What is the most overused D&D term?

What D&D term are you most sick of?

  • Eldritch

    Votes: 17 8.1%
  • Vile

    Votes: 10 4.7%
  • Meta

    Votes: 9 4.3%
  • Iconic

    Votes: 27 12.8%
  • Broken

    Votes: 119 56.4%
  • Shaft

    Votes: 14 6.6%
  • Ranger

    Votes: 15 7.1%

I voted for Broken, mostly because it is integral to the most overused post template, namely: "I am righteously indignant! A game company has produced/done something that does not meet with my satisfaction! I prophesy grave consequences for the game and related enterprises! I hereby denounce them and pledge to withhold my business!" :D

But actually, I believe Crunchy is the most overused term in the industry. Unfortunately, I am not able to come up with a more elegant or descriptive alternative without resorting to hyphens, so I am forced to accept it. I must confess it does make a nice antonym for "fluffy". Much better than, say, "replete with shards of broken glass"

However, nothing in this industry compares with the term "sketchy" which is used interminably in rock climbing. When you hear the same word universally used to describe negative traits in climbing routes, equipment, weather, personal behavior and food, upwards of 30 times a day, with no apparent desire to find synonyms, you start to weep for the language.
 

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maddman75 said:
The only candidate I can think of would be Haste, as nearly every spellcaster who gets it takes it.

Invisibility?

I voted for ranger. Some times when people bring up something being broken (like the Mth conversations) there is interesting goodness lurking within.
The word ranger in a thread title is always just going to suck the conversation someplace blah.
 

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