However, in general, the books only feature mental battles when there is some reason for mind-to-mind contact ( for example, Trump contact ) and magic or Trump is involved in all three of the above conflicts, so it is not clear whether Zelazny intended his characters to have such a power ; the combination of Brand's " living trump " powers and his high Psyche ( as presented in the roleplaying game ) would have guaranteed him victory over Corwin.

* Aberrant, a superhero roleplaying game by White Wolf Game Studio

* Get of Fenris, a werewolf tribe in the roleplaying game Dark Ages: Werewolf

* Iron Duke is the name of a supervillain character in the Silver Age Sentinels roleplaying game, based in part on Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Loglan is used as the official interspecies language in the roleplaying game FTL: 2448.

The object of this sort of game is to slay monsters, explore a fantasy world, complete quests, go on adventures, create a story by roleplaying, and advance the created character.

* Online text-based roleplaying game

* In the roleplaying game Splicers by Palladium Books, humanity has succumbed to a " nanobot plague " that causes any object made of a non-precious metal to twist and change shape ( sometimes into a type of robot ) moments after being touched by a human.

A role-playing game ( RPG and sometimes roleplaying game ) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting.

* Sandmen, parasites in Dark • Matter for the roleplaying game Alternity

Editor Scott Haring said of the game " everybody knows this was the second ever fantasy roleplaying game ...

* Technocracy ( Mage: The Ascension ), or Technocratic Union, a worldwide conspiracy in the roleplaying game Mage: The Ascension

In other words, the setting also provided a context for Barker's constructed languages which were developed in parallel from the mid-to-late 1940s, long before the mass-market publication of his works in roleplaying game and book form.

In 1975, Tactical Studies Rules, Inc., the publishers of Dungeons & Dragons, published Barker's roleplaying game and setting as a standalone game under the title of The Empire of the Petal Throne ( a synonym for the Tsolyáni Empire ), rather than as a " supplement " to the original D & D rules.

* In the 1993 cyberpunk PC roleplaying game Bloodnet, the Plaza Hotel is host to a debauched private gathering called the Hellfire Club, having U. S. senators, the mayor and even vampires as members.

This broader meaning is often used in modern fictional references, such as in roleplaying game culture.

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, the wemic is a humanoid with the upper body of a leonine human and the lower body of a lion.

Wemics are a player race in Maelstrom, a UK based live action roleplaying game.

* In the Arcana Evolved roleplaying game, Akashic is the name of a character class that taps into collective memory to gain knowledge.

* Threshold ( online game ), a roleplaying enforced MUD

Warren Banks and Toren Atkinson also co-wrote ( along with contributions by John Tynes and Monte Cook ) the roleplaying game Spaceship Zero, published by Green Ronin Publishing.

The book presents the second series of novels not as additions to the series ' continuity but as an example of a roleplaying campaign with Merlin, Luke, Julia, Jurt and Coral as the PCs.

The roleplaying game Ars Magica is one such ' historical ' game, set in what its source materials call ' Mythic Europe ': while history is generally accepted to unfold as depicted in real-world historical accounts, Ars Magica presents a detailed background for its setting, tying the existence of magic, wizards and the Faerie realms into a historical context while allowing for ' fantasy ' elements to come into play.

West End Games ' roleplaying material describes the " Tarkin Doctrine ", which emphasizes ruling " through the fear of force, rather than force itself ".

Twinking can happen whenever players can interact and trade with each other, regardless of how present other players can be in the game itself ; the handheld roleplaying game Pokémon, as an example, allows players to trade their Pokémon with each other.

It represents an entirely new approach to the traditional fantasy roleplaying campaign, and the world itself is filled with a strong sense of history.

* In the Elder Scrolls roleplaying video games, the carnivorous Wood Elves may, under great duress, return to their original, formless nature in the Wild Hunt, slaying all before them but being lost to their thinking selves forever.

The gelatinous cube is an invention of Gary Gygax, and first appeared in the Monster Manual ( 1977 ), rather than being lifted from outside sources and adapted to a roleplaying setting, as were many mythological monsters like the minotaur and dryad.

