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<blockquote data-quote="Testament" data-source="post: 2003119" data-attributes="member: 21833">&quot;I have shoes!&quot; or &quot;Where have my shoes gone?!&quot;Context: Failing a spot check or search check.&nbsp; The second is usually reserved for negative results.Origin: One player was running a low wisdom fighter.&nbsp; A VERY low wisdom fighter.&nbsp; Throughout three sessions, the highest modified result he got on a spot check was 3.&nbsp; One session they found themselves in prison, and the GM said that &quot;you notice all your equipment is gone, including your shoes.&quot;&nbsp; To which the player responded &quot;I had shoes!?&quot;&nbsp; It developed from there.&quot;You see Elvis&quot;Context: As above.&quot;LANDBRIDGE!!!!!&quot;Context:&nbsp; When someone's missing the bleedingly obvious.Origin:&nbsp; Not actually in-game, but several of my gaming associates are also fans of 8-Bit Theatre.&nbsp; You can guess the rest.&quot;OOOO-TEEENY!!!!&quot;Context:&nbsp; Insanely daring kamikaze run.Origin:&nbsp; In a game of Living Force (RPGA run Star Wars d20) one character's Jawa Jedi (don't ask) decided that the situation was going really really bad, and we needed to escape.&nbsp; So he decided that to buy time, he'd use Force Flight to move himself straight at the enemy and hold them off.&nbsp; The player then stood up, threw the 20-sider and screamed, at the top of his lungs &quot;OOOOOO-TEEEENY!!!!!&quot;(Sung to tune of Waltzing Matilda) &quot;Strange dimensional vortex man, strange dimensional vortex man, ripping the fabric of time and space...&quot;Context: Impossible entrance of an NPC OR blatant DM retconOrigin: One character was a bard when an NPC entered into a dimension locked area with now doors.&nbsp; He just appeared.&nbsp; And the player's a fan of the Scared Weird Little Guys, so he started singing it in character.&quot;The Pianos are circling!&quot;, &quot;Boxed Text paralysis&quot;Context: Used heavily when we playing Living modules to remind us that we're in boxed text, and thus cannot act.Origin:&nbsp; The first term here started when one player, after the game, casually asked what happened if we acted during boxed text.&nbsp; The GM, who also shares our hatred of &quot;Boxed Text Paralysis&quot; (this term, as I understand it, is ANCIENT) responded &quot;I don't know, maybe a piano falls on you!&quot;.&nbsp; The pianos have stuck.&quot;Piano Deployment System&quot;Context:&nbsp; Common in Year 2 Living Greyhawk modules, and in the occaisonal later LG mod.&nbsp; Occaisonaly appears in other Living Games.&nbsp; Essentially, whenever the party is attacked during boxed text, and thus doesn't get a chance to respond in any way.Origin:&nbsp; See above.&quot;DC = Plot&quot;Context:&nbsp; Once again, used in Living Games for an unspecified DC, usually for a spot or search check.&nbsp; Some GMs use it for scaled DCs.Origin: The GM asked &quot;So what are your spot rolls?&quot;&nbsp; When they came back, and all sucked, he responded &quot;lucky for you, there's no DC here!&quot;.&nbsp; I responded &quot;DC PLOT!&quot; and it stuck.&quot;IGMOO!&quot;Context:&nbsp; Any rare, exotic mineral in D&amp;D is now called Igmoo.&nbsp; This is the newest term we have.Origin:&nbsp; In a game of Living Arcanis: Nishanpur, we met a merchant who had the metal Ignium for sale.&nbsp; F'Tharkas, a character in the party is an INT 6, WIS 6 Barbarian whom everyone adores, since he is so damned funny, saw the metal for sale, and asked what it was.&nbsp; When told it was Ignium, he responded &quot;Igmoo you say?&nbsp; I like it, it's soooooo reeeeed!&quot; (yes, it was an &quot;Azumanga Daioh&quot; reference there, complete with drawl.).&nbsp; We tried to teach him how to say Ignium, but he insisted on Igmoo.&nbsp; By the end of the session, we were practically in tears from laughter.&nbsp; He now wears 1 pound of Ignium around his neck, is insanely jealous of another PC who has an Ignium sword, and seeks to find more of this &quot;splendiferously red Igmoo!