not add in incongruous things to do these maneuvers off of; they must fit in and make sense, or your Sage will disallow the +10 bonus to Dodge that you can gain from using this technique in tandem with your maneuvering, or may only grant you +5 instead of the full amount possible.

=== High As The Clouds ===
Level: 4
Destiny Cost: 4
Chi Cost: 4 Chi of Any single Color.

This technique grants actual flight through the air - Make a successful Everyday Athletics roll ( Difficulty 18 ) as a Free Action. For every result die, you can fly a mile. You fly at a rate of twenty yards per round, and you may fly until you set down or use up your distance, whichever comes first.

''Mobility Bonus:'' Like Headlong Flying Leap, only even more so. You may perform fantastic aerial maneuvers for the entire round, which you must describe vividly each time, including your body’s reaction to weapon or physical impacts against your opponent. You may not add in incongruous things to do these maneuvers off of; they must fit in and make sense, or your Sage will disallow the +15 bonus to Dodge that you can gain from using this technique in tandem with your maneuvering. Again, the Sage may choose to grant a lesser bonus according to the strength of your description, or possibly to other factors.

=== Infinite Endurance ===
Level: 5
Destiny Cost: 5
Chi Cost: Investment of 1 Chi of each Color.

Used with another Lightfoot technique of lower level, this allows one to remove the limit of distance and time of that technique, until it is released or the warrior suffers a full Health level of Damage. The martial artist can also hover (ordinarily not possible for Lightfoot techniques), which usually require some sort of motion. Note that this technique cannot be invoked if you are already suffering Chi Flow Loss to any color of your Chi!

=== Supernal Speed ===
Level: 6
Destiny Cost: 10
Chi Cost: 10 Any Chi.

This technique makes you speed personified; the more erudite scholars like to call this technique “Velocity Transformation”, but they’re the only ones to ever do so. When this technique is invoked, you get the following effects: 1.) You always go first. When up against someone else with this kung fu, compare your Athletics roll with theirs, with the highest Speed breaking ties. 2.) You gain a +20 to all Dodge rolls for the round. 3.) You may make a free additional attack each round, after everybody else’s. 4.) You can make lightning dashes of 30 yards per free action spent instead of the usual ten, allowing you to leave combat without your enemies getting the usual opportunity attack as you depart. Only other practitioners of Supernal Speed can hope to compete with you directly in any contest based on quickness of movement; then it is a normal opposed contest.

''Note that while this Style is canonical for Weapons of the Gods, it has been submitted by the publisher/writer and may be copied and distributed freely. This does not extend to any other martial arts style for the game, only Lightfoot Kung fu. This has been done in aid of the game, given that all martial artists in the game know this style.''

[[Category:Weapons of the Gods]]
[[Category:Martial Arts]]

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Brad Elliott:

Martial Arts

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Brad Elliott: /* Game Resources */

2005-05-09T02:58:07Z

Brad Elliott:

It is a common practice to have a distinctive and memorable title for the so-called 'Game Moderator' of a given roleplaying game; what follows is a list of such titles.

Dungeons & Dragons - "Dungeon Master".
Call of Cthulhu - "Keeper of Arcane Secrets" or just 'Keeper'
Nobilis - "Hollyhock God"
White Wolf Games - "Storyteller"
Weapons of the Gods - "Wulin Sage"