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<blockquote data-quote="TheAuldGrump" data-source="post: 2018316" data-attributes="member: 6957">Term: Norton or alternately First ParagraphUsage: 'Did you Norton that spell?'Meaning: To read only the first paragraph of any rules, because the bad things all happen tin the second paragraph.Source: A player Notorious in Warhammer 40,000 games for 'neglecting' or 'forgetting' the penalties for any thing he was doing or using. Term: Khinasi OrangesUsage: 'The finest oranges come from Khinasi lands.'Meaning: To add the appearance of a conspiracy where none exists.Source: A Birthright game where the players (Regents all) were being held in a walled town while the attempted murder of a Khinasi dignitary was investigated. One of the players decided to cause some 'excitement' by going to every fruit seller in the city asking for oranges in exactly the same words every time, knowing that agents investigating the attack were following close behind. Just to make them think that he was up to something, in the end no fewer than five agencies were trying to find out what he was up to, including the other player characters. When the investigating agents found out what he was really up to the high priest in charge of the investigation gave him a stern taliking to about wasting the church's time and manpower. Oddly it worked out for the best when it turned out that the only people able to get the oranges in the sealed city worked for the victim of the attack, they were using the aquaduct to carry packages and messages out of the city, something the party found useful.The Auld Grump</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TheAuldGrump, post: 2018316, member: 6957"] Term: Norton or alternately First Paragraph Usage: 'Did you Norton that spell?' Meaning: To read only the first paragraph of any rules, because the bad things all happen tin the second paragraph. Source: A player Notorious in Warhammer 40,000 games for 'neglecting' or 'forgetting' the penalties for any thing he was doing or using. Term: Khinasi Oranges Usage: 'The finest oranges come from Khinasi lands.' Meaning: To add the appearance of a conspiracy where none exists. Source: A Birthright game where the players (Regents all) were being held in a walled town while the attempted murder of a Khinasi dignitary was investigated. One of the players decided to cause some 'excitement' by going to [i]every[/i] fruit seller in the city asking for oranges [i]in exactly the same words every time[/i], knowing that agents investigating the attack were following close behind. Just to make them think that he was up to something, in the end no fewer than five agencies were trying to find out what he was up to, including the other player characters. When the investigating agents found out what he was really up to the high priest in charge of the investigation gave him a stern taliking to about wasting the church's time and manpower. Oddly it worked out for the best when it turned out that the only people able to get the oranges in the sealed city worked for the victim of the attack, they were using the aquaduct to carry packages and messages out of the city, something the party found useful. The Auld Grump [/QUOTE]

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