Your own personal gaming terms...
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shadowbloodmoon
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Heh.. I've used some of these, especially to Ninja someone.. Here's a few from my groups:
ATM: All Terrain Monk. Used to describe a character that had sufficient magical support to have every movement type, i.e. Wings of Flying, Boots of the North, Pearl of the Sirens, etc...
Crowbar: Term used by above character to describe any weapon, usually a sword, capable of being used to open stuck doors.
Pimpslap or b*tch slap: When someone, usually the BBEG, takes someone else, usually a PC, down in one hit, i.e. "That demon just pimpslapped the hell out of you!"
butch b*tch: Term for a female character played by a male player as a male character.
Lucky Richard: A player of ours was very unlucky in Palladium games when attempting to dodge shots, swings, etc. Therefore he then decided to have his character dodge into the blasts and managed to live. Now used to describe any action that even though is totally suicidal, the character still manages to survive.
ATM: All Terrain Monk. Used to describe a character that had sufficient magical support to have every movement type, i.e. Wings of Flying, Boots of the North, Pearl of the Sirens, etc...
Crowbar: Term used by above character to describe any weapon, usually a sword, capable of being used to open stuck doors.
Pimpslap or b*tch slap: When someone, usually the BBEG, takes someone else, usually a PC, down in one hit, i.e. "That demon just pimpslapped the hell out of you!"
butch b*tch: Term for a female character played by a male player as a male character.
Lucky Richard: A player of ours was very unlucky in Palladium games when attempting to dodge shots, swings, etc. Therefore he then decided to have his character dodge into the blasts and managed to live. Now used to describe any action that even though is totally suicidal, the character still manages to survive.
genshou
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To add to that one:genshou said:Nerfbag: A PC who rolled really low ability scores, and always has to be given the best magic items just to survive. The PC who rolled the lowest scores out of all the party is always considered a nerfbag, but sometimes there can be more than one.
Sir Valorous the Formidable: A PC with a point-buy value at least twice that of the party nerfbag.
Stupidity Leads to Character Creation: DMs mantra for Living Arcanis.
Diplo-monkey: A min/max PC specializing in social skills
Stat Monkey: A rules expert, or Pedro Barrenechea of Team Paradigm
Boats don't go North: Designates when a GM is railroading
Druids to the rear: PCs that run away from combat, give little support and are first to loot the bodies
I see nothing (with a Sgt. Schultz accent): Failing a Spot or Search check
HASSAN Chop: I use this one too, and often find others don't get it too
The Patented 'Port & Tonk: A signature move for a telporting ninja super hero in a DC Heroes game in college. Involved teleporting behind the enemy and smacking him over the head with my club many times
You pop! : An old joke from meeting the second gaming group I ever played with. The DM interperated the rules such that if the cleric healed you for more than your total hit points, you exploded! Designates bad rulings in general.
Blue bolt from above: What happens to PCs when they annoy the GM
Thu-thu-thu That's all folks...
Respectfully,
Edward Kopp: Arcaniac at Large
Diplo-monkey: A min/max PC specializing in social skills
Stat Monkey: A rules expert, or Pedro Barrenechea of Team Paradigm
Boats don't go North: Designates when a GM is railroading
Druids to the rear: PCs that run away from combat, give little support and are first to loot the bodies
I see nothing (with a Sgt. Schultz accent): Failing a Spot or Search check
HASSAN Chop: I use this one too, and often find others don't get it too
The Patented 'Port & Tonk: A signature move for a telporting ninja super hero in a DC Heroes game in college. Involved teleporting behind the enemy and smacking him over the head with my club many times
You pop! : An old joke from meeting the second gaming group I ever played with. The DM interperated the rules such that if the cleric healed you for more than your total hit points, you exploded! Designates bad rulings in general.
Blue bolt from above: What happens to PCs when they annoy the GM
Thu-thu-thu That's all folks...
Respectfully,
Edward Kopp: Arcaniac at Large
caudor
Adventurer
When I was younger, my folks did not like D&D (they had heard all the devil rumors & were concerned). I was able to keep it under the radar by hiding my materials under my bed and played only in my room. Yeah, I was sneaky about it.
So I developed a code word for me & my brother to use: "Talk about", as in "Hey Glen, do you want talk about...."
