TROLLBILL’S UNOFFICIAL DICTIONARY OF COMMON D&D MESSAGE BOARD TERMINOLOGY, (Ver. 1.22)
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SECTION I - TERMS
All your base are belong to us! (expression): Phrase meaning, “You have no hope of defeating us(me).” Etymology: Computer gaming, refers to a line from a poorly translated computer game that is frequently quoted by computer gamers as a declaration of their gaming interest.
Bag-o-Rats Fighter (expression): A fighter who carries a bag of rats, dumps the bag when entering melee, makes a whirlwind attack against each rat, then uses the great cleave feat to gain an extra attack against his opponent for each rat he kills; often used as a prime example of how the 3E rules can be abused.
Beer & Pretzel Gaming (expression): Refers to gaming in a casual, laid-back style.
Bent (adjective): Refers to a class, feat, skill, race, spell or otherwise specific game rule that the user of the term considers somewhat unbalanced.
Big Bad Evil Guy [BBEG] (term): An arch-villain, -nemesis, or -foil used by the DM, often in a recurring role, as the climax to an adventure, story arc or campaign. Etymology: D & D Message Boards, term first used in the thread Honesty vs. Story.
Broken (adjective): Refers to a class, feat, skill, race, spell or otherwise specific game rule that the user of the term considers very unbalanced.
Canon (adjective): Any mythology presented in rules, movies, books or other material that is officially recognized as part of the mythology of that setting. Etymology: Religion, refers to a regulation or dogma decreed by a church council.
Bump (verb): To reply to a post for the express purpose of moving that post to the top of the queue or forum.
Castle of Fun [CoF] (noun): A recurring D&D message board thread, now given its own channel, that is dedicated to light-hearted, online, role-playing; also known as the Dungeons & Dragons Virtual Corporation.
Chainmail Bikini (noun), 1: Flexible armor, usually of decorative use only, consisting of interlinked metal rings that are shaped in the form of a bikini; and commonly cited as the archetype of sexism in a male biased gaming community.
Crunchy (adjective): Euphemism referring to a published material or portion of a published material that contains game mechanics, see also Fluffy. Etymology: Gaming industry, term made popular by Sean K. Reynold’s euphemistic essay on the gaming industry entitled, Forgotten Rums.
d20 (noun),1: RPG system published by WotC under an open gaming license, using D&D as it’s flagship product. 2: A 20-sided die.
Drizzt Do’Urden (fictional name): Famous, often emulated, two scimitar wielding, good-aligned, drow ranger from the Forgotten Realms.
Drizzt Clone (noun): A much overused character concept that is modeled after Drizzt Do’Urden.
Dungeon Master [DM] (noun): A Dungeons & Dragons specific term for a Game Master.
Dungeons & Dragons Virtual Corporation [DDVC] (noun): See Castle of Fun.
Elminster (fictional name): Archetypal arch mage, meddler and font of wisdom from the Forgotten Realms; analogous to Tolkein’s Gandalf, or Merlin, from Arthurian legend.
Fanboy (noun): (often considered derogatory) In gaming, sci-fi or fantasy circles, a serious, often overly obsessed fan of a game, author, designer, series, or other genre element.
Feats should be nice, not required [FSBNNR] (expression): Phrase used to express the belief that 3E psionics needs to be re-vamped rather than patched with feats that fix weaknesses.
Flame (verb): To reply to a post in a highly critical, derogatory and/or inflammatory manner.
Flame War (noun): A thread that has degenerated into mostly pointless flames and counter-flames; sometimes also flamefest.
Flame Warrior (noun): A participant in a flame war.
Flamefest (noun): See Flame War.
Flood (verb), 1: To overwhelm a network channel with mechanically-generated traffic. 2: To inundate a thread by posting repeatedly over a short period of time.
Flood Control (noun): Software designed to prevent network channel flooding.
Fluffy (adjective): Euphemism referring to a published material or portion of a published material that contains flavor text, see also Crunchy. Etymology: Gaming industry, term made popular by Sean K. Reynold’s euphemistic essay on the gaming industry entitled, Forgotten Rums.
Frequently Asked Questions [FAQ] (noun): A compilation of commonly asked questions related to the topic at hand, combined with their respective answers to create a customer or user support reference.
Front Loaded (adjective): Refers to a class, spell, ability or other graduated rule whose benefit(s) at it’s initial stages are greater than those of later on.
Game Master [GM] (noun): A generic, non-game specific term for the controller/referee of a role-playing game.
Gamer (noun): A person who plays games; most commonly, but not limited to; war games, role-playing games, collectible card games, and computer or console games.
Gaming (verb): The act of playing a game, usually with others. See also Gamer.
Grognard (noun): A gamer, especially war gamer, who has considerable experience with a particular game or genre of games, has seen that game or genre of games go through many iterations, and who may often complain about new versions of, or newbies to, that game; also known as Old Guard. Etymology: French, nickname for a member of the French Old Guard during the Napoleonic era, referring to said members’ frequent imbibing of grog, an alcoholic beverage consisting of watered down rum, and synonymous with their tendency to grumble about all things new.
Hack’n Slasher (noun): A player whose primary focus in a RPG is to roll dice, kill things and take their treasure; also known as a Roll-player.
High Gaming (noun): A particular genre of gaming, usually that preferred by the user of the term, viewed as superior to other genres of gaming.
House Rule (noun): An official variant or unofficial customized rule used within the confines of an individual play group.
