D&D 5E Pedantic pet peeves

[Sacrosanct]

Let me add another one. In a thread about peoples' pet peeves on D&D rules, 10 pages are spent discussing the pronunciation of minotaur and satyr.

 

[StepchildoftheSun]

My players know that sconce vs scone bothers me so much and love to mess with me over it.

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[Sacrosanct]

One of the big pet peeves of my friend is pronouncing "brazier" as "brassiere"

 

[robus]

If anybody in this thread sprains a shoulder while patting themselves on the back for their own brilliance, please post a photo so I can laugh.

My daughter has adopted the self-"high five". Physical therapist approved!

 

[guachi]

I've used apostrophes to distinguish when vowels are pronounced individually as opposed to as a diphthong (say, like "zoology" would be "zo'ology"), and similarly for distinguishing consonants from consonant clusters (say, like "springtime" would be "spring'time"). Of course this is used solely for made up words where the pronunciation may seem ambiguous.

In the case of a word like zoology (or coordinate) you would use a diaresis to indicate this. It looks an awful lot like an umlaut. But it's there to indicate each 'o' is a separate sound.

 

[robus]

In the case of a word like zoology (or coordinate) you would use a diaresis to indicate this. It looks an awful lot like an umlaut. But it's there to indicate each 'o' is a separate sound.

The New Yorker (for example, or is it the Atlantic?) writes coöperate.

 

[Satyrn]

If anybody in this thread sprains a shoulder while patting themselves on the back for their own brilliance, please post a photo so I can laugh.

I would, but my shoulder hurts so bad I can't hold up my arm to take the selfie.

 

[iamntbatman]

People mixing up terms in the action economy. Basically "bonus action" as a term causing all sorts of problems, either players thinking they can just make a second action as a bonus action, not knowing what sorts of things they have that actually qualify as bonus actions, or thinking simple free object interactions or shouting a word or phrase while running count as bonus actions. More of a pedantic pet peeve about the RAW not really doing a very good job with nomenclature or specifying which sorts of things are which.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

More of a pedantic pet peeve about the RAW not really doing a very good job with nomenclature or specifying which sorts of things are which.

That's a long standing problem in RPGs.

 

[Shasarak]

In class I always use the following sentence: I am going to a party. How do you say that? "I yam go wing to wa par tee"

Damn now my pet peeve is when Hussar refuses to pronounce his vowels.