Gamemaster, often abbreviated as GM, is a term used in many role-playing games. In many of these games, the group of players is divided into two groups: the "players", each taking care of a character and determining its actions, and the game master who controls the fictional world and all other characters. Tasks of the Gamemaster
What the gamemaster distinguishes from the other players of a role-playing game | role-play is that he or she has other tasks, and that includes other power. In most games, players only control one character. However, they can also determine precisely what the person says and thinks and what actions the person tries to execute. The player's task then is to play this character. On the other hand, the game master, depending on the system played and the arrangements within the group, has all or part of the following tasks: Preparing situations, locations or other things that the characters of the players can keep up with. Knowing the rules of the game, and monitoring and arbitrating its use. Alternative job distributions
While the above division of tasks between players and gamemaster is largely followed by most role-playing games, it is not necessary to divide the tasks accordingly. First, there is the opportunity to play with several gamemasters, each of them taking part of the traditional tasks. In addition, there are systems in which some of the tasks usually associated with the gamemaster are transferred to the players. Some examples:
There are also systems in which the separation between players and gamemaster is completely eliminated. Everyone has the same tasks and the same power. Other names for the Gamemaster
Instead of "gamemaster", other names are also used:
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