What is a Role Playing Game?

A role playing game is a type of game where you, and in this case, a small group of other players gather and assume character roles. One person assumes the role of Game Master. This individual establishes the rules and setting the others are playing in. The Game Master also assumes the roles of everyone in the game that is a non-player character (NPC), and uses these characters to move the story forward. Everyone else creates a player character (PC). The creation process involves creating abilities, skills, and in most cases, a background for each character. The player then plays as the character he or she created. The game can continue indefinitely, but the mission, adventure, or campaign, ends when the PCs have completed an objective the Game Master has set in their story.

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