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[Note: Perhaps this belongs in Off-Topic. But I figured since it deals with common RPG concepts and themes it would be appropriate in the General RPG Discussion forum with a Humor tag.]
Every year, The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational asks readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. In the spirit of that game, here are some new RPG-related terms some of my friends came up with. I thought it might be fun to post them here and get you guys to help come up with some more:
Rule Playing Game - an interactive and improvisational game in which players and gamemasters devise scenarios designed to test each other's knowledge of the system without actually progressing the storyline.
Spill Casting - casting an area affect spell within the immediate proximity of other party members with the hope it will not affect them either.
Experience pints - awarding out experience points in excessive sums (often for the purpose of getting characters ready for the bad stuff).
Fundead - undead that don't drain levels, points or inflict disease or other icky things. Just stupid and easy to kill (if not found in excessive numbers.
Wall of Cthulhu - that impenetrable force (a monster, walking trees, that crucial clue or counter-ritual written in a language you can't read or speak) that keeps you from getting out of a Call of Cthulhu game alive.
Every year, The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational asks readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. In the spirit of that game, here are some new RPG-related terms some of my friends came up with. I thought it might be fun to post them here and get you guys to help come up with some more:
Rule Playing Game - an interactive and improvisational game in which players and gamemasters devise scenarios designed to test each other's knowledge of the system without actually progressing the storyline.
Spill Casting - casting an area affect spell within the immediate proximity of other party members with the hope it will not affect them either.
Experience pints - awarding out experience points in excessive sums (often for the purpose of getting characters ready for the bad stuff).
Fundead - undead that don't drain levels, points or inflict disease or other icky things. Just stupid and easy to kill (if not found in excessive numbers.
Wall of Cthulhu - that impenetrable force (a monster, walking trees, that crucial clue or counter-ritual written in a language you can't read or speak) that keeps you from getting out of a Call of Cthulhu game alive.
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