The many names of Mister Cavern

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The many names of Mister Cavern

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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.
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Master of Ceremonies
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Seneschal

FATAL uses some term from roman times.
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Herr Grotta in Koumei's GAR game.
Dispatch in Ninja Burger.
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The Authority in Kestral's Tattletale game that just got posted.
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Director

Where did Mister Cavern stem from, anyway?
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Hilarious mistranslation of a Czech RPG Frank reviewed, I think.
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Some really shitty WoD ripoff that Frank reviewed had (I think) City Planner.
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codeGlaze wrote:Director

Where did Mister Cavern stem from, anyway?
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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.
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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
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http://www.racingpost.com/horses/horse_ ... horse_form

Mister Cavern is the name of a racing horse
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In my Mythos/TTGL mashup (that I swear I will finish at some point), I called MC the Elder One.
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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.

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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.
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Post 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.
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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.
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Post 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".

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Does Paranoia actually call the MC "Friend Computer," or did I make that up?
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