Huzzah! (exclamation): An expression or shout of acclaim. Etymology: Unknown, earliest known uses stem from the late medieval/early renaissance period.
I got a rock! (expression): A declaration used to indicate that one has been cheated within a RPG, usually in regards to treasure division. Etymology: Modern American, derived from It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!
In-Depth Role-Player [IDRP] (noun): A player whose primary focus in a RPG is to strive for the realistic portrayal of her character, especially in terms of emotion and personality, by making all decisions based solely from the character’s viewpoint.
Jack Chick (biographical name, possibly pseudonym): Christian fundamentalist known for, amongst other things, publishing the anti D&D comic book, Dark Dungeons, through his company Chick Publishing, Inc.
Kender (noun): A diminutive race in the Dragon Lance campaign setting that is similar to and replaces the halfling race in that setting.
Killer DM (term): A Dungeon Master whose campaign has a high mortality rate amongst the player characters; often, but not necessarily, due to deliberate and sometimes malicious actions on the part of the DM; also sometimes Player Killer.
Leet Speak (adjective): Internet ‘code’ language originated by hackers and considered a CoC violation.
Live Action Role-Playing [LARP] (noun): A style of gaming that emphasizes live, often immersive, character interaction over, and sometimes to the exclusion of, dice rolling.
Low Gaming (noun): A genre or genres of gaming the user of the term finds inferior to those genres she views as High Gaming. See also High Gaming.
Lurker (noun): A person who frequently visits a message board, but seldom, if ever, posts to it.
Meat Board (noun): (considered derogatory) A colloquialism for the Metaboard.
Message Board Paladin (noun) A member who attempts to assist the moderators in their policing duties.
Meta-board Pigeon (noun): A member who often Spams the Wizards.com Meta-board with repeated, mostly innocuous comments; also sometimes Pigeon. Etymology: D&D Message Boards, term first coined by WotC_Mel in the thread Shoo!
Metagame (verb): To make character decisions in an RPG based upon game knowledge rather than character knowledge.
Metagamer (noun), 1: A player who uses out-of-character knowledge to benefit his in-game character. 2: Someone who Metagames.
Min/Maxer (noun), 1: A player who designs her character, usually within the basic parameters of the rules, to maximize that character’s advantages and minimize its disadvantages. 2: A Power Gamer.
Monty Hauler (noun), 1: A person who runs or plays in a campaign where everything is 'given away', i.e., monsters are easy to kill and treasure and experience easy to find. Etymology: Modern American, refers to Monty Hall, an MC for many television game shows. 2: A Munchkin.
Multi-user Dungeon [MUD] (noun): Any of various online, multi-player adventuring environments.
Multiple Attribute Dependency [MAD] (expression): Phrase referring to character classes whose abilities require good scores in multiple attributes rather than just one, and commonly used to refer to what is often considered the primary weakness of the psion character class.
Multiple user Personality [MuP] (noun): Any one of several persona adopted by a single user and represented by a separate user-name; see also Sock Puppet.
Munch (verb): To min/max a character. Etymology: RPGing, derived from the term Munchkin.
Munchkin (noun), 1: (considered derogatory) A player who creates an extremely unbalanced and over-powered character by using ludicrous loopholes in the rules or by outright breaking them. 2: (considered derogatory) A player whose gaming style the user of the term disapproves of; often including, but not limited to, power gamers, min/maxers, Monty Haulers, hack’n slashers, metagamers, rules lawyers and/or twinks. 3: A young gamer. Etymology: Modern American, refers to a race of midgets in The Wizard of Oz.
Nerf (verb): To weaken a specific game rule, or specific character or item within a game, usually for purposes of game balance. Etymology: Modern Toys, refers to the Nerf brand name that uses a soft, compressible material to make non-hazardous toys.
Newbie (noun): A new player to the game and/or new member to the message board.
Non-player character [NPC] (noun): A character in a role-playing game whose actions are not controlled by a player; specifically, a character whose actions are controlled by the Game Master.
Oberoni Fallacy (noun): The fallacy that the existence of a rule stating that, ‘the rules can be changed,’ can be used to excuse design flaws in the actual rules. Etymology, D&D message boards, a fallacy first formalized by member Oberoni.
Old Guard (noun): See Grognard.
Open Gaming Foundation [OGF] (noun): Organization dedicated to the publication and production of game systems that use the Open Gaming License such as WotC’s d20 System, or an open license similar to the OGL.
Otaku (noun): (often considered derogatory) a Fanboy; especially one fixated on Anime, Ecchi, Hentai, Manga or other form of Japanese comic or cartoon art. Etymology: Japanese, literally 'house,' slang for an overly obsessed fan and implying said fans obsession interfering with his or her ability to socialize and thus remaining mostly confined to the house rather than experiencing social situations.
Player (noun): A person who plays a game; usually used to differentiate a person who plays in a role-playing game versus a person who controls one.
Player Character [PC] (noun): A character in a role-playing game whose actions are controlled by a player.
Player Kill [PK] (noun): An encounter or adventurer in which a PC is killed.
Player Killer [PK] (noun), 1: A Killer DM. 2: A player who frequently kills other PCs.
Power Gamer (noun), 1: A player whose primary focus in a RPG is the increase of his character’s power, usually defined in combat terms. 2: A Min/Maxer.
Prune (verb): To delete old and/or excess threads from a message board in order to improve performance of that board.
