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i am totally into DCC except for one little thing: i am still calling myself Dungeon Master and not Judge. simply i am always like i am mastering this and that and also dungeon master has such a good ring to it. anyone else has this "problem"?
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I use both.
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It totally depends on the conversation. But for DCC, I'm try really hard to use Judge.
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A good Dungeon Master is the Judge of their game.
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Mestr ar c'hoari ne heuilh ket ar reolennoù, hemañ eo zo mestr warno !
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baophrat wrote: Tue Apr 21, 2020 9:41 am Mestr ar c'hoari ne heuilh ket ar reolennoù, hemañ eo zo mestr warno !
it has very lord of the rings feel to it but i don't understand a word :D
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is there more at play than just a simple naming convention? judge is someone bound to higher law and ruling according to it while master is obviously someone who is sovereign in his will.

bear with me :D i am in isolation.
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catseye yellow wrote: Tue Apr 21, 2020 11:52 am ...judge is someone bound to higher law and ruling according to it...
I'll be the judge of that! :mrgreen:

You're the Judge, because you adjudicate how things should be done. We aren't bound by anything but our sensibility on how the game should flow. Not even the rulebook has higher authority.

It's not judge as in a court of law.
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GnomeBoy wrote: Wed Apr 22, 2020 12:38 pm
catseye yellow wrote: Tue Apr 21, 2020 11:52 am ...judge is someone bound to higher law and ruling according to it...
I'll be the judge of that! :mrgreen:

You're the Judge, because you adjudicate how things should be done. We aren't bound by anything but our sensibility on how the game should flow. Not even the rulebook has higher authority.

It's not judge as in a court of law.
It has 2000AD comics feel anyway!
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I'm going to try translate from breton langage :

" The Dungeon Master does not follow the rules, it is he who fixes them "

!!!
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baophrat wrote: Thu Apr 23, 2020 10:24 am I'm going to try translate from breton langage :

" The Dungeon Master does not follow the rules, it is he who fixes them "

!!!
thanks, heir to cormac mac art!
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catseye yellow wrote: Thu Apr 23, 2020 12:57 pm
baophrat wrote: Thu Apr 23, 2020 10:24 am I'm going to try translate from breton langage :

" The Dungeon Master does not follow the rules, it is he who fixes them "

!!!
thanks, heir to cormac mac art!
"you are welcome" = " netra / mann ebet " in brezhoneg !
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I like the term Judge, "because you adjudicate how things should be done." as it seems to settle my mind in middle ground between the megalomaniacal aspersions that Dungeon Master connotates with jaded players, and the perception of same of abject boredom by simply refereeing the game in a truly gamist fashion for points.
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When I learned to game DM, or Dungeon Master was the term. Judges guild used judge, i still prefer DM or Dungeon Master. But Ref Judge GM Administrator adjunct Game Operations Director or any term if presented by polite players works with me.
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good calls! are there some other terms that i am not aware in d20 type games? what is the name for DM in pathfinder? do they use DM still?
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Pathfinder uses Game Master or GM. my nephew plays had to find out from him.
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