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<blockquote data-quote="Aeric" data-source="post: 2000236" data-attributes="member: 17012">&quot;Buying apples in the marketplace.&quot;&nbsp; Refers to any mundane activity which would normally be glossed over, but is instead roleplayed out, much to the chagrin of the rest of the party that isn't involved.Origin: Our DM at the time liked to roleplay our haggling with NPC merchants for our equipment, even when we just wanted to buy mundane things off the rack for list cost.&nbsp; There was a player in the group whose idea of roleplaying was to go to the marketplace and buy all kinds of random, mundane stuff (like apples), which in turn caused her to haggle with the NPCs....&nbsp; We spent an entire week in town once because of this nonsense, while the Lich King and his undead army ran rampant in our absence.&quot;Magical duel.&quot;&nbsp; A bogus explanation for something, given when the person is caught off guard and doesn't actually have an explanation.Origin: Same campaign as above.&nbsp; Our party was stopping for the night, and as we were setting up camp, the DM casually mentioned that we tied our horses reins to some nearby cactii.&nbsp; Having otherwise been travelling in a temperate area, and there having been no mention whatsoever about moving into a desert area, we asked him what cactii were doing in the region.&nbsp; He got that deer-in-the-headlights look and after a second explained that there had been a magical duel in the region some years back and that magic had caused the change in the region.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aeric, post: 2000236, member: 17012"] "Buying apples in the marketplace." Refers to any mundane activity which would normally be glossed over, but is instead roleplayed out, much to the chagrin of the rest of the party that isn't involved. Origin: Our DM at the time liked to roleplay our haggling with NPC merchants for our equipment, even when we just wanted to buy mundane things off the rack for list cost. There was a player in the group whose idea of roleplaying was to go to the marketplace and buy all kinds of random, mundane stuff (like apples), which in turn caused her to haggle with the NPCs.... We spent an entire week in town once because of this nonsense, while the Lich King and his undead army ran rampant in our absence. "Magical duel." A bogus explanation for something, given when the person is caught off guard and doesn't actually have an explanation. Origin: Same campaign as above. Our party was stopping for the night, and as we were setting up camp, the DM casually mentioned that we tied our horses reins to some nearby cactii. Having otherwise been travelling in a temperate area, and there having been no mention whatsoever about moving into a desert area, we asked him what cactii were doing in the region. He got that deer-in-the-headlights look and after a second explained that there had been a magical duel in the region some years back and that magic had caused the change in the region. [/QUOTE]

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