Railroad (verb): To, as a DM, force the players along a linier storyline that often does not allow for deviations created by player input.
Role-player (noun), 1: A person who plays role-playing games. 2: An In-Depth Role-Player.
Role-playing Game (noun): A game that allows the player(s) to assume the role of a character or personality involved in the development of a story-line.
Roll-player (noun): See Hack'n Slasher.
Rouge (noun), 1: Any of various cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips red. 2: A very common misspelling of the word rogue.
Rule 0 (verb): To, as a house rule, modify or eliminate an official rule, or create an original house rule. Etymology: D&D 3E, refers to Rule 0 of character creation in the PHB which states that a player should check with the DM for house rules before generating a character.
Rules Lawyer (noun), 1: A player who is knowledgeable of the rules and uses them to his advantage; sometimes even to the extreme of using one rule to argue a point to his advantage, then using another rule to argue against that point when it becomes a disadvantage. 2: A gamer knowledgeable of the rules.
Sage, the (noun): see The Sage.
Snarf (fictional name), 1: The comical antihero of the Larry Elmore comic series Snarf Quest. 2: The comical sidekick in the Rankin Bass cartoon Thundercats.
Society for Creative Anachronism [SCA] (noun): An international, non-profit, medieval re-creation and recreation organization.
Sock Puppet (noun): A MuP, often one used by the poster to conduct activities that she does not want associated with a more well-known screen name or to create fictitious support for her other screen name(s). Etymology: Common crafts, refers to the practice of making a simple hand puppet out of a sock and using it to speak for the puppeteer.
Spam (verb), 1: To post repeated, off-topic, usually innocuous comments to a thread that overwhelm and eventually derail that thread. 2: To send unsolicited, usually commercial E-mail to a large number of addresses. Etymology: British television, from a skit on the series Monty Python's Flying Circus in which chanting of the word Spam (trademark for a canned meat product) overrides the other dialogue.
Spell-point Using Mage [SPUM] (expression): Term often used to characterize 3E Psionics.
Splatbook, 1: Any published, non-core, supplementary game book, especially one dedicated to a specific class, race or campaign location. 2: (considered derogatory) Any unnecessary, excessive and/or poorly designed published game supplement. Etymology: Game industry, refers to the asterisk (*), also known as a splat, sometimes used by game publishers to designate supplementary material in catalogues.
System Reference Document [SRD] (noun): Online documentation posted on the OGL web site containing an abbreviated version of the 3E D&D rules.
Tank (noun): A heavily armored character that excels in melee combat. Etymology: Military, refers to a heavily armored combat vehicle.
The Sage (noun): Skip Williams; author of the Sage Advice column in Dragon Magazine and widely held as the foremost authority on the technical aspects of the D&D rules.
Thread (noun): A continuous chain of postings on a single topic.
”tj” (phrase): Letters sometimes used in place of “ch” in posts by non-English speaking members and occasionally used by English speaking members as a form of support for those non-English speaking members who have been harassed for bad grammar or spelling.
To Hit Armor Class 0 [THAC0] (term): 2E D&D term similar in purpose to the 3E term attack bonus.
Total Party Death [TPD] (expression): See Total Party Kill.
Total Party Kill [TPK] (expression): An encounter or adventure that results in the entire party being killed; also sometimes Total Party Death.
Troll (verb): To post a controversial or inflammatory statement on a message board for the express purpose of generating outraged replies. Etymology: Fishing, derived as a pun from the fishing practice of trailing a lure or baited hook from a moving boat.
Troll (noun), 1: (considered derogatory) A person who trolls. 2: In game terms, a large, vicious green humanoid with regenerative capabilities.
Twink (noun), 1: (considered derogatory) A player whose play-style or behavior ruins or disrupts a game. 2: A Munchkin.
Twink (verb): To give a character an item or ability that increases that character’s power substantially beyond that normally expected for a character of that level and race.
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In celebration of the change to vBB, I have made a long overdue revision to The Dictionary . Version 1.22 of the Dictionary of Terminology is up and running. The following changes have been made:
1. Metagame, Prune, Canon, Vancian Magic, Oberoni Fallacy, vBulletin, Frequently Asked Questions, Message Board Paladin, In-Depth Role-Player, Meat Board, Your Mileage My Vary and Splatbook have been added to the Terms section.
2. Links have been given to Frequently Asked Questions and vBulletin.
3. SS, DvR, A&E, LGS, FLGS, vBB, 3.5E, IDRP, and VDvR have been added to the Acronyms and Abbreviations section.
4. A second definition has been given Metagamer, Role-player, Rules Lawyer and Player Killer.
5. Some changes have been made to “All your base are belong to us,” Bump, Chainmail Bikini, Drizzt Do’Urden, Elminster, Jack Chick, Leet Speak, Uber-, Ultimate Bulletin Board, Where are the Cheetos, WotC_Mel, Crunchy, Fluffy, Metaboard Pigeon, Troll, Role-player, and WizO.
As always, I am looking for some more good links.
Once again, I would like to thank everyone for their contributions to The Dictionary.
P.S. I am not really sure if this goes belongs on the MetaBoard or the General, but since they appear to be making references sticky, I thought here might be better since there are already 5 sticky threads on the Meta. Of course, if I am wrong I’m sure it will get moved.
Originally posted by Tae Kwon Dan
WB, Trollbill. :D
*chuckle*
Been busy workin on The Dictionary. Can't you tell? ;)
Originally posted by Damio
Well, you are still making a claim about what is going on in the head of another poster based on evidence that underdetermines this claim.
