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Old 06-07-2017, 04:01 PM   #1
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I've run into a few of these over the years.

"Related" and "syndrome" tend to show up in in phrases like "He succumbed to adventurer-related death syndrome."

"Steel poisoning" tends to mean "was killed with weapons."

Have you used any that weren't about deaths?
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Old 06-07-2017, 04:44 PM   #2
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Old 06-07-2017, 04:52 PM   #3
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"Class 20 Autocannon to the pride" from old BattleTech games.

"He elects to receive" when failing a defensive roll.

"That looks serious, you should return to character generation."

"Do you have [x trait] on your character sheet?" (said to a person)

There's the old "I'm making a run to Thac0 Bell, anyone want anything?"

We have inflicted "dice damage" on players who have fallen asleep (because he wasn't paying attention).
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Old 06-07-2017, 05:06 PM   #4
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He failed a Spot check.

Or Perception check
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Old 06-07-2017, 07:55 PM   #5
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One I've used as GM when PCs have made a successful Stealth or similar check preparatory to an attack is "You're the Spanish Inquisition.". Often when the npcs have disasterously failed their opposing Perception check.

Also related to bad rolls: "I wave my weapon in his general direction.".
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Old 06-07-2017, 08:30 PM   #6
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He failed a Spot check.

Or Perception check
I've sometimes commented that I have just missed a "Spot Obvious" roll.
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Old 06-07-2017, 11:29 PM   #7
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Our group has two I can think of we use related to events in old campaigns.

Nice shoes for a really bad perception based roll.

He's holding his action when someones turn comes up and they're on a bathroom break.
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Old 06-15-2017, 01:37 PM   #8
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He failed a Spot check.

Or Perception check
"I have feet!" - used to announce critically failing Perception/Spot, because clearly you were too distracted inspecting your feet.
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Old 06-15-2017, 02:31 PM   #9
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"I have feet!" - used to announce critically failing Perception/Spot, because clearly you were too distracted inspecting your feet.
Our group's equivalent is "examining the wallpaper".
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Old 08-06-2017, 04:10 PM   #10
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He failed a Spot check.

Or Perception check
I've been around gamer friends who have used those phrases when we saw a near or almost traffic accident happen nearby.

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