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<blockquote data-quote="STARP_Social_Officer" data-source="post: 3493063" data-attributes="member: 41202">We have these two, both of which stem from the same player's stupidity.Once, said player was driving home with two other players, and in the course of his conversation, he said that he had &quot;hit a quadruped&quot;. He meant to say &quot;quandary&quot;, except that he didn't know what the term meant and was trying to sound intelligent, so he did the exact opposite by using the wrong word. The concept of &quot;hitting a quadruped&quot; in a car was amusing to all, implying he'd run into a cow or something, and ever since the term &quot;to hit a quadruped&quot; has meant to run up against an obstacle caused by your own actions.The other one he gives us is to &quot;shatter their/your sword(s)&quot;, which stems from an incident in which he cast shatter on the swords of the guards surrounding him, rather than let the bard talk his way out of it. In doing so he completely screwed up the adventure. To &quot;shatter your/our/his/whatever sword&quot; means to do exactly the wrong thing at the wrong moment, and is usually used to mean &quot;to fight when it is really not a good idea&quot;.The other terms unique to our gaming table are:&quot;to f**k s**t up&quot; was a term invented by a former player who used it to describe adventures where the primary goal is to kill as many things as possible. He used it in a Shadowrun context, but we liked it so much it's become our de facto term for a dungeon crawl.&quot;Delthorian&quot; is a synonym for &quot;Machiavellian&quot;, used because of a character by that name who made Machiavelli look like an amateur.To &quot;blow up the Samurai&quot; means to do something the DM is absolutely not expecting. It stems from a Shadowrun campaign when a player and myself detonated 16 kilos of C-12, blowing up an apartment (building) and taking out the Renraku Red Samurai after us. The GM wanted us to lie low elsewhere to avoid the Red Sam. We showed him. &quot;Blow up the Samurai&quot; also means to deliberately resist a DM's railroading attempts.There are probably more. This is all that comes to mind immediately.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="STARP_Social_Officer, post: 3493063, member: 41202"] We have these two, both of which stem from the same player's stupidity. Once, said player was driving home with two other players, and in the course of his conversation, he said that he had "hit a quadruped". He meant to say "quandary", except that he didn't know what the term meant and was trying to sound intelligent, so he did the exact opposite by using the wrong word. The concept of "hitting a quadruped" in a car was amusing to all, implying he'd run into a cow or something, and ever since the term "to hit a quadruped" has meant to run up against an obstacle caused by your own actions. The other one he gives us is to "shatter their/your sword(s)", which stems from an incident in which he cast shatter on the swords of the guards surrounding him, rather than let the bard talk his way out of it. In doing so he completely screwed up the adventure. To "shatter your/our/his/whatever sword" means to do exactly the wrong thing at the wrong moment, and is usually used to mean "to fight when it is really not a good idea". The other terms unique to our gaming table are: "to f**k s**t up" was a term invented by a former player who used it to describe adventures where the primary goal is to kill as many things as possible. He used it in a Shadowrun context, but we liked it so much it's become our de facto term for a dungeon crawl. "Delthorian" is a synonym for "Machiavellian", used because of a character by that name who made Machiavelli look like an amateur. To "blow up the Samurai" means to do something the DM is absolutely not expecting. It stems from a Shadowrun campaign when a player and myself detonated 16 kilos of C-12, blowing up an apartment (building) and taking out the Renraku Red Samurai after us. The GM wanted us to lie low elsewhere to avoid the Red Sam. We showed him. "Blow up the Samurai" also means to deliberately resist a DM's railroading attempts. There are probably more. This is all that comes to mind immediately. [/QUOTE]

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