But if you can provide some general principles for the attribution of the desire to provoke outraged replies, then sure.
:D
The purpose of this Dictionary, is, as always, to define terms as they are used. How one member decides how another member meets the criteria of a given definition is moot.
As far as the use of the word express goes, I refer to the following definition off of Mirriam-Webster's online dictionary.
2 a : designed for or adapted to its purpose b : of a particular sort : SPECIFIC
Had I used the words expressed purpose I would agree with your comments. But I used the words express purpose...well...for an express purpose. ;)
Originally posted by Mustardmachine
Great dictionary!
The description of the Bag-o-Rats Fighter caused me a thorough ROFLMAO. :D
Just one correction concerning the etymology of 'über-':
The guy's name is Friedrich Nietzsche.
Keep up the good work.
Cheers,
Mustard
Ooops. That's what I get for looking it up 'online' instead of in the Mirriam-Webster Dictionary I just quoted.
Thanks. :D
~Drasche Borgannah
[edit]Btw, perhaps the term "Sacred Cow" when quoted in a gaming background may fit in the dictionary too, even though it's pretty clear. And the expression "Keep beating the dead horse" too. I understand that this is probably pretty common in coloquial English, but for those of us who have different mother languajes it would be nice to see a proper definition, and this particular one sees much use here (specially in any Rangers and their 2WF thread :P ).[/eidt]
I had more or less figured out, but had no clue where did it came from.Originally posted by trollbill
Spell-point Using Mage [SPUM] (expression): Term often used to characterize 3E Psionics.
You may want to note that this term is usually used as a derogatory comment.
People also use the term "Mage-Onics" in the same fashion as SPUM.
Dr. DIs really useful the dictionary, when I begun in this message board, some years ago, I spend a lot of time asking me about the strangers ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS that english has (remember that spanish is my native language)
EL: Encounter Level
(Personal attacks are a violation of the >WotC Online Code of Conduct< and have no place anywhere on the WotC Boards. Comments have been deleted. - WizO Sith)
Hi, and welcome back friend. (I mean that in a non-committal way, just so you don't get too worried ;))
More links to update. :D
Originally posted by Damio
According to your current definition, someone is only trolling if they actually say as a part of their post that they are trying to generate outraged replies.
Not at all. While people may lie about their intentions or they may not always be clear, as long as sufficient evidence is present to indicate that someone is merely trying to exact inflamatory responses, then it is trolling.
So if someone puts at the end of a post, "I don't want anyone to reply to this" or something similar, then by definition they are not trolling.
That assumes that they are telling the truth, which trolls often do not.
Unless you have some foolproof general means of determining other poster's intentions you may not legitimately call anyone a troll.
As language is an inexact science, you can actually make legitimate claims of trollish behaviour without "foolproof" methods of discerning intent.
Few use it or remember it... but it is possible you *might* see it.
Troll (verb): To post a controversial or inflammatory statement on a message board for the express purpose of generating outraged replies. Etymology: Fishing, derived as a pun from the fishing practice of trailing a lure or baited hook from a moving boat.
Check the part I bolded. This phrase means "for the purpose that one expresses" (expresses in the sense of explicitly stating).
According to your current definition, someone is only trolling if they actually say as a part of their post that they are trying to generate outraged replies.
So if someone puts at the end of a post, "I don't want anyone to reply to this" or something similar, then by definition they are not trolling. This is no matter what they said in their post.
Not a satisfactory result.
Unfortunately, in trying to change the definition you will run up against the problem inherent in the concept of "troll". Basically when you accuse someone of trolling you are making a claim about the intentions they had in posting. Unless you have some foolproof general means of determining other poster's intentions you may not legitimately call anyone a troll.
Good to see there are some astute posters interested in this problem. :D
Firstly, unless trollbill is using the phrase "for the express purpose" in some unconventional sense, then his current definition does require that a poster express their purpose as attempting to generate outraged replies in order to be trolling.
However, Palin the Wizard's suggestion would correct this, and the resulting definition would be an improvement over the current one.
But it would still leave two difficulties:
1)People may post with more than one purpose, so you would need some means of determining when posts were made with a sole(single) purpose.
2)The main problem associated with the concept of "troll": calling someone a troll is making a claim about their purpose or intentions. In the absense of a confession, such claims are apt to be no more than guesses (and sometimes pretty wild guesses at that).
as long as sufficient evidence is present to indicate that someone is merely trying to exact inflamatory responses, then it is trolling.
This is correct, but the problem is that it is rare that sufficient evidence is present.
If Poster A is outraged by something that Poster B wrote, that in itself is not sufficient evidence that B intended to outrage A.
As language is an inexact science, you can actually make legitimate claims of trollish behaviour without "foolproof" methods of discerning intent.
Perhaps looking for a foolproof method is too demanding. I concede that. Attribution of intentions is as much a problem for psychology as it is for language, and it is true that neither are the most exact of sciences.
However, I don't think it is going too far to look for some general principles of intention attribution. I would be interested to see if anyone can come up with any.
But in the absense of any such principles, I think that the word "express" in the definition must be changed to "apparent". The most that anyone can do is to say that someone appears to be trolling, not that they are.
But if you can provide some general principles for the attribution of the desire to provoke outraged replies, then sure.
