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Palaner said:
3.DIE! (n) - Similar to the coremonger, a fan who is pissed that 3.5 even exists.
I... I have a name...

*holds hand over heart in reverence of the moment* :p

Edit: Actually, I'm more with VirgilCaine on this one.
VirgilCaine said:
I'm pissed it makes sweeping unnecessary or massibely overdue changes and the changes that are justified IMO, are very minor. It's not because it exists.
 
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Graf said:
+ Altbomination and Coremonger are definitely words we can use.

But Altbomination, no offence intended, needs to be shorter and snappier.
Like a term for munchkin but for characters instead of players.

I think that altbomination being a clunky word fits perfectly.

Coremonger is short and too the point like those that play core only.

Both work very well for what they are. IMO, of course.
 

I'm just pleased I was able to start a quasi-popular thread. :) Now all I have to do is find a way to get coremonger into mainstream (like uber) and trademark it somehow... *G*
 

Powerfailure Player who wants to be a powergamer, but due to a poor grasp of the rules or bad dice rolling (or both) his characters never achieve anything during the game

Dualist Player who always plays what is effectively an (improved) gestalt fighter/wizard by rolling up one character himself and having his girlfriend roll up the other, and then treating both characters as "his" during the game.

One Nation Poster A player who is convinced that there is only one way the game is played. He or she then confidently posts "facts" on message boards, not realising they are completely campaign specific.

Guardian of the RAW Someone who is only interested in a discussion of the RAW, and has no patience with anyone who wants to broaden any topic, however useful that may be in solving the actual problem under discussion.

Dungeon Servant Someone who thinks he's a Dungeon Master, but won't deviate by a single syllable from a published module on the grounds that "its not what it says here".
 

The_Universe said:
Mis-Targeting Drama Queen n Identical to a Drama Queen in most respects, but unable to pick up on game or genre subtext. <snip> he or she has inevitably chosen a character history either a) nearly identical to that of another character in the current campaign, b) hackneyed and stereotyped, or c) filled with mundane and uninteresting detail

or (d) wildly inconsistent with the background material, or (e) far more grandiose than anything the party will be taking on before about 13th level.
 


Chupacabra noun (chu-pah-CAH-brah)
1. A horrible player who emphasizes the worst extremes of a particular gaming system which you dislike which you are absolutely certain runs rampant, destroying games left and right, and yet has never actually been observed in nature. (EX: players who only play 25th half-dragon/half-gelantenous cube/half-fiendish paladins).
2. Any player who you enjoys a game which you dislike and whom can be easily accused of enjoying the worst extremes of a particular gaming system which you dislike, esp. by annonymous means, such as on the internet.
3. A purported creature resembling a gargoyle, said to exist in parts of Mexico and on Puerto Rico; from the Spanish words for 'goat-sucker', from its attacks and draining the blood of the victims.
 

Dark Jezter said:
Serial Amnesiac (n.): A player who, no matter how many times you game with him or her, still has to have the rules explained to them every session.

Hey, I know one of them! "Spell resistance? Is that like a saving throw?"

TWK
 

What would you call these ones.

1. Priestly Prositute: He was a Lawful or Chaotic Good Crusader of Tymora who's most famous quote was, "If you give me some money for my temple, I'll give you some love." He considered all women to be automatically unarmed. Absolute idiot.
2. 4 Star General Stupid Druid: She had an assortment of animal compainions. They included a pig-sized goldfish who's sheer destructive power rivaled the gods, a 30 foot mobile statue of the Egyptian cat goddess Bast, a floating flaming skull named Skeleton (named by the druid, of course), a retarded Nightmare, and a ranger cat-girl. All at fouteenth level. Absolutely unbalanced idiot.
3. Oriental Druid: See 4 Star General Stupid Druid.
4. Guy Who Sold His Soul Both to An Eryines and to a Succubus: See Priestly Prositute.
This was in second Edition. This was in Faerûn. Fighting the Red Wizards of Thay.

How about the DM they irritated into allowing this.
 

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