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The many names of Mister Cavern
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 1:52 am
by JigokuBosatsu
Okay, I'd like to get a list of all the different names for Mister Cavern. I'm going to be making a joke out of it in CotEotM. Seems like this may have been discussed before, but I couldn't locate it by searching the Den. Anyway, I'll start:
Mister Cavern
Dungeon Master
Game Master
Storyteller
Judge
What other names are there? The doofier the better. You know, the pretentious shit from terrible RPGs where everyone in the art has a mullet.
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 1:55 am
by Ancient History
Nobilis called them "The Hollyhock God"
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:07 am
by Mask_De_H
Master of Ceremonies
Pervo does Deus ex Machina
Director from Fiasco and PTA
Referee I think
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:16 am
by OgreBattle
Seneschal
FATAL uses some term from roman times.
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:19 am
by Koumei
The WWE game uses General Manager
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:20 am
by Grek
Herr Grotta in Koumei's GAR game.
Dispatch in Ninja Burger.
Hollyhock God is a real winner, as seen above.
Storyteller in V:tM
The Authority in Kestral's Tattletale game that just got posted.
Yeah, that's all I got.
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:39 am
by codeGlaze
Director
Where did Mister Cavern stem from, anyway?
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:41 am
by name_here
Hilarious mistranslation of a Czech RPG Frank reviewed, I think.
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 3:13 am
by Korgan0
Some really shitty WoD ripoff that Frank reviewed had (I think) City Planner.
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 3:20 am
by Koumei
codeGlaze wrote:Director
Where did Mister Cavern stem from, anyway?
All you need to know
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 3:44 am
by Hicks
Referee (traveller)
Arbiter (avatar: the last rpg)
Aedile (fatal)
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 3:48 am
by PoliteNewb
Fate (World of Synnibar)
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 4:14 am
by codeGlaze
Koumei wrote:codeGlaze wrote:Director
Where did Mister Cavern stem from, anyway?
All you need to know
About a month or two ago I was looking for the source, I never found this.
Thanks!
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 4:30 am
by Aryxbez
GOD
Least that's a one I've heard unofficially I'd imagine, others:
Zombie Master from AFMBE
Game Control from Spycraft
The Marshal from Deadlands
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 5:34 am
by OgreBattle
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 7:29 am
by rasmuswagner
Keeper, in CoC.
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:09 am
by Blade
Douchebag in Raoûl
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:26 am
by Prak
In my Mythos/TTGL mashup (that I swear I will finish at some point), I called MC the Elder One.
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:01 am
by Username17
Campaign Manager
Story Guide
Animator
Korgan0 wrote:Some really shitty WoD ripoff that Frank reviewed had (I think) City Planner.
Nightlife is really shitty, but it literally predates V:tM by a whole year.
-Username17
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 12:07 pm
by Count Arioch the 28th
I called the guy running a particularly bad game the BM to his face for over two hours before he noticed.
In my defense, the adventure was basically "ass-rape Count's wizard until he starts crying in real life". Fuck off, I was 12 and didnt have any friends.
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 1:00 pm
by Desdan_Mervolam
I remember a friend of mine used to refer to the GM as GOD, as in Game Operation Director.
I never really cared for that one.
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 4:53 pm
by Prak
Really I think MC is the best, but more because of the traditional meaning of Master of Ceremonies, and second is probably thematically specific stuff that isn't too pompous.
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 7:26 pm
by hogarth
Administrator (from Top Secret)
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:14 pm
by echoVanguard
codeGlaze wrote:Director
This is the one our product uses, but I'm not sure it's pretentious enough to meet JigokuBosatsu's requirements. Perhaps I should update it to "Grand High Railroader".
echo
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:23 am
by fectin
Does Paranoia actually call the MC "Friend Computer," or did I make that up?