:D
As far as the use of the word express goes, I refer to the following definition off of Mirriam-Webster's online dictionary.
I have to admit they do indeed use that very example. Thanks for pointing it out. Not what the OED has, but then as maintainer of the dictionary you are free to select your preferred source as canon.I agree that on such an interpretation your definition does not have the unsatisfactory consequences I pointed out above.
It also probably does conform more closely with the way the word is commonly used.
This, of course, only highlights the problem inherent in the concept of "troll" (even when the concept has been well defined ;)), someone is making a claim about the intentions of another poster - a claim that in all but a few cases has insufficient evidence to back it up.
But that is not a question for this thread, so I will exit.
I think your dictionary is not only fantastic, but also commonly sought-out for its ability to provide those with new vernacular in efforts to show gaming-oriented verbal prowess. With this in mind, I would like to make a request:
Would you consider posting an item in your dictionary that, while not everyone does use it, everyone would use it if they knew about it? I am (unlike Orwell's Newspeak) tring to merely increase the vocabulary of the gaming community.
My term is Paste-Eater. It refers to the "beyond hardcore" gamers in the community. Easily recognizable by the caked saliva on the corners of their mouths, making them look as though they had been eating paste. This comes from treating a gaming experience not as a "session", but more of a "endurathon". Frequently seen wearing the same clothes every weekend/day at the gaming store, with little regard for personal hygeine. The average paste-eater finds gaming a substitute for life, as opposed to a hobby. Going more for the "food source" approach, than the "flavoring".
I know this may seem at first glance to be quite insulting, but we all have a bit of the paste-eater in us. It is not necessarily derogatory, nor complementary. Context would dictate the victim should feel berated, or elated.
Possible he goes into a "barbarian rage" if someone calls him "tu" instead of "vous"...
I am forever in your debt (okay maybe not).Do you know what "ERG" means?
How come no one answered my question? What does ERG stand for?Originally posted by The Law
Hi trollbill, great job.
I've seen many posters use the term 'cheese' or 'tjeese.' Care to add it to your dictionary? The way I understand it, cheese is a application of a loophole in a certain mechanic, made with the intention of making a character more powerful than would be expected for that level.
Unfortunately I don't have any links for you, seeing that today is the first time I came to this thread and didnt bother to log all the threads in which i saw 'cheese' or 'tjeese' :D
Thanks.
Well, "tj" as opposed to "ch" is in the dictionary.
K'man: Whoa, that's a long list. I only glanced through it and couldn't help but notice that the dragon disciple wasn't on there. I didn't look hard, but I like the class so I decided to check. :D BTW, it's from Tome and Blood ... well, now it's in the 3.5DMG too. A ton of the "new" v.3.5 material is from T&B.
Abbreviation / Name / Source
Acm / Archmage / Forgotten Realms
Acp / Arch-Psion / The Mind's Eye
Acr / Thief-Acrobat / Song and Silence
Act / Arcane Trickster / Tome and Blood
Adp / Adept / Dungeon Master's Guide
Adu / Arcane Duelist / Random Encounters
Agr / Agent Retriever / Epic Level Handbook
Ako / Akodo Champion / Oriental Adventures
Alc / Master Alchemist / Magic of Faerun
Alg / Algarondan Griffonrider / Unapproachable East
Ali / Alienist / Tome and Blood
Anl / Animal Lord / Masters of the Wild
Aos / Acolyte of the Skin / Tome and Blood
Ara / Arachne / Faiths and Pantheons
Arb / Arboreal Guardian / Ghostwalk
Arc / Arcane Archer / Dungeon Master's Guide
Ari / Aristocrat / Dungeon Master's Guide
Asn / Assassin / Dungeon Master's Guide
Aus / Auspician / Faiths and Pantheons
Bal / Ballisteer / The Mind's Eye
Bam / Battle Maiden / Oriental Adventures
Bat / Battlerager / Races of Faerun
Bay / Bayushi Deciever / Oriental Adventures
Bda / Blade Dancer / Oriental Adventures
Beh / Beholder Mage / Monsters of Faerun
Bew / Bear Warrior / Oriental Adventures
Bfz / Black Flame Zealot / Unapproachable East
Bld / Bladesinger / Races of Faerun
Bli / Blighter / Masters of the Wild
Blk / Blackguard / Dungeon Master's Guide
Blm / Blood Magus / Tome and Blood
Blo / Bloodhound / Masters of the Wild
Boc / Bone Collector / Ghostwalk
Boi / Bane of Infidels / Masters of the Wild
Brb / Barbarian / Player's Handbook
Brd / Bard / Player's Handbook
Bre / Breachgnome / Races of Faerun
Cam / Cancer Mage / Book of Vile Darkness
Can / Candle Caster / Tome and Blood
Cav / Cavalier / Sword and Fist