That was code for let's go play D&D. Later on, my parents checked out the game and realized the rumors had nothing to do with reality. However, the term stuck and even to this day he'll call ask if I want to come over and play some 'Talk About'
Weird, but true.
So I developed a code word for me & my brother to use: "Talk about", as in "Hey Glen, do you want talk about...."
That was code for let's go play D&D. Later on, my parents checked out the game and realized the rumors had nothing to do with reality. However, the term stuck and even to this day he'll call ask if I want to come over and play some 'Talk About'
Weird, but true.
BlueBlackRed
Explorer
A few more
Craiged the dice - Craig almost always rolled poorly, so when someone else rolled a bunch of bad die rolls in one shot, that person Craiged the dice.
Wall of Meat - Standard front line fighter whose job is to deal and take damage, but most of all to be the monster-goalie so the casters don't get thumped.
Turtle - A recent one. We have a fighter in our group with a tower shield strapped to his back. A situation came up where we needed to a groud level arrow slit blocked, so this fighter just slammed his back up to it.
Craiged the dice - Craig almost always rolled poorly, so when someone else rolled a bunch of bad die rolls in one shot, that person Craiged the dice.
Wall of Meat - Standard front line fighter whose job is to deal and take damage, but most of all to be the monster-goalie so the casters don't get thumped.
Turtle - A recent one. We have a fighter in our group with a tower shield strapped to his back. A situation came up where we needed to a groud level arrow slit blocked, so this fighter just slammed his back up to it.
SteveC
Doing the best imitation of myself
A couple that haven't been mentioned yet:
Look! Baby Eagles: Failing a spot check by a huge margin. Taken from the rolemaster critical failure on the awareness table.
Nine roll: Used as in "hey, he made his nine roll." A moment of clarity for an otherwise clueless character (or player). Taken for Champions where stat rolls are 9+Stat/5, where a particuarly dense character would have an INT roll of 9 or less...
And *$%@#* you!: (Not grandma friendly). Added immediately after a player makes a brilliant roleplaying speech, only to absolutely flub the die roll for diplomacy.
Are you still up?: Used immediately after a character has taken an absolutely absurd amount of damage and is obviously either unconscious or dead. Used to reflect the fact that said damage may have been a bit overkillish.
Look! Baby Eagles: Failing a spot check by a huge margin. Taken from the rolemaster critical failure on the awareness table.
Nine roll: Used as in "hey, he made his nine roll." A moment of clarity for an otherwise clueless character (or player). Taken for Champions where stat rolls are 9+Stat/5, where a particuarly dense character would have an INT roll of 9 or less...
And *$%@#* you!: (Not grandma friendly). Added immediately after a player makes a brilliant roleplaying speech, only to absolutely flub the die roll for diplomacy.
Are you still up?: Used immediately after a character has taken an absolutely absurd amount of damage and is obviously either unconscious or dead. Used to reflect the fact that said damage may have been a bit overkillish.
I'll guard the boat: A display of abject cowardice/a term to describe a scary setting. From the famous PC, Krago of the Mountains, who offered to do just this, to his never ending ignominy. Interestingly, the thief in the 2nd Conan movie also offered to guard the boat, for the same reason.
Roll a 12-sider: Said of player mistakes, such as rolling a d12 instead of a d20 or otherwise goofing up. Named for a player who did this a lot. More generally, doing something stupid.
I thought terms like "meatshield", "buff", "nerf", and "condition green/yellow/red" were so common as to be beyond the scope of this discussion. That is, it seems like all gamers know what they mean.
Roll a 12-sider: Said of player mistakes, such as rolling a d12 instead of a d20 or otherwise goofing up. Named for a player who did this a lot. More generally, doing something stupid.
I thought terms like "meatshield", "buff", "nerf", and "condition green/yellow/red" were so common as to be beyond the scope of this discussion. That is, it seems like all gamers know what they mean.
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Dracorat
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haakon1 said:
Depends on what your social circle is. People in the military don't need to be told what "SoP" is. Or explained that SNAFU is an acronym. Stuff like that.
I have met plenty the gamer who never heard meatshield for instance. Or Buff or Nerf. (Although condition green, etc Ive not run in to).
In fact, to this day, nerf is probably one of the most common words I find myself explaining to people.
Besides, isn't nice to be refreshed on these words anyway?
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