Confused On What Game Master Is

[Kuroodo]

I've tried searching online, but I can never find an exact answer.

What is game master mode? Is it a mode where I can make my own story, and play it?
Or is it some gamemode where others play a story and you interact with them & activate story elements by 'playing god'?

Thanks.

[Izex]

It's like DnD.

[Kuroodo]

Originally posted by Izex:

It's like DnD.

I've never played DnD and have no idea how it plays

[Hekinsieden]

The Game Master is essentially God and can load up a story for the players to play while the GM (Game Master) controls the whole thing. You can also create your own stories for people to join and guide them through your adventure.

[Kuroodo]

That sounds pretty boring to me. Sad that they only made it for that purpose. The devs have the potential to make something much greater with the story/level creation tool; Hopefully modders end up getting that potential unveiled.

Thanks for the replies!

[Heinz234]

Originally posted by Kuroodo:

That sounds pretty boring to me. Sad that they only made it for that purpose. The devs have the potential to make something much greater with the story/level creation tool; Hopefully modders end up getting that potential unveiled.

Thanks for the replies!

First of all GM Mode isn't boring but awesome and 2nd you probably are confusing GM mode with the editor, which is a seperate downlaod, that can be used to do anything you can think of as it is the same tool as the devs used to create the game.

[Willem]

DM mode boring lol
It's the best mode in this game and the best GM mode iv'e ever seen in any game.
You really need to look into pen and paper play before you judge.
DnD is awesome and 99.9% of all PRG's are based on it.

[spec24]

"The Game Master is essentially God and can load up a story for the players to play while the GM (Game Master) controls the whole thing. You can also create your own stories for people to join and guide them through your adventure."

"That sounds pretty boring to me. "

If that sounds boring I'd be curious to know what it is you'd like GM mode to be.

[Kuroodo]

Originally posted by Heinz234:

Originally posted by Kuroodo:

That sounds pretty boring to me. Sad that they only made it for that purpose. The devs have the potential to make something much greater with the story/level creation tool; Hopefully modders end up getting that potential unveiled.

Thanks for the replies!

First of all GM Mode isn't boring but awesome and 2nd you probably are confusing GM mode with the editor, which is a seperate downlaod, that can be used to do anything you can think of as it is the same tool as the devs used to create the game.

Wow, the editor/Divinity Engine Toolkit is exactly what I was looking for! I didn't know it existed. Thanks for pointing this out!

To each their own with GM mode. I dislike it's concept and would prefer a living game world than one that is being actively decided by a single player. But in this case I guess I was more biased about it since I was expecting it to be like the editor (before I knew the editor existed).

Originally posted by spec24:

If that sounds boring I'd be curious to know what it is you'd like GM mode to be.

I thought GM mode was a basic tool that allowed me to build a small story/campaign that I or others could play. Something that allowed basic scripting and player interactions with the world, not some god interacting with their pawns.

Luckily I now learned that an editor exists for exactly what I want to do.

Thanks everyone for the information.

[Hethwill]

You mean 4 gods and a servile Imp for sure, sir.

Yeah the Editor is the swiss knife for both the stand alone adventure designer as much as for the resources to be used by a "pen and paper" group.

Theeditor story designer seems really robust ( and with a lot of stuff to break and learn )