• iAmTheTot
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      21 days ago

      I’d rather not give them the recognition, and Pathfinder ditched alignment anyway.

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        21 days ago

        It is actually a good strategy to dilute the term Dungeon Master into a general phrase, because that means Hasbro can’t enforce their copyright. For instance, Aspirin is a brand name, but it’s such a generic term that anyone in the US can call their product Aspirin without risk.

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          21 days ago

          We’ll have to agree to disagree! I prefer using the game’s defined term, or Game Master for general usage.

          Edited to add, you TTRPG players sure are a contentious people.

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            20 days ago

            Well, when the players enter a dungeon, it becomes the Dungeon Master.
            Everywhere else, it can be a Game Master. Inside the game of course. If they go outside the game then… well, then that’s just another guy in the outside.