&quot;By the end of a recent convention here in Melbourne, nearly every Arcanis GM and Player was also using the term Igmoo.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Testament, post: 2003119, member: 21833"] [COLOR=Red]"I have shoes!" or "Where have my shoes gone?!"[/COLOR] Context: Failing a spot check or search check. The second is usually reserved for negative results. Origin: One player was running a low wisdom fighter. A VERY low wisdom fighter. Throughout three sessions, the highest modified result he got on a spot check was 3. One session they found themselves in prison, and the GM said that "you notice all your equipment is gone, including your shoes." To which the player responded "I had shoes!?" It developed from there. [COLOR=Red]"You see Elvis"[/COLOR] Context: As above. [COLOR=Red]"LANDBRIDGE!!!!!"[/COLOR] Context: When someone's missing the bleedingly obvious. Origin: Not actually in-game, but several of my gaming associates are also fans of 8-Bit Theatre. You can guess the rest. [COLOR=Red]"OOOO-TEEENY!!!!"[/COLOR] Context: Insanely daring kamikaze run. Origin: In a game of Living Force (RPGA run Star Wars d20) one character's Jawa Jedi (don't ask) decided that the situation was going really really bad, and we needed to escape. So he decided that to buy time, he'd use Force Flight to move himself straight at the enemy and hold them off. The player then stood up, threw the 20-sider and screamed, at the top of his lungs "OOOOOO-TEEEENY!!!!!" [COLOR=Red](Sung to tune of Waltzing Matilda) "Strange dimensional vortex man, strange dimensional vortex man, ripping the fabric of time and space..."[/COLOR] Context: Impossible entrance of an NPC [I]OR[/I] blatant DM retcon Origin: One character was a bard when an NPC entered into a dimension locked area with now doors. He just appeared. And the player's a fan of the Scared Weird Little Guys, so he started singing it in character. [COLOR=Red]"The Pianos are circling!", "Boxed Text paralysis"[/COLOR] Context: Used heavily when we playing Living modules to remind us that we're in boxed text, and thus cannot act. Origin: The first term here started when one player, after the game, casually asked what happened if we acted during boxed text. The GM, who also shares our hatred of "Boxed Text Paralysis" (this term, as I understand it, is ANCIENT) responded "I don't know, maybe a piano falls on you!". The pianos have stuck. [COLOR=Red]"Piano Deployment System"[/COLOR] Context: Common in Year 2 Living Greyhawk modules, and in the occaisonal later LG mod. Occaisonaly appears in other Living Games. Essentially, whenever the party is attacked during boxed text, and thus doesn't get a chance to respond in any way. Origin: See above. [COLOR=Red]"DC = Plot"[/COLOR] Context: Once again, used in Living Games for an unspecified DC, usually for a spot or search check. Some GMs use it for scaled DCs. Origin: The GM asked "So what are your spot rolls?" When they came back, and all sucked, he responded "lucky for you, there's no DC here!". I responded "DC PLOT!" and it stuck. [COLOR=Red]"IGMOO!"[/COLOR] Context: Any rare, exotic mineral in D&D is now called Igmoo. This is the newest term we have. Origin: In a game of Living Arcanis: Nishanpur, we met a merchant who had the metal Ignium for sale. F'Tharkas, a character in the party is an INT 6, WIS 6 Barbarian whom everyone adores, since he is so damned funny, saw the metal for sale, and asked what it was. When told it was Ignium, he responded "Igmoo you say? I like it, it's soooooo reeeeed!" (yes, it was an "Azumanga Daioh" reference there, complete with drawl.). We tried to teach him how to say Ignium, but he insisted on Igmoo. By the end of the session, we were practically in tears from laughter. He now wears 1 pound of Ignium around his neck, is insanely jealous of another PC who has an Ignium sword, and seeks to find more of this "splendiferously red Igmoo!" By the end of a recent convention here in Melbourne, nearly every Arcanis GM and Player was also using the term Igmoo. [/QUOTE]

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