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  2. Role-playing game terms - Wikipedia

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    Character class is an occupation, profession, or role assigned to a game character to highlight and differentiate their abilities and specializations. [9] Character sheet: A record of a player character in a role-playing game, including whatever details, notes, game statistics, and background information a player would need during a play ...

  3. Role-playing game - Wikipedia

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    A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, [1] [2] or abbreviated as RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting or through a process of structured decision-making regarding character ...

  4. Attribute (role-playing games) - Wikipedia

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    An attribute is a piece of data (a "statistic") that describes to what extent a fictional character in a role-playing game possesses a specific natural, in-born characteristic common to all characters in the game. That piece of data is usually an abstract number or, in some cases, a set of dice.

  5. Glossary of video game terms - Wikipedia

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    Also isometric graphics. Graphic rendering technique of three-dimensional objects set in a two-dimensional plane of movement. Often includes games where some objects are still rendered as sprites. 360 no-scope A 360 no-scope usually refers to a trick shot in a first or third-person shooter video game in which one player kills another with a sniper rifle by first spinning a full circle and then ...

  6. Character class - Wikipedia

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    In tabletop games and video games, a character class is an occupation, profession, or role assigned to a game character to highlight and differentiate their capabilities and specializations. [ 1 ] In role-playing games (RPGs), character classes aggregate several abilities and aptitudes , and may also detail aspects of background and social ...

  7. Non-player character - Wikipedia

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    A non-player character (NPC), also called a non-playable character, is a character in a game that is not controlled by a player. [1] The term originated in traditional tabletop role-playing games where it applies to characters controlled by the gamemaster or referee rather than by another player.

  8. Role-playing - Wikipedia

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    Role-playing or roleplaying is the changing of one's behaviour to assume a role, either unconsciously to fill a social role, or consciously to act out an adopted role. While the Oxford English Dictionary offers a definition of role-playing as "the changing of one's behaviour to fulfill a social role", [1] in the field of psychology, the term is used more loosely in four senses:

  9. Role-playing video game - Wikipedia

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    A role-playing video game, role-playing game (RPG) or computer role-playing game (CRPG) is a video game genre where the player controls the actions of a character (or several party members) that will undergo some form of character development by way of recording statistics. Also, they are usually immersed in some well-defined world.