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* '''[[Storyteller]]''' -- [[White Wolf]]'s various games | * '''[[Storyteller]]''' -- [[White Wolf]]'s various games | ||
* '''[[Wulin Sage]]''' -- ''[[Weapons of the Gods]]'' | * '''[[Wulin Sage]]''' -- ''[[Weapons of the Gods]]'' | ||
* '''[[Zombie Master]]''' -- ''[[All Flesh Must Be Eaten]]'' | |||
[[Category:Terminology]] | [[Category:Terminology]] | ||
Revision as of 11:50, 17 May 2005
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 characters in the game as well as presenting the current scenario or adventure to the players.
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, Teenagers From Outer Space
- SchoolMaster -- Alma Mater
- Storyguide -- Ars Magica
- Storyteller -- White Wolf's various games
- Wulin Sage -- Weapons of the Gods
- Zombie Master -- All Flesh Must Be Eaten