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For the general moderator of a roleplaying game, see <a href="/wiki/Gamemaster" title="Gamemaster">Gamemaster</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Role_playing_gamers_(III).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Role_playing_gamers_%28III%29.jpg/220px-Role_playing_gamers_%28III%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Role_playing_gamers_%28III%29.jpg/330px-Role_playing_gamers_%28III%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Role_playing_gamers_%28III%29.jpg/440px-Role_playing_gamers_%28III%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3900" data-file-height="2611" /></a><figcaption>A Dungeon Master, using a <a href="/wiki/Gamemaster%27s_screen" title="Gamemaster's screen">gamemaster's screen</a>, explaining a scenario to the players.</figcaption></figure> <p>In the <i><a href="/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons" title="Dungeons & Dragons">Dungeons & Dragons</a></i> (D&D) <a href="/wiki/Role-playing_game" title="Role-playing game">role-playing game</a>, the <b>Dungeon Master</b> (<b>DM</b>) is the game organizer and participant in charge of creating the details and challenges of a given adventure, while maintaining a realistic continuity of events.<sup id="cite_ref-D&Dfaq_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D&Dfaq-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-believer_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-believer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In effect, the Dungeon Master controls all aspects of the game, except for the actions of the <a href="/wiki/Player_character" title="Player character">player characters</a> (PCs),<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and describes to the players what their characters experience.<sup id="cite_ref-Wired_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wired-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Regular <i>Dungeons & Dragons</i> groups consist of a dungeon master and several players. </p><p>The title was invented by <a href="/wiki/Tactical_Studies_Rules" class="mw-redirect" title="Tactical Studies Rules">Tactical Studies Rules</a> (TSR) for the <i>Dungeons & Dragons</i> <a href="/wiki/Role-playing_game" title="Role-playing game">RPG</a>, and was introduced in the second supplement to the game rules (<i><a href="/wiki/Blackmoor_(supplement)" title="Blackmoor (supplement)">Blackmoor</a></i>) in 1975. </p><p>To avoid infringement of <a href="/wiki/Trademark" title="Trademark">trademarks</a> by the publishers of <i>Dungeons & Dragons</i>, and to describe referees in role-playing genres other than <a href="/wiki/Sword_and_sorcery" title="Sword and sorcery">sword and sorcery</a>, other gaming companies use more generic terms, like <a href="/wiki/Gamemaster" title="Gamemaster">Game Master</a> (GM), Game Operations Director (a <a href="/wiki/Backronym" title="Backronym">backronym</a> of <a href="/wiki/God" title="God">GOD</a>), Judge, Referee or <a href="/wiki/Storyteller_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Storyteller System">Storyteller</a>. Some use more <a href="/wiki/Esoteric" class="mw-redirect" title="Esoteric">esoteric</a> titles related to the genre or style of the game, such as the "Keeper of Arcane Lore" from <i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Cthulhu_(role-playing_game)" title="Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game)">Call of Cthulhu</a></i> and the "Hollyhock God" from <i><a href="/wiki/Nobilis" title="Nobilis">Nobilis</a></i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Role">Role</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dungeon_Master&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Role"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Dungeon Master (DM) assumes the role of the game master or <a href="/wiki/Referee" title="Referee">referee</a> and describes for other players what they perceive in the imaginary world of the game, and what effects their actions have.<sup id="cite_ref-Wired_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wired-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That person is responsible for preparing each game session, and must have a thorough understanding of the game rules.<sup id="cite_ref-ODaM_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODaM-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the inception of the <i>Advanced Dungeons & Dragons</i> system in 1977, these rules have been contained in three hardbound books: the <i><a href="/wiki/Player%27s_Handbook" title="Player's Handbook">Player's Handbook</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Dungeon_Master%27s_Guide" title="Dungeon Master's Guide">Dungeon Master's Guide</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Monster_Manual" title="Monster Manual">Monster Manual</a></i>. Many other rulebooks exist as well, but these are not required for conducting the game. </p><p>The DM is responsible for narrative flow, creating the scenario and setting in which the game takes place, maintaining the pace and providing dynamic feedback.<sup id="cite_ref-acm_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-acm-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In storyteller role, the DM is responsible for describing the events of the <i>D&D</i> game session and making rulings about game situations and effects based on the decisions made by the players. The DM can develop the <a href="/wiki/Adventure_(role-playing_games)" title="Adventure (role-playing games)">adventure</a> plot and setting in which these PCs participate or use a preexisting <a href="/wiki/List_of_Dungeons_%26_Dragons_modules" title="List of Dungeons & Dragons modules">module</a>. This is typically designed as a type of <a href="/wiki/Decision_tree" title="Decision tree">decision tree</a> that is followed by the players, and a customized version can require several hours of preparation for each hour spent playing the game.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The DM serves as the arbiter of the rules, both in teaching the rules to the players and in enforcing them. The rules provide game mechanics for resolving the outcome of events, including how the player's characters interact with the game world.<sup id="cite_ref-acm_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-acm-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the rules exist to provide a balanced game environment, the DM is free to ignore the rules as needed. The DM can modify, remove, or create entirely new rules in order to fit the rules to the current campaign. This includes situations where the rules do not readily apply, making it necessary to improvise. An example would be if the PCs are attacked by a living statue. To destroy the enemy, one PC soaks the statue in water, while the second uses his cone of cold breath to freeze the water. At this point, he appeals to the DM, saying the water expands as it freezes and shatters the statue. The DM might allow it, or roll dice to decide. In the above example the probability roll might come up in favor of the players, and the enemy would be shattered. Conversely, rules do not fit all eventualities and may have unintended consequences. The DM must ultimately draw the line between the creative utilization of resources (e.g. firing wooden arrows into a dragon, then using a spell that warps wood at a distance) and an <a href="/wiki/Exploit_(online_gaming)" class="mw-redirect" title="Exploit (online gaming)">exploit</a> (e.g. "horse bombing" - using a non-combat spell that creates a temporary mount, several dozen feet above an enemy). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_fiction">In fiction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dungeon_Master&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: In fiction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <i><a href="/wiki/Faiths_and_Pantheons" title="Faiths and Pantheons">Faiths and Pantheons</a></i> Dungeons & Dragons campaign, the Faerunian Overgod <a href="/wiki/Lord_Ao" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Ao">Ao</a> answers to a superior entity, insinuated to be the "Dungeon Master". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dungeon_Master&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-D&Dfaq-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-D&Dfaq_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081002132129/http://www.wizards.com/dnd/DnDArchives_FAQ.asp">"<i>Dungeons & Dragons</i> FAQ"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wizards_of_the_Coast" title="Wizards of the Coast">Wizards of the Coast</a>. 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title="David Cook (game designer)">David Cook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monte_Cook" title="Monte Cook">Monte Cook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Greenwood" title="Ed Greenwood">Ed Greenwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Grubb" title="Jeff Grubb">Jeff Grubb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Heinsoo" title="Rob Heinsoo">Rob Heinsoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tracy_Hickman" title="Tracy Hickman">Tracy Hickman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Johnson_(game_designer)" title="Harold Johnson (game designer)">Harold Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_J._Kuntz" title="Robert J. Kuntz">Robert J. Kuntz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Mearls" title="Mike Mearls">Mike Mearls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Mentzer" title="Frank Mentzer">Frank Mentzer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Moldvay" title="Tom Moldvay">Tom Moldvay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Perkins_(game_designer)" title="Chris Perkins (game designer)">Chris Perkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Pickens" title="Jon Pickens">Jon Pickens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Tweet" title="Jonathan Tweet">Jonathan Tweet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_M._Ward" title="James M. Ward">Jim Ward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Weis" title="Margaret Weis">Margaret Weis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skip_Williams" title="Skip Williams">Skip Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Winter" title="Steve Winter">Steve Winter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Companies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/TSR_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="TSR (company)">TSR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wizards_of_the_Coast" title="Wizards of the Coast">Wizards of the Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grenadier_Models_Inc." title="Grenadier Models Inc.">Grenadier Models</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judges_Guild" title="Judges Guild">Judges Guild</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paizo" title="Paizo">Paizo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ral_Partha_Enterprises" title="Ral Partha Enterprises">Ral Partha</a></li> <li><a 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Geography_and_cosmology88" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Geography and cosmology</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_campaign_settings" title="Dungeons & Dragons campaign settings">Campaign settings</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Birthright_(campaign_setting)" title="Birthright (campaign setting)">Birthright</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Wyrms" title="Council of Wyrms">Council of Wyrms</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dark_Sun" title="Dark Sun">Dark Sun</a></i></li> <li><i><a 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title="Kingdoms of Kalamar">Kingdoms of Kalamar</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Magic:_The_Gathering" title="Magic: The Gathering">Magic: The Gathering</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Multiverse_(Magic:_The_Gathering)" title="Multiverse (Magic: The Gathering)">planes</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Guildmasters%27_Guide_to_Ravnica" title="Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica">Ravnica</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Strixhaven:_A_Curriculum_of_Chaos" title="Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos">Strixhaven</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Theros" class="mw-redirect" title="Theros">Theros</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mahasarpa" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahasarpa">Mahasarpa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mystara" title="Mystara">Mystara</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Blackmoor_(campaign_setting)" title="Blackmoor (campaign setting)">Blackmoor</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Savage_Coast" class="mw-redirect" title="Savage Coast">Savage Coast</a></i></li> <li><i><a 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existence</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Material Plane <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Birthright_(campaign_setting)" title="Birthright (campaign setting)">Aebrynis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abeir-Toril" title="Abeir-Toril">Abeir-Toril</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athas" class="mw-redirect" title="Athas">Athas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krynn" class="mw-redirect" title="Krynn">Krynn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eberron" title="Eberron">Eberron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mystara" title="Mystara">Mystara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oerth" class="mw-redirect" title="Oerth">Oerth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Underdark" title="Underdark">Underdark</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inner_Plane" class="mw-redirect" title="Inner Plane">Inner Planes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outer_Plane" title="Outer Plane">Outer Planes</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sigil_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" title="Sigil 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style="width:1%">Character lists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Dragonlance_characters" title="List of Dragonlance characters">Dragonlance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Greyhawk_characters" title="List of Greyhawk characters">Greyhawk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ravenloft_characters" title="List of Ravenloft characters">Ravenloft</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Notable characters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alias_(Forgotten_Realms)" title="Alias (Forgotten Realms)">Alias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catti-brie" title="Catti-brie">Catti-brie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drizzt_Do%27Urden" title="Drizzt Do'Urden">Drizzt Do'Urden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elminster" title="Elminster">Elminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volothamp_Geddarm" title="Volothamp Geddarm">Volothamp Geddarm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gord_the_Rogue" title="Gord the Rogue">Gord the Rogue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iggwilv" title="Iggwilv">Iggwilv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Soth" title="Lord Soth">Lord Soth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raistlin_Majere" title="Raistlin Majere">Raistlin Majere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minsc" title="Minsc">Minsc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mordenkainen" title="Mordenkainen">Mordenkainen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenser" title="Tenser">Tenser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strahd_von_Zarovich" title="Strahd von Zarovich">Strahd von Zarovich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wulfgar_(Forgotten_Realms)" title="Wulfgar (Forgotten Realms)">Wulfgar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Monsters_in_Dungeons_%26_Dragons" title="Monsters in Dungeons & Dragons">Creatures and 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