He first learned of roleplaying games as a freshman majoring in engineering at Purdue University, when he happened upon a game of Dungeons & Dragons being played by members of the campus wargaming club.

One of the main differences in HeroQuest's use of abilities, as compared to other roleplaying games, is that they are not limited to describing skills and capability, but may also describe areas of expertise, relationships, personality traits, magic spells, technological implents, superpowers and possessions, depending on the genre of the game being played.

The most prominent system is through roleplaying, where competitors will post pieces of creative writing with the producer of the best piece being named the victor.

In roleplaying situations, authoritarians tend to seek dominance over others by being competitive and destructive instead of cooperative.

Some take this concept further by creating E-feds ( electronic federations ), where a user can create their own fictional wrestling character, and roleplaying storylines with other users, leading to scheduled " shows " where match results are determined by the organizers, usually based on a combination of the characters ' statistics and the players ' roleplaying aptitude, sometimes with audience voting.

This is the act of roleplaying with other fans of Sports Entertainment to create weekly shows based on different styles.

There are slash roleplaying based on Dungeons and Dragons, Supernatural, Naruto, World of Warcraft and Dragon Age, among others.

* In the Wraith: the Oblivion roleplaying game books, the ghost of " Qin Shihuang " continues to rule despotically over the afterlife of China to this day, assisted by an army of nigh-invincible ghost soldiers based on the terracotta army.

A massively multiplayer online roleplaying game based on the license was announced by Cryptic Studios, who had developed the popular City of Heroes and the cancelled Marvel Universe Online.

Two indie games based on the film have been released to this date: Manos: The Hands of Fate, an electronic roleplaying game made using the RPG Maker VX engine that loosely retells the story of the film ; The game tells of an about-to-be-wed couple, Michael Downing and Margaret Peterson ( though their last names weren't mentioned in the film ), who get stuck in the rain somewhere in Texas and rest in a secluded inn, Michael goes to the ice machine but gets lost there and Margaret goes to look for him.

The first two World of Darkness settings have been used for several horror fiction-themed role-playing games that make use of White Wolf's Storyteller / Storytelling System, as well as Mind's Eye Theatre, a live action roleplaying game based on the core games.

Experience distribution is typically based upon roleplaying performance ( especially if flaws are present ), as well as accomplishing short and long term goals.

Her newest company, Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd, publishes RPG line based on several licenses including Serenity and Battlestar Galactica as well as Ed Greenwood's new solo venture into roleplaying, Castlemourn.

* Star Wreck Roleplaying Game, the licensed roleplaying game based on the film series.

Like the book on which it is based, the film treats the playing of roleplaying games as indicative of deep neurotic needs.

Amtgard is a battle gaming and live-action fantasy roleplaying and boffer combat game primarily based in the United States as well as other countries ( Germany, Croatia, Canada, Korea, and more ).

The game is based on user-created content, socializing and free-form roleplaying.

The first edition of the roleplaying game, released in 1986, based Bretonnia on its portrayal in the wargame's 3rd edition rulebook.

In 2006, Mongoose Publishing began publishing a number of Lankhmar-themed roleplaying books based on its revival of the RuneQuest roleplaying game system, starting with Lankhmar ( ISBN 978-1-905471-69-0 ) and Lankhmar: Nehwon ( ISBN 978-1-905471-99-7 ).

The Sci-Fi Channel had announced plans to create a television show based upon the roleplaying game, but in 2007 the program's listing was removed from Sci-Fi Program Info at NBC Universal Media Village.

Starship Traders ( SST ) is a free text based massively multiplayer online roleplaying game in the vein of the classic Star Trader style of games.

* Usagi Yojimbo Roleplaying Game: Anthropomorphic animal roleplaying in feudal Japan, based on the Usagi Yojimbo comic book series by Stan Sakai.

Based on the children's roleplaying game about the Napoleonic Wars, the series featured the Duke of Wellington and his two ( actual ) sons Charles and Arthur, and their arch-nemesis Alexander Percy, partly based on Napoleon.