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<blockquote data-quote="CRG" data-source="post: 259630" data-attributes="member: 5867">&quot;Don't talk to the monsters&quot;At some point in the game you end up with a player who starts talking to an NPC (or heck, even a monster).&nbsp; They try to rationalize things or maybe even begin some sort of stupid &quot;make the monster like me&quot; activity.&nbsp; If it fails miserably and combat is going to ensue, the DM will say &quot;Don't talk to the monsters&quot; - meaning you've obviously angered the critter and everyone should roll initiative.Also used by players to signify that in-game their character is really extoling the virtues of quiet monster killing versus giving the monsters time to prepare and cast a bunch of beef-up spells.Ahem.&nbsp; &quot;Gurten-Bu-(double T)-load&quot;This comes from time in college where we were playing cards instead of RPGs, etc.&nbsp; A good friend of ours (who's since moved away - so sad - we all miss him) was sitting beside me.&nbsp; It was a large game of hearts and frankly it was becoming a silly game.&nbsp; At the beginning of one hand he made some claim as to how much trouble he was in because of all the hearts he had.&nbsp; After a buddy of mine completely destroyed him by playing a bunch of hearts on him during that hand, Gurten remarked &quot;I was sooooo doomed.&nbsp; I had a buttload of hearts.&nbsp; There was nothing I could do&quot;.&nbsp; Of course, I had blatantly been looking at his hand (we had all progressed beyond fair play - it was a drunken and competitive variety of the game) knew he had only two.&nbsp; From this point forward, a Gurten-buttload now signifies two of anything.&quot;Lawful stupid&quot;, &quot;Chaotic selfish&quot;You can figure these out on your own.&quot;Crowd Reaction&quot;In the old Bloodbowl game (several versions back), if you rolled horibbly low on a roll the crowd at the match had some sort of reaction, like storming the pitch or throwing things at your player.&nbsp; Rolling exceptionally low is often referred to as a &quot;crowd reaction&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CRG, post: 259630, member: 5867"] "Don't talk to the monsters" At some point in the game you end up with a player who starts talking to an NPC (or heck, even a monster). They try to rationalize things or maybe even begin some sort of stupid "make the monster like me" activity. If it fails miserably and combat is going to ensue, the DM will say "Don't talk to the monsters" - meaning you've obviously angered the critter and everyone should roll initiative. Also used by players to signify that in-game their character is really extoling the virtues of quiet monster killing versus giving the monsters time to prepare and cast a bunch of beef-up spells. Ahem. "Gurten-Bu-(double T)-load" This comes from time in college where we were playing cards instead of RPGs, etc. A good friend of ours (who's since moved away - so sad - we all miss him) was sitting beside me. It was a large game of hearts and frankly it was becoming a silly game. At the beginning of one hand he made some claim as to how much trouble he was in because of all the hearts he had. After a buddy of mine completely destroyed him by playing a bunch of hearts on him during that hand, Gurten remarked "I was sooooo doomed. I had a buttload of hearts. There was nothing I could do". Of course, I had blatantly been looking at his hand (we had all progressed beyond fair play - it was a drunken and competitive variety of the game) knew he had only two. From this point forward, a Gurten-buttload now signifies two of anything. "Lawful stupid", "Chaotic selfish" You can figure these out on your own. "Crowd Reaction" In the old Bloodbowl game (several versions back), if you rolled horibbly low on a roll the crowd at the match had some sort of reaction, like storming the pitch or throwing things at your player. Rolling exceptionally low is often referred to as a "crowd reaction". [/QUOTE]

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