All languages combined word senses marked with topical category "Dungeons & Dragons"
Parent categories: Fantasy, Role-playing games, Tabletop games, Fiction, Speculative fiction, Games, Artistic works, Genres, Recreation, Art, Entertainment, Human activity, Culture, Human behaviour, Society, Human
Total 42 word senses
- AD&D (Proper name) [English] Initialism of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons.
- D&D (Proper name) [English] Initialism of Dungeons & Dragons.
- D&Der (Noun) [English] A player of the fantasy tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons.
- DM (Verb) [English] To Dungeon Master; to perform as a dungeon master; to run a tabletop role-playing game.
- Dungeon Mastering (Noun) [English] Performing as a dungeon master, or running a tabletop role-playing game, especially Dungeons & Dragons.
- Dungeons & Dragoner (Noun) [English] A player of the fantasy tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons.
- Dungeons & Dragons (Proper name) [English] A particular fantasy role-playing game.
- archpaladin (Noun) [English] A supreme paladin.
- battlemage (Noun) [English] A wizard specializing in close magical combat.
- bulette (Noun) [English] A fictional species of land-dwelling shark in various fantasy settings, such as Dungeons & Dragons.
- bullywug (Noun) [English] A fictional frog-headed humanoid monster from the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game.
- character class (Noun) [English] One of a number of pre-determined groups into which characters in role-playing games are grouped, based on the focus of their skills.
- conversion (Noun) [English] A free kick, after scoring a try, worth two points.
- conversion (Noun) [English] An extra point (or two) scored by kicking a field goal or carrying the ball into the end zone after scoring a touchdown.
- conversion (Noun) [English] The act of turning round; revolution; rotation.
- conversion (Noun) [English] Changing a miniature figure into another character, usually by mixing different parts, or molding the model's parts, or doing both.
- couatl (Noun) [English] A feathered flying serpent with psionic abilities.
- drider (Noun) [English] A monstrous hybrid of a drow or other dark elf and a spider, with a humanoid (vertical) upper body and an arachnid opisthosoma forming the (horizontal) lower part.
- drow (Noun) [English] A member of a fictional race of dark elves in various fantasy settings, such as Dungeons & Dragons.
- drow (Noun) [English] A fictional constructed language spoken by the Drow.
- drow (Noun) [English] A trow; a member of a race of folkloric beings from Orkney and Shetland; cognate to the Scandinavian troll.
- dungeon master (Noun) [English] A game master in Dungeons & Dragons games.
- game master (Noun) [English] A person conducting a role-playing game, generally responsible for controlling all beings and processes other than the players, either individually or as part of a team.
- gish (Noun) [English] A character that is skilled in both physical combat and the use of magic.
- greenskin (Noun) [English] One of several distinct green-skinned creatures often grouped together, such as orcs, goblins and (sometimes) trolls.
- hezrou (Noun) [English] A toad-like humanoid demon.
- kitbash (Verb) [English] To create a new scale model using pieces from existing commercial kits.
- magic user (Noun) [English] One who uses (or has skill with) magic.
- mana (Noun) [English] Power, prestige; specifically, a form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion that inheres in things or people.
- murderhobo (Noun) [English] A character who wanders the gameworld, unattached to any community, indiscriminately killing and looting.
- murderhobo (Verb) [English] To act like a murderhobo: to wander a gameworld indiscriminately killing and looting.
- nalfeshnee (Noun) [English] A powerful demon with the head of a boar.
- quasit (Noun) [English] A small horned humanoid demon with a long tail.
- realm (Noun) [English] An abstract sphere of influence, real or imagined.
- realm (Noun) [English] A scope of operation in networking or security.
- realm (Noun) [English] A territory or state, as ruled by a specific power, especially by a king.
- realm (Noun) [English] An otherworldly dimension or domain — magical, ethereal, or otherwise — usually ruled or created by a mystical character.
- rothe (Noun) [English] A kind of fictional cattle in various role-playing games and roguelike video games.
- tarrasque (Noun) [English] A gigantic lizard-like monster.
- tiefling (Noun) [English] A member of a race of beings having a combination of human and demonic ancestry, found especially in Dungeons & Dragons.
- vrock (Noun) [English] A humanoid demon with the head, claws, and wings of a giant vulture.
- xorn (Noun) [English] A fictional monster that devours earthen and silicate materials and can move freely through earth.
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