Cde / Cosmic Descryer / Epic Level Handbook
Cer / Cerebral Assassin / The Mind's Eye
Cha / Knight of the Chalice / Defenders of the Faith
Chm / Divine Champion / Forgotten Realms
Clr / Cleric / Player's Handbook
Cma / Crystal Master / The Mind's Eye
Cns / Constructor / The Mind's Eye
Coh / Consecrated Harrier / Defenders of the Faith
Com / Commoner / Dungeon Master's Guide
Con / Contemplative / Defenders of the Faith
Cpa / Celestial Paragon / Epic Insights
Csi / Crystalsinger / The Mind's Eye
Dad / Dadoji Bodyguard / Oriental Adventures
Dar / Darkmask / Lords of Darkness
Ddi / Dragon Disciple / Tome and Blood
Ded / Devoted Defender / Sword and Fist
Del / Dungeon Delver / Song and Silence
Dem / Demonologist / Book of Vile Darkness
Des / Deepwood Sniper / Masters of the Wild
Dev / Arcane Devotee / Forgotten Realms
Dhu / Dark Hunter / Fey Feature
Dia / Diabolist / Book of Vile Darkness
Die / Divine Emissary / Epic Level Handbook
Dis / Divine Disciple / Forgotten Realms
Diw / Diamond Warrior / The Mind's Eye
Dmg / Doomguide / Faiths and Pantheons
Dmk / Dweomerkeeper / Faiths and Pantheons
Doa / Disciple of Asmodeus / Book of Vile Darkness
Dob / Disciple of Baalzelbul / Book of Vile Darkness
Dod / Disciple of Dispater / Book of Vile Darkness
Dom / Disciple of Mammon / Book of Vile Darkness
Dop / Disciple of Mephistophles / Book of Vile Darkness
Drc / Dread Champion / The Mind's Eye
Drd / Druid / Player's Handbook
Dre / Legendary Dreadnought / Epic Level Handbook
Drm / Dread Master / Faiths and Pantheons
Drp / Dread Pirate / Song and Silence
Dru / Drunken Master / Sword and Fist
Dul / Duelist / Sword and Fist
Dur / Durthan / Unapproachable East
Dwc / Deathwarden Chanter / Ghostwalk
Dwd / Dwarven Defender / Dungeon Master's Guide
Ear / Elemental Archon / Faiths and Pantheons
Ehm / Elven High Mage / Races of Faerun
Ein / Epic Infiltrator / Epic Level Handbook
Els / Elemental Savant / Tome and Blood
Ems / Emancipated Spawn / Savage Species
Ent / Entropist / Lords of Darkness
Err / Knight Errant / Silver Marches
Eun / Eunuch Warlock / Oriental Adventures
Ewm / Exotic Weapon Master / Masters of the Wild
Exo / Sacred Exorcist / Defenders of the Faith
Exp / Expert / Dungeon Master's Guide
Eye / Eye of Grumush / Masters of the Wild
Fob / Fiend of Blashpemy / Fiend Folio
Foc / Fiend of Corruption / Fiend Folio
Foe / Foe Hunter / Masters of the Wild
Foh / Fist of Hextor / Sword and Fist
Fol / Fang of Lolth / Song and Silence
Fop / Fiend of Possession / Fiend Folio
For / Forsaker / Masters of the Wild
Fre / Frenzied Berserker / Masters of the Wild
Frm / Forest Master / Faiths and Pantheons
Fte / Fatespinner / Tome and Blood
Ftr / Fighter / Player's Handbook
Gar / Gnome Artificer / Magic of Faerun
Geo / Geomancer / Masters of the Wild
Gho / Ghostwalker / Sword and Fist
Ghs / Ghost Slayer / Ghostwalk
Gia / Giant Killer / Silver Marches
Gla / Gladiator / Sword and Fist
Gld / Guild-Thief / Forgotten Realms
Gol / Goldeye / Faiths and Pantheons
Gpa / Guardian Paramount / Epic Level Handbook
Gri / Grim Psion / The Mind's Eye
Gro / Guardian of the Road / Random Encounters
Grs / Great Rift Skyguard / Races of Faerun
Guw / Guild Wizard of Waterdeep / Magic of Faerun
Har / Horned Harbinger / Faiths and Pantheons
Hen / Henshin Mystic / Oriental Adventures
Hex / Hexer / Masters of the Wild
Hfo / Halfling Outrider / Sword and Fist
Hid / Hida Defender / Oriental Adventures
Hie / Hierophant / Forgotten Realms
Hig / High Proselytizer / Epic Level Handbook
Hli / Holy Liberator / Defenders of the Faith
Hor / Hordebreaker / Silver Marches
Hos / Hospitalier / Defenders of the Faith
Hpr / Harper Priest / Magic of Faerun
Hrm / Harper Mage / Magic of Faerun
Hrp / Harper Scout / Forgotten Realms
Hrw / Heartwarder / Faiths and Pantheons
Hth / Hathran / Forgotten Realms
Hud / Hunter of the Dead / Defenders of the Faith
Iai / Iaijutsu Master / Oriental Adventures
Ils / Ilithid Savant / Savage Species
Inc / Incantarix / Magic of Faerun
Inq / Church Inquisitor / Defenders of the Faith
Kic / Kishi Charger / Oriental Adventures
Kin / Kineticist / The Mind's Eye
Kni / Knight Protector / Sword and Fist
Kow / King of the Wild / Masters of the Wild
Lid / Lifedrinker / Book of Vile Darkness
Lor / Loremaster / Dungeon Master's Guide
Lsh / Lasher / Sword and Fist
Mam / Mantis Mercenary / Oriental Adventures
Mao / Mage of the Arcane Order / Tome and Blood
Mar / Master Arcane Artisan / Epic Insights
Mbu / Maho-Bujin / Oriental Adventures
Mch / Master of Chains / Sword and Fist
Med / Meditant / The Mind's Eye
Met / Metamind / Psionics Handbook
Mid / Knight of the Middle Circle / Defenders of the Faith
Mki / Mage-Killer / Magic of Faerun
Mkn / Mindknight / The Mind's Eye
Mnd / Mindbender / Tome and Blood
Mnk / Monk / Player's Handbook
Mof / Master of Flies / Savage Species
Mor / Mortal Hunter / Book of Vile Darkness
