Talk:Dungeon Master

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Capitalization

Shouldn't this be at dungeon master instead of Dungeon Master? --Furrykef 01:26, 18 Jun 2004 (UTC)

No, because the first two meanings, at least, are proper nouns. -Sean Curtin 03:51, 18 Jun 2004 (UTC)

The first sense occurs very often decapitalized...just perhaps not in official D&D material --Furrykef 01:43, 20 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I know, but by its proper definition it's a proper noun. -Sean Curtin 02:29, 20 Jun 2004 (UTC)

But doesn't Wikipedia go by common usage? --Furrykef 07:11, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Yes, but spelling it without capitals is not the most common usage. -Sean Curtin 16:58, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Last sentence

Also, in Faiths and Pantheons (AD&D), the Faerunian Overgod Ao answers to a superior entity, insinuated to be the "Dungeon Master".

What's that supposed to mean? wr 87.139.81.19 11:35, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It means the story hints or suggests indirectly that Ao's boss is the DM, but doesn't say so outright. --Thnidu (talk) 02:44, 20 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"He/she" doesn't flow very well

The constant use of "he/she" somewhat interrupts the flow of the article. I'm not sure what the best remedy for that would be in this particular article, however. (See Wikipedia:Gender-neutral language for a little more info on this topic). —Matthew0028 18:28, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed it or feel I did. Thoughts? - 144.92.84.206 (talk) 16:12, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"Dungeon Master"

Didn't Gary have this term trademarked for D&D use under TSR? shadzar-talk 23:16, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm pretty sure it is trademarked, although I don't know if he's the one who trademarked it. -Drilnoth (talk) 14:00, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

PC

Nowhere is explained what PC stands for, the acronym is simply introduced without explanation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Leto (talk • contribs) 04:30, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It is now, in the top section. --Thnidu (talk) 02:37, 20 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Role

This section begins with a quote that is nonfactual. someone's opinion that cannot be proven, but instead can easily be DISPROVEN.

"In any game of Dungeons & Dragons, the Dungeon Master serves as author, director,"

The DM is neither, as explained in the opening of the article the DM is just a referee between the dice, the rules and the players. A problem with modern attempts to redefine D&D itself stem from this concept that "anyone" in the game i an author or director as in a movie. Neither is the case as probability decides msot things.

"A good DM must be creative, designing a world from scratch and spinning it into narrative."

This is also a lie, and one man's view. It insinuates that all those people playing published adventures without creating their own worlds are not good DMs.

We must be careful on Wikipedia to present facts, not someone's opinion. Any fact must be relative to the whole of the subject. in the case of D&D, that means it must be true to the entirety of its existence back to the game from the 1970s, not just someone's modern view or opinion. If it were to be speaking of "Role in my homebrew" then it might be true, but does NOT hold true for D&D or the definition of DM which is a term only for D&D. Maybe that quote can hold true for the more generic term Gamemaster as some games have the GM as author, and may require you to make everything "from scratch" in order to play, but it does not now, nor has ever been true of a DM or D&D. shadzar-talk 18:57, 28 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Shadzar: Good point. Why don't you make the appropriate changes? --Thnidu (talk) 02:42, 20 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]