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06-07-2017, 05:01 PM
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Night Watchman
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Cambridge, UK
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Gamer euphemisms
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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06-07-2017, 05:44 PM
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Wielder of Smart Pants
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Ventura CA
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Re: Gamer euphemisms
CRS - "Can't Roll for #!*^"
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06-07-2017, 05:52 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Somewhere high up.
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Re: Gamer euphemisms
"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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06-07-2017, 06:06 PM
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Icelandic - Approach With Caution
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Reykjavķk, Iceland
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Re: Gamer euphemisms
He failed a Spot check.
Or Perception check |
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06-07-2017, 08:55 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
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Re: Gamer euphemisms
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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06-07-2017, 09:30 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
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Re: Gamer euphemisms
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06-08-2017, 12:29 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
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Re: Gamer euphemisms
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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06-15-2017, 02:37 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Canada
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Re: Gamer euphemisms
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06-15-2017, 03:31 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: between keyboard and chair
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Re: Gamer euphemisms
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08-06-2017, 05:10 PM
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Pike's Pique
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio U.S.A.
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Re: Gamer euphemisms
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