Mot / Moto Avenger / Oriental Adventures
Msa / Master Samurai / Sword and Fist
Msh / Master of Shrouds / Defenders of the Faith
Mts / Maho-Tsukai / Oriental Adventures
Myu / Master of the Yuirwood / Unapproachable East
Myw / Mystic Wanderer / Magic of Faerun
Nar / Nar Demonbinder / Unapproachable East
Ncm / Ninja of the Crescent Moon / Sword and Fist
Neh / Nentyar Hunter / Unapproachable East
Nic / Nightcloak / Faiths and Pantheons
Nis / Ninja Spy / Oriental Adventures
Nit / Mirumoto Niten Master / Oriental Adventures
Obi / Order of the Bow Initiate / Sword and Fist
Ocr / Outlaw of the Crimson Road / Song and Silence
Ocu / Ocular Adept / Faiths and Pantheons
Ooz / Oozemaster / Masters of the Wild
Ora / Divine Oracle / Defenders of the Faith
Osc / Orc Scout / Silver Marches
Owa / Orc Warlord / Races of Faerun
Pal / Paladin / Player's Handbook
Pea / Peerless Archer / Silver Marches
Plm / Pale Master / Tome and Blood
Prp / Purple Dragon Knight / Forgotten Realms
Psw / Psychic Weapon Master / The Mind's Eye
Pwi / Perfect Wight / Epic Level Handbook
Pyr / Pyrokineticist / Psionics Handbook
Qow / Queen of the Wild / Masters of the Wild
Rau / Rauthmari Battlemage / Unapproachable East
Rav / Ravager / Sword and Fist
Red / Red Wizard / Forgotten Realms
Rev / Red Avenger / Sword and Fist
Rex / Royal Explorer / Song and Silence
Rgr / Ranger / Player's Handbook
Rnc / Runecaster / Forgotten Realms
Rog / Rogue / Player's Handbook
Rsb / Runescarred Berserker / Unapproachable East
Rub / Ruby Disciple / The Mind's Eye
Saf / Sacred Fist / Defenders of the Faith
San / Sangherin / The Mind's Eye
Sch / Scaled Horror / Savage Species
Sen / Union Sentinel / Epic Level Handbook
Sfc / Spellfire Channeler / Magic of Faerun
Sfh / Spellfire Hierophant / Epic Insights
Sha / Shadow Adept / Forgotten Realms
Shd / Shadowdancer / Dungeon Master's Guide
Shf / Shifter / Masters of the Wild
Shi / Shiba Protector / Oriental Adventures
Shm / Shadow Mind / The Mind's Eye
Sho / Shou Disciple / Unapproachable East
Shs / Shadow Scout / Oriental Adventures
Sil / Silverstar / Faiths and Pantheons
Sir / Singh Rager / Oriental Adventures
Sir / Siren / Savage Species
Ska / Warrior Skald / Races of Faerun
Skr / Divine Seeker / Forgotten Realms
Sky / Zhentarim Skymage / Lords of Darkness
Slb / Slaad Brooder / Savage Species
Slk / Soulknife / Psionics Handbook
Sly / Slayer / Psionics Handbook
Sor / Sorcerer / Player's Handbook
Sou / Soul Eater / Book of Vile Darkness
Spd / Spelldancer / Magic of Faerun
Sps / Spellsinger / Races of Faerun
Spy / Spymaster / Song and Silence
Ssw / Spellsword / Tome and Blood
Stl / Strifeleader / Faiths and Pantheons
Sto / Stormlord / Faiths and Pantheons
Sur / Survivor / Savage Species
Swd / Sword Dancer / Faiths and Pantheons
Syb / Sybil / Savage Species
Tab / Talontar Blightlord / Unapproachable East
Tam / Tamer of Beasts / Masters of the Wild
Tat / Tattoed Monk / Oriental Adventures
Tec / Techsmith / Faiths and Pantheons
Tem / Templar / Defenders of the Faith
Thf / Telfammar Shadowlord / Unapproachable East
Thk / Thayan Knight / Lords of Darkness
Ths / Thayan Slaver / Unapproachable East
Tmp / Tempest / Masters of the Wild
Tod / Thrall of Demogorgon / Book of Vile Darkness
Tog / Thrall of Graz'zt / Book of Vile Darkness
Toj / Thrall of Jubilex / Book of Vile Darkness
Too / Thrall of Orcus / Book of Vile Darkness
Tpr / Tribal Protector / Sword and Fist
Tra / Temple-Raider of Oldimarra / Song and Silence
Trn / True Necromancer / Tome and Blood
Urp / Ur-Priest / Book of Vile Darkness
Ver / Verdant Lord / Masters of the Wild
Vig / Vigilante / Song and Silence
Vir / Virtuoso / Song and Silence
Vod / Void Disciple / Oriental Adventures
Voi / Void Incarnate / Epic Insights
Vrm / Vermin Lord / Book of Vile Darkness
War / Warrior / Dungeon Master's Guide
Was / Warsling Sniper / Races of Faerun
Wat / Watch Detective / Masters of the Wild
Wav / Waverider / Savage Species
Way / Wayfarer Guide / Tome and Blood
Whu / Witch Hunter / Oriental Adventures
Win / Windrider / Masters of the Wild
Wis / Wild Scout / Silver Marches
Wiw / Windwalker / Faiths and Pantheons
Wiz / Wizard / Player's Handbook
Wod / Warrior of Darkness / Book of Vile Darkness
Wop / Wearer of Purple / Faiths and Pantheons
Wow / Worldwalker / Epic Insights
Wpn / Weapon Master / Sword and Fist
Wrm / Warmaster / Sword and Fist
Wrp / Warpriest / Defenders of the Faith
Wud / Warlord of Utterdark / Epic Insights
Wvs / Waveservant / Faiths and Pantheons
Wwc / War wizard of Cormyr / Magic of Faerun
Yak / Yakuza / Oriental Adventures
Ytc / Yuan-Ti Cultist / Savage Species
Originally posted by Khalil
One definition I'm missing is that of "Kudos" wich seems to be pretty commonly used. Oh, and the ethymology if possible. I used to think it was a term used only by gamers, but I have seen it on several places not even remotely related to gaming...
