Oxymorons in Gaming

[No Name]

How is Inigo Montoya an oxymoron? Does his name have a meaning I just don't know?

I don't think it means what you think it means.

 

[humble minion]

Game Master.

As anyone who's ever run a game will i'm sure understand, the next time I feel like the 'Master' of anything while GMing will be the first.

GMing is less 'Mastery' and more 'desperately tapdancing on top of the avalanche' for mine...

 

[Noldo]

How about Giant Dwarf (courtesy of Enlargement)
Giant In the Playground Games
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0354.html

 

[Dice4Hire]

Well if you're going to say that, then what about Gnome Barbarian or Orc Wizard?

Those races rarely even try those classes, while elves are sure they actually are.

 

[InVinoVeritas]

I like the increasingly inaccurately named Final Fantasy series.

"No! We really mean it this time! Well, maybe just one more..."

 

[FireLance]

Intelligence 3 minotaur PC.

What?

 

[Aeson]

Well if you're going to say that, then what about Gnome Barbarian or Orc Wizard?

My halfling barbarian is doing very well. He takes the beating so the others don't have to. I think those could if done correctly work as well.

 

[grizzo]

beholder monk

 

[Raven Crowking]

Oxymorons (and similarly contradictory resultants) seem to be a staple naming convention in gaming. Add some to this thread like the often heralded Forgotten Realms, the heated Dark Sun, and maps like this one from Uncharted Seas -

According to Ed Greenwood, the name "Forgotten Realms" comes from the idea that there was once much traffic between that world and our own, but that the Realms have been largely forgotten by we poor people stuck in mundane lands.

As for Dark Sun, that's on the cover of the October issue of Scientific American! (Upper right hand corner: "How Quantum Effects Could Create Black Stars, Not Holes.)

 

[Ed_Laprade]

According to Ed Greenwood, the name "Forgotten Realms" comes from the idea that there was once much traffic between that world and our own, but that the Realms have been largely forgotten by we poor people stuck in mundane lands.

Which still doesn't make any sense. Why would they name their home for that reason?