RPG/D&D terms and phrases that are no longer clever or amusing.

[Flexor the Mighty!]

I thought Poke-Paladin was official terminology? I know it is for me.

 

[hong]

I never liked the term "Wilderninja" to describe the new ranger. Makes me want to create a Paladin/Ranger PrC called the "Wilderknight".

I think I just might do that.

And lo, here it is:

Woodland defender

 

[jmucchiello]

3.5e - 3E REVISED, or 3eR, people!

But it says "v.3.5" right on the PHB, DMG and MM!!!! Nowhere does it say Revised. There are references to a revision team in the credits.

"paly" to refer to paladins

Never saw that. Would have assumed it was like rouge/rogue.

rouge - because all thieves don't wear makeup

But all rogues do. There is no thief class any more.

Oh, and to whomever doesn't like Worst X Ever. Thanks for informing me it came from the Simpson's, I (and probably a lot of people who use it) did not know that. (And on this board, isn't it usually Best X Ever?)

And for those who still don't know what a poke-mount is (since no one's explained it), it refers to the Paladin's mount no longer being a normal warhorse but a celestial entity the Paladin can rent for a few hours a day. Much like in Pokemon (the cartoon) where you summon critters (the pokemon) by calling them.

 

[DM_Matt]

Shock and Awe - Okay it was not funny when the army did it and its not funny in the meetings at work.

Even more ironicly, the army did not in fact even do it. It was a coolly-named proposed military plan that wasn't put into effect. When they thought they might have killed Saddam that first night, they called off the massive bombardments (not to say they didn't bomb a lot of stuff...but they didnt hit like one-tenth of the buildings in the country like they were considering, nor did they use MOABs) because they might not have been necessary, and once they found out that they had not actually killed him, the ground troops had advanced pretty far and they were already using a more standard air strategy.

 

[Shazman]

Though I'm guilty of using it, you might want to add the term "nerf" to the list. It was catchy when the new edition came out, but got old quick.

 

[Staffan]

"Rollplaying" is a word I would like to have stricken from game vocabulary everywhere.

 

[Raging Barbarian]

The terms I absolutely abhor are "crunch" and "fluff". I thought they were clever when I first read the article Sean Reynolds did to explain/vent what was going on at WoTC, but now every person and there cousin uses them to describe what is in a new product, or to begin a fight over which is best (mostly people in my play groups, but I have seen a few fights on the various message boards too).

Oh, and "Priests of the Coast". That annoys me because I do not see how clerics are any more powerful than wizards. Sure they may intrude on the arcane magic users turf a little, but nothing that make me think WoTC favors that class any more than another.

 

[SylverFlame]

The one term that, above all others, should be stricken from all vocabularies is "newbie". I hate it. People use it to insult people who are new to a system and learning. Wasn't everyone, at one point or another, a newbie on a given system? I think it is worse than a lot of stuff that gets used. Yes, "nerf", "paly" and the others are annoying, but the words like "newbie" and "munchkin" are just plain hurtful and painful. They should be stricken, or reclaimed, if anyone is willing to put up with an inside joke.

Besides, there is nothing worse than being a 15 year DnD vetern and having a person who's been playing for less than 3 years call you a newbie. I laughed after my drink almost came out my nose. Ah well, what do you do? But remember folks, coffee burns the sinuses.

EDIT: Spelling and grammer

 

[Wraith Form]

YMMV.

I've been trying to figure out what this is an anagram of for 4 years and counting. Please 'splain, before my head explodes.

 

[Hypersmurf]

I've been trying to figure out what this is an anagram of for 4 years and counting. Please 'splain, before my head explodes.

An anagram? MVYM, maybe. Or VYMM. I like VYMM.

It's an acronym for Your Mileage May Vary, though. As in, you may obtain a different result from this than I do.

-Hyp.