'Kudos' is greek, meaning something like 'Good work', 'nicely done'. Since I don't have my Greek dictionary at hand, I'm not sure of its original meaning, but that's the way it's most commonly used.
"To post a controversial or inflammatory statement on a message board for the express purpose of generating outraged replies."
we change it to,
"To post a controversial or inflammatory statement on a message board with the desire to provoke outraged replies."
Does that suit you better Damio?
but i clicked on your hyperlink for "tank"....and i got like hebrew or something, whats that about?
Wonder Land On Crack (WLOC) -- An obscure term to describe a game where everthing is allowed without any explation i.e. illithids and minotaurs walk arond day to day with no explantion as to why they are not persecuted. A game where nothing makes sense and the rule constantly change.
" 17th level oompa loompa/druid/tooth fairy"
The description of the Bag-o-Rats Fighter caused me a thorough ROFLMAO. :D
Just one correction concerning the etymology of 'über-':
The guy's name is Friedrich Nietzsche.
Keep up the good work.
Cheers,
Mustard
:D
Cheers,
Mustard
I've seen many posters use the term 'cheese' or 'tjeese.' Care to add it to your dictionary? The way I understand it, cheese is a application of a loophole in a certain mechanic, made with the intention of making a character more powerful than would be expected for that level.
Unfortunately I don't have any links for you, seeing that today is the first time I came to this thread and didnt bother to log all the threads in which i saw 'cheese' or 'tjeese' :D
Thanks.
Also:
Manuel of the Plains vs Manual of the Planes.
Didn't Qit supply you with that link back in the day? I always wondered where she got it.
Me and Dad got quite a few laughs out of "Sergeant Voronin and his Tank "Chervonniy"".
Originally posted by Ricohard_Draconis
(Neitsche was a staunch Anti-antisemite
Err... No. Seriously - No.
(Trollbill - Just put it down as "Uber - Super/ Over something else").
Originally posted by Ricohard_Draconis
EDIT: perhaps you misread my post as Neitche was an anti-semite but actually look closely i used a double negative indicating a negative reaction to the negative reaction
:embarrass :embarrass ...........
Ok... this is embarassing...
Err... I didn't get much sleep that night?
...
I was doing something else at the time?
...
..
.
I'm stupid?
Originally posted by trollbill
Where are the Cheetos? (expression): An phrase indicating the user’s desire or preference to play a game in an informal, laid-back manner. Etymology: Computer gaming, refers to the short efilm Summoner Geeks that uses characters from the computer games Summoner and Red Faction combined with a voice skit from the Dead Ale Wives.
I had heard the Dead Ale Wives skit, that was funny enough - but the efilm was too much! :D
I can die happy now
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but you called anime "cartoon art".
I hurt you now.
Stuff (or another 'S' word, of four letters)
Posing
As
Personally, I call someone who utilizes cheese a "cheese monkey", but then again, monkeys are funny.
One addition I'd like to see is Gazebo, it's cropped up a few times in various threads and I'd love to see the gaming definition (and an etymology would be interesting too)
BUT
in your description of Uber you talk about frederick Neitsche and the Nazi party's use of the word as a student of history i feel that is incombant on me to point out that Neitsche's and the Nazi's meanings of the word were very diverent as was their politics (Neitsche was a staunch Anti-antisemite). The Nazis used it as meaning a physically fit member of the Arysan race (european caucasian) while Neitsche's description is of someone who lives life to the full.
although mistaranslated into english as super ( mistake from the use of ubermensch / superman translation) the word Uber both on its own and as a suffix means over. hence the german national anthem "Deutschland uber alles" / "germany over all"
BUT
in your description of Uber you talk about frederick Neitsche and the Nazi party's use of the word as a student of history i feel that is incombant on me to point out that Neitsche's and the Nazi's meanings of the word were very diverent as was their politics (Neitsche was a staunch Anti-antisemite). The Nazis used it as meaning a physically fit member of the Arysan race (european caucasian) while Neitsche's description is of someone who lives life to the full.
although mistranslated into english as super ( mistake taken from the use of the ubermensch / superman translation (it is better to say overman)) the word Uber both on its own and as a suffix means over. hence the german national anthem "Deutschland uber alles" / "germany over all"
EDIT: perhaps you misread my post as Neitche was an anti-semite but actually look closely i used a double negative indicating a negative reaction to the negative reaction