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Guide
The dicemasters Guide
They are called by many names: Narrator, Storyteller, Referee, Mayor, Game
Master, Big Fat Slobbering Traitor Why The Hell Did You Roll That 20. But
mostly, the big guy running a Fantasy Role-Playing Game is called the dM
– the diceMaster! Your mission is crucial to success of the any Dungeon
Adventure Game. You create the Adventures (well, at least most of them –
more on that in a bit), you tell the story, you run the Monsters, you decide
the price of Ale, and most of all – you try and kill the Adventurers off so that
the players will go home and let you get some sleep.
I Am, Who dM
Mostly, the dM is there to roll a lot of dice, and pretend that they mean
something. Occasionally look something up in the rule book, fiddle around
with your backpack, and ask someone if they remember what HITS DIE a
Turbonium Dragon has – and as long as the game is fun, and you are fair,
everyone will have a great time.
Now, the ultimate power of the diceMaster is the ability to make people roll
dice (mainly the little cubes, but sometimes the tiny pyramids, little
octahedrons, tasty decahedrons, and delightful dodecahedrons). Whenever
an Adventurer wants to do something (other than simple actions like talking
to the bartender, or reading a book), you are going to tell that player to
“Roll!” and tell them which STAT DIE to roll and what DEFENSE they need to
beat.
Whenever a player wants their Adventurer to do something, have them
explain it to you. Then, you tell them what happens. Sometimes, when there
is chance that what the player wants to do might fail (like hitting someone
with a sword, disabling a trap, or trying to get a date*), have them roll one
of their STAT DICE add their LEVEL (and any modifiers) and see if they beat
the DEFENSE.
* Well, there’s a chance that it might succeed – it’s all a matter of positive
thinking really.
Example: Carson tells Matt that his Adventurer, Vargo the Hamsterling Cage
Fighter, wants to jump off the moving wagon and slam his Mace of Many
Hurts into the whimpering Kobold. Matt (the dM) says, “Ok. So Vargo runs
across the wagon, unsheathing his mighty Mace of Many Hurts, and leaps
from the side of the wagon. Roll your REFLEX DIE and beat a DEFENSE of 10
not to get sucked under the wagon wheels…”
HOW
ATTRACTIVE
MIND
STRENGTH
EXTRANEOUS
REFLEXES
Example Actions per Stat die
Doing your hair, picking up chicks, seducing
Orks.
CASTing Tricks, reading old tomes,
remembering important clues, lying to people,
resisting mind control, taking the SATs.
Breaking stuff, TOHIT rolls, holding your breath,
resisting poison, being tortured, flexing your
muscles.
Don’t worry, as long as there are monsters to
kill, no one will ever need to roll under this Stat,
except to PRAY.
Walking a tightrope, jumping a cliff, tying a
knot, catching arrows, not being hit by a giant
boulder.