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<blockquote data-quote="provik" data-source="post: 262027" data-attributes="member: 5771"><p><strong>More Phrases</strong></p><p></p><p>*ss Berries</p><p></p><p> "I'm stepping back five feet and eating an *ss-berry of Cure Serious!"</p><p></p><p> When the druid began making Infusions, we got into a conversation about what they were made out of. According to all the films and literature, things made by druids from 'natural' ingredients were always disgusting ("What's in this stuff?" "Don't ask.")</p><p> Our druid swore he made the stuff out of strawberries. So we said he had to do something to make them taste horrible, otherwise, like all medicines, it wouldn't work. So thus the phrase "*ss-Berry" was born. We could only *assume* what he did to the berries to 'empower' them to work normally. Blech.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Who's On Countdown?</p><p> </p><p> "Richard, you're on countdown. Anyone above 25?"</p><p></p><p> When doing combat, I hate tracking Initiative, so I assign it to players to count it down on the battle mat. It's called the Countdown.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Wake Up Call</p><p></p><p> "I give the signal to Grond and we make our wake-up calls."</p><p></p><p> Sneak attack. It always kinda struck me as funny, giving a wake-up call to a creature by killing them, but whatever.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Ping</p><p></p><p> "I ping the guy to give Rothgar a +2 AC."</p><p></p><p> Hitting foes with damage reduction for no damage, or using the Harry combat option to do no damage. "Pinging" off their armor.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Light 'Em Up</p><p></p><p> "I'll light 'em up."</p><p></p><p> This is translated as "toss the continual light torch (or regular torch, light object, whatever) nearest to the combat sounds, targeting the square closest to the sound I hear.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Buck Futter!</p><p></p><p> "Buck Futter!"</p><p> "I don't have evasion, I'm getting out of the way!"</p><p></p><p> That was a signal contrived by the players in my game to warn each other of incoming area effect spells. By giving a one-count warning, I awarded them a +1 Insight Bonus to the Reflex Save (only because they knew it was coming).</p><p> It was also a warning that all characters without evasion were to leave the area as quickly as possible. Evasion people, take your chances.</p><p> Buck Futter, of course, came from one of the old Jeopardy! parodies on SNL. "Sean Connery" yelling at "Alex Trebek", "Buck Futter!"</p><p></p><p></p><p>Bad Touch</p><p></p><p> "She Bad Touches you for 18 damage, Will Save for half."</p><p></p><p> Cause Wounds or any other damaging touch spell (but typically the Cause Wounds spells).</p><p></p><p></p><p>Quarter and Bless by Two's</p><p></p><p> "I take three clerics and we quarter and bless by two's."</p><p></p><p> This was a classic. Our resident militant decided to play a tragic cleric in a game (and not a cleric of war, either, mind you). We set up an avalanche and destroy an entire army. Note that in this world, the dead rise after three days unless you bless the ground on which they died.</p><p> So without a step, Marcus steps up and issues his famous command. Since then, it has come to mean any systematic clerical cleansing of a location.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Terylize</p><p></p><p> "Yes, the soldier is sufficiently terylized."</p><p></p><p> Teryl, the fighter in the above mentioned campaign, could go into a situation and begin issuing orders with absolutely no idea what was going on. Ignorance will not stop military decisiveness in the pitch of battle. (Official Quote) </p><p> Teryl would begin issuing orders, denigrating and generally brow-beating until men followed his instructions. Most of the obedience, however, was fear, so the condition came be known as Terylizing. Men who refused to move when ordered to stand to, by the way, were suffering from 'Teralysis".</p><p></p><p></p><p>Thwack, Thunk, Shunk, and Vorp</p><p></p><p> In order of more damaging sound effects:</p><p></p><p> Thwack - Blunt damage of over 10 points.</p><p> Thunk - Piercing damage of over 15 points.</p><p> Shunk - Slashing damage of over 20 points.</p><p> Vorp - Energy or magic damage of over 30 points.</p><p> Also interchangable with "Woosh"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="provik, post: 262027, member: 5771"] [b]More Phrases[/b] *ss Berries "I'm stepping back five feet and eating an *ss-berry of Cure Serious!" When the druid began making Infusions, we got into a conversation about what they were made out of. According to all the films and literature, things made by druids from 'natural' ingredients were always disgusting ("What's in this stuff?" "Don't ask.") Our druid swore he made the stuff out of strawberries. So we said he had to do something to make them taste horrible, otherwise, like all medicines, it wouldn't work. So thus the phrase "*ss-Berry" was born. We could only *assume* what he did to the berries to 'empower' them to work normally. Blech. Who's On Countdown? "Richard, you're on countdown. Anyone above 25?" When doing combat, I hate tracking Initiative, so I assign it to players to count it down on the battle mat. It's called the Countdown. Wake Up Call "I give the signal to Grond and we make our wake-up calls." Sneak attack. It always kinda struck me as funny, giving a wake-up call to a creature by killing them, but whatever. Ping "I ping the guy to give Rothgar a +2 AC." Hitting foes with damage reduction for no damage, or using the Harry combat option to do no damage. "Pinging" off their armor. Light 'Em Up "I'll light 'em up." This is translated as "toss the continual light torch (or regular torch, light object, whatever) nearest to the combat sounds, targeting the square closest to the sound I hear. Buck Futter! "Buck Futter!" "I don't have evasion, I'm getting out of the way!" That was a signal contrived by the players in my game to warn each other of incoming area effect spells. By giving a one-count warning, I awarded them a +1 Insight Bonus to the Reflex Save (only because they knew it was coming). It was also a warning that all characters without evasion were to leave the area as quickly as possible. Evasion people, take your chances. Buck Futter, of course, came from one of the old Jeopardy! parodies on SNL. "Sean Connery" yelling at "Alex Trebek", "Buck Futter!" Bad Touch "She Bad Touches you for 18 damage, Will Save for half." Cause Wounds or any other damaging touch spell (but typically the Cause Wounds spells). Quarter and Bless by Two's "I take three clerics and we quarter and bless by two's." This was a classic. Our resident militant decided to play a tragic cleric in a game (and not a cleric of war, either, mind you). We set up an avalanche and destroy an entire army. Note that in this world, the dead rise after three days unless you bless the ground on which they died. So without a step, Marcus steps up and issues his famous command. Since then, it has come to mean any systematic clerical cleansing of a location. Terylize "Yes, the soldier is sufficiently terylized." Teryl, the fighter in the above mentioned campaign, could go into a situation and begin issuing orders with absolutely no idea what was going on. Ignorance will not stop military decisiveness in the pitch of battle. (Official Quote) Teryl would begin issuing orders, denigrating and generally brow-beating until men followed his instructions. Most of the obedience, however, was fear, so the condition came be known as Terylizing. Men who refused to move when ordered to stand to, by the way, were suffering from 'Teralysis". Thwack, Thunk, Shunk, and Vorp In order of more damaging sound effects: Thwack - Blunt damage of over 10 points. Thunk - Piercing damage of over 15 points. Shunk - Slashing damage of over 20 points. Vorp - Energy or magic damage of over 30 points. Also interchangable with "Woosh" [/QUOTE]
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