words for d.m.'s

[alsih2o]

got an email from a nongamer friend pointing this word out to ma as " a great d+d adjective-

minatory \MIN-uh-tor-ee\, adjective:
Threatening; menacing.

He was often observed peeping through the bars of a gate and making
minatory gestures with his small forefinger while he scolded the sheep with
an inarticulate burr, intended to strike terror into their astonished
minds.
--George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss


anybody else have great words that should be eeking their way into our games?

 

[Gospog]

Apotrapaic (sp?)

Designed to ward away evil.

 

[maddman75]

Just have a friendly villager tell them a wight dragon has been raiding the town. For some reason they always bring along protection from cold spells and figure it'll be kind of dumb. They never suspect a custom undead monstrosity.

Or in the world of the immortal Wulf Ratbane (after getting acid breathed on him by a guard) "We ye say there's a half-orc up ahead, ye'd best think to mention what the other half is!"