I HATE the term GISH

[MadMaxim]

I think it's kind of silly...

 

[Masquerade]

Count me among the younger generation. The term doesn't bother me at all, but I don't use it myself, either.

 

[shilsen]

How do you feel about the term?

I never use the term and it doesn't bother me in the least, mainly because I'm generally unaffected by the names of things. Names are arbitrary and while a lot of people get excited about their various connotations, I don't. Call it a 'gish', or a 'fighter-mage', or a 'bladesinger', or a 'spoozle', and I'll react to it the same way, based purely on the flavor and the mechanics.

And, regarding your age assumption, I'm 32.

 

[sjmiller]

I am one of those who has no idea what the term "gish" means. Until this thread I had never heard it before.

 

[Thanee]

It's both stupid and wrong (unless the character in question is a githyanki, that is).

Bye
Thanee

 

[FireLance]

If you can come up with a better term, please feel free to popularize it. Until then, most of us know what it means when we hear it, so it serves its purpose.

 

[Shemeska]

Unless we're talking about a multiclassed githyanki, it's dumb. When did the term get stripped of its cultural connection and suddenly applied to any Joe PC who happens to be a combination of the same classes as a githyanki to whom the term would be appropriate?

And regarding githyanki knights, the term was used also in 2e and still in 3e to refer to githyanki fighters (or any primarily martial class really).

 

[Sammael]

I only use it for multiclassed githyanki warrior/arcane spellcaster types. Its use outside of this context is annoying, and I dislike the sound of the word as it is.

 

[TarionzCousin]

I'm a youngin' mahself... so I've never heard the term. What does Gish stand for/short for/mean ?

As implied, it's a term from 2E for a fighter/mage githyanki. It has been used without the githyanki context to mean any fighter/mage build or class.

I don't like it either.

 

[Bacris]

I never use the term and it doesn't bother me in the least, mainly because I'm generally unaffected by the names of things. Names are arbitrary and while a lot of people get excited about their various connotations, I don't. Call it a 'gish', or a 'fighter-mage', or a 'bladesinger', or a 'spoozle', and I'll react to it the same way, based purely on the flavor and the mechanics.

And, regarding your age assumption, I'm 32.

Same here, but I'm 27. I don't use it, but it doesn't instill any sense of hatred, hostility, and anger.

It's a bloody label, why get all worked up over it? And it's a label for a specific type of a race of beings that don't exist. It's like getting offended that someone said that they call the Easter Bunny "Bob the Easter Bunny." Is it really worth getting up in a huff that someone else wants to use that term?