Canon:RPG Terminology

BBEG

1. Big Bad Evil Guy
2. Big Bad Enemy Guy

BDF

1. Big Dumb Fighter
   • The name says it all. Stereotypically a character with very little depth who uses their brawn to solve as many problems as possible. They often do not scale well in part to their lack of depth. Although are often fun to play in low level campaigns and/or for beginners to the hobby.

Closet Troll

1. "Typically" a melee specialist who does massive damage when s/he/it can catch a target at close range
   • A troll out in the open is a reasonable challenge for a party of appropriate level(CR/etc) because they can move around and not be Full Attacked. But a troll in a tightly enclosed space (like a closet) is a nightmare.

CoDzilla (dnd-wiki explanation)

1. A very powerful Cleric or Druid build; typically game breaking as levels accumulate.
   • Named for how they can wield considerable magic power as well as having better combat skills and abilities than their pure "reality twisting" rivals. Better Base Attack Bonus and armor opportunities as well as shapeshifting and Natural Spell for druids.
   • 1d4chan explains it pretty well
2. Clericzilla
3. Druidzilla

DM (Dungeon Master)

1. The judge, referee, story-teller, rules arbitrator

ECL

• Effective Character Level

GM (Game Master)

• See 'DM'

Judge (RPG)

• See 'DM'

LWQW

1. Linear Warriors, Quadratic Wizards
   • A phrase coined to quickly explain the problem between magic users and melee players.
   • "Melee classes gain power at a linear rate as they level up. Magic users gain power quadratically as they level up."
   • TVTropes.com explains with charts!

NPC

1. Non-player Character
   • Characters played and controlled by an RPG campaign/game's DM

PC

1. Player Character
   • The character, or characters, controlled directly by the players in an RPG campaign/game

Story Teller (RPG)

• See 'DM'

TBT

• The Bullet Test
• Whether or not characters in a TTRPG are assumed to regularly survive, or be immune to, bullet wounds. Essentially being super-heroic in nature.

TTRPG

1. Tabletop RPG
   • It all started with pencil and paper...

WFM

1. Weaboo Fightan Majick
   • I'll add a description later