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Words used in a specific sense in the context of role playing games

Role playing games (RPGs) have developed specialized terminology. This includes both terminology used within RPGs to describe in game concepts and terminology used to describe RPGs. Role playing games also have specialized slang and jargon associated with them. Besides the terms listed here, there are numerous terms used in the context of specific, individual RPGs such as Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), Pathfinder, Fate, and Vampire: The Masquerade. For a list of RPGs, see List of role playing games.

Adventure: A set of game sessions united by characters and by narrative sequence, setting or goal. Armor Class (or AC): The difficulty to hit a specified target, abstracted from its dodging capacity and armor. "This term was inherited from a naval battle game". measured by a template, distance in hexagon or ordinary metrics.

Campaign: A series of adventures. Character: player character: non player character or game master character: a fictional character in a role playing game. Character class:is an occupation, profession, or role assigned to a game character to highlight and differentiate their abilities and specializations. Character sheet: A record of a player character in a role playing game, including whatever details, notes, game statistics, and background information a player would need during a play session. Character creation: The method used to create a player character. Critical: (dice) result ( hit / failure) with lower probability (natural 1 or 20 on an icosahedron, matched dice, etc.) resulting in a strong fictional/mechanical outcome.

Difficulty Class (or DC): A target number to save from an effect. : An enclosed location that contains hostile NPCs, such as a cave or building. A dungeon crawl is a type of scenario in which players navigate a labyrinth type of dungeon, battling various monsters, avoiding traps, solving puzzles, and looting any treasure they may find.

Fumble: Critical failure. syn. Botch.

Game master (or GM). The person who runs a role playing game and arbitrates how actions are resolved and narrated. In many games, specialized terms are used, as such Dungeon Master for the person running Dungeons & Dragons, Storyteller for the person running a game set in the World of Darkness or Referee for the person running Traveller. Gamemaster's screen: a folding screen, often of cardboard, used to hide adventure content from the players.

Initiative : The determination of who goes first and in what order declared actions are carried out.

Metagaming: A player's use of out of character knowledge concerning the state of the game to determine their character's actions, when said character has no relevant knowledge or awareness under the circumstances. Modifier: A number added to or subtracted from a die roll based on a specific skill or other attribute.

Natural (roll): The number actually on a die, such as a natural 1 or a natural 20, indicating the die's face shows a 1 or a 20, as opposed to the number rolled plus modifiers.

Saving throw: A game mechanic in which dice are used to avoid some kind of negative effect on a character. Examples of popular safety toolsets include: Lines and Veils by Emily Care Boss (based on concepts from Sorcery & Sex by Ron Edwards), Script Change by Beau Sheldon, and the X Card by John Stavropoulos. Session: A single meeting of a role playing group. (or ): The first game session where the game master and players determine the playstyle, mechanics and themes they will use as group in their game. Groups will also determine the expectations and limitations (including use of safety tools) of their game. Some groups also use this session to create characters and establish other parts of worldbuilding for their game. Setting: The fictional world in which the game takes place. System: The set of game mechanics which make up a game. (TPK) or total party wipe(out) (TPW): The entire party of player characters dies. Troupe system: A style of play in which different characters are run by the same player in different sessions; in some cases, the duties of the game master may also be rotated amongst the players.

Advantage: A positive or useful statistic or trait. Attributes: Natural, in born characteristics shared by all characters. Functional attributes, such as physical strength or wisdom, have a mechanical impact on gameplay while cosmetic attributes, such as visual appearance, allow a player to define their character within the game.

Derived statistic: A secondary characteristic based on a character's attributes (or primary characteristics), which may include such fluctuating measures as hit points or magic points.

Powers: Extraordinary abilities which make a character special, such as flight or telepathy. Actual play often encompasses in character interactions between players, storytelling from the gamemaster, and out of character engagements such as dice rolls and discussion of game mechanics. Generic: A system that can support a wide variety of settings. Genre: A game that adheres to certain fictional tropes, such as fantasy or science fiction. Living campaigns (or shared campaigns): A gaming format within the table top role playing game community that provides the opportunity for play by an extended community within a shared universe.

Narrativist: A term from GNS theory describing games in which enjoyment is derived from creating a good story.

Rules heavy: A game system with heavily codified mechanics, usually encompassing a wide variety of possible actions in a game. The opposite of rules lite. Rules lite: A game system that uses very general mechanics, usually more focused on narrative actions in a game. The opposite of rules heavy. "This process has been named bleed by game designer and scholar Emily Care Boss, because emotions from one environment bleed into another".

Fluff: The setting and ambiance of a game, as distinct from the rules/mechanics, particularly in reference to written descriptive material. Munchkin: An immature player, especially one who is selfishly focused on dominating play, often by seeking to circumvent the normal limitations placed on characters. Rule as Written (or RAW): The rules "without regard to the designers’ intent. The text is forced to stand on its own". Rules lawyer: A player who strictly adheres to the rules as written, and enforces them among all other players.

Twink: A player who engages in system mastery with an explicit focus of exploiting powerful abilities. Similar to powergamer.