Introduction trope revised Rather than bump into each other in a tavern, and then spotting a cloaked figure in the bar to get information/quest. Have the characters individually been asked to meet here by an acquaintance they all share During Session 0, ask each player How their characters feel about turning up on time? How they answer this dictates how and when they arrive. As they arrive, this is a way for characters to introduce themselves, by their looks, actions and then when they sit. What's the first thing they do when they enter the tavern? What do they order? Do they tip the bartender? Where do they sit at the table? What do they do if someone is sitting where they wanted to sit? Now they have all arrived, rather than a cloaked figure in the corner trope, the figure sits down at the last seat at the table, and can cut straight to the chase as they have been invited there with something like “Good, good you are all here, I find introductions tiresome, let'...
Role Play Games are littered with acronyms from DM (or Dungeon Master) or GM (or Games Master), both of which are used interchangeably.
But you can roll further up to Role Play Games, or is it Roleplay Games, or even Roleplaying Games, or Role Playing Games..... confused, yep. Well the acronym stays the same at least RPG.
Then Tabletop (or is that Table Top) RPG enters from stage left, crying out ha har! You forgot me! then you have TTRPG, as why not elongate an acronym to make it longer.
So with this mess kicking it all off, what other acronyms litter the game(s)?
But you can roll further up to Role Play Games, or is it Roleplay Games, or even Roleplaying Games, or Role Playing Games..... confused, yep. Well the acronym stays the same at least RPG.
Then Tabletop (or is that Table Top) RPG enters from stage left, crying out ha har! You forgot me! then you have TTRPG, as why not elongate an acronym to make it longer.
So with this mess kicking it all off, what other acronyms litter the game(s)?
- AC – Armor Class
- d% or d100 – A percentile die roll, either by rolling a round 100-sided die or two 10-sided dice.
- AoO/OA – Attack of Opportunity or Opportunity Attack
- AoE – Area of Effect
- AP – Action Points
- BTB – By the Book
- CP – Character Points
- Crit – Critical Hit
- DC – Difficulty Class
- nat 1 – fumble
- HP – Hit Points
- IC – In Character
- LoE – Line of Effect
- LoS – Line of Sight
- Metagame – Metagaming is when players discuss the rules or things their characters would not know versus roleplaying and keeping conversation in character and in-game.
- Min-max – Using the rules of the game to try and squeeze our any and every advantage for your character rather than designer a character to roleplay with strengths and flaws.
- Natural # – The result of the actual dice roll, before any modifications are made.
- NPC – Non-Player Character
- OOC – Out of Character
- PvP – Player vs Player
- RAW – Rules as Written
- SP – Skill Points
- TPK – Total Party Kill
- XP – Experience Points
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