Zappo
Explorer
We use granodyorite a lot. It's, uhm, common stone, and despite having a cool name, it ranks, in the scale of coolness, at the very bottom. Not that I'm sure it's the correct English spelling, of course. In fact, I'm pretty sure it's wrong.
Anyway, I was once describing a perfectly normal corridor, made of stone, and a player asked "what kind of stone is it?", with the classical look of a player who, for some reason only he can know, thinks he's up to something. So I tell him that it's some kind of greyish, hard stone, and he asks more details.
Wondering why, I tell him that he could do it if he rolled knowledge-geology. "Can I do it with knowledge-nature instead?". I tell him ok, but the DC will be much higher. He rolls some number, and I tell him "it looks like very normal stone". He wants to know more, so I tell him "OK. It's granodyorite!", causing a burst of laughter from another player who is studying geology and wide-eyed looks from all the rest.
Now, whenever someone's character acts extremely interested in something that everyone else knows has nothing of interest at all, the word is "it's granodyorite!".
Anyway, I was once describing a perfectly normal corridor, made of stone, and a player asked "what kind of stone is it?", with the classical look of a player who, for some reason only he can know, thinks he's up to something. So I tell him that it's some kind of greyish, hard stone, and he asks more details.
Wondering why, I tell him that he could do it if he rolled knowledge-geology. "Can I do it with knowledge-nature instead?". I tell him ok, but the DC will be much higher. He rolls some number, and I tell him "it looks like very normal stone". He wants to know more, so I tell him "OK. It's granodyorite!", causing a burst of laughter from another player who is studying geology and wide-eyed looks from all the rest.
Now, whenever someone's character acts extremely interested in something that everyone else knows has nothing of interest at all, the word is "it's granodyorite!".
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