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The new guide has a glossary of terms but doesn't seem to catch newbies up on the important pathfinder lingo. What terms did they miss that the newbies need to know?
Murderhobo- Adventurers are technically traveling bands of non property owners that illegally kill people. Refers to a style of play where you kick in the door and kill everything on the other side with little to no questions asked.
Drendle Drang wakeup call: one of the venture captains likes to wake you up at odd hours. Be prepared to bring your teddybear and blanket to the mission briefing.
Tank/Meatshield: Someone that stands in the front and protects the party
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Dwarven lockpicks: any heavy weapon used to open a door.
Standard gear: rope, lots of rope, and more rope.
Cheese: any character that deals more damage than you.
"I'm sure nothing will go wrong": what happens whenever we're sent to a social gathering that surely won't have any combat, Aspis attacks, sudden demons, or unexpected explosions. Honestly.
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Cheese: any character that deals more damage than you.
I like this one. I once had a very good/well known GM at pre-Gen Con Scotty's that after the first round of combat with my character, went "*Sniff*, smells like limburger in here." (or something really close along those lines)
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Cheese: any character that deals more damage than you.I like this one. I once had a very good/well known GM at pre-Gen Con Scotty's that after the first round of combat with my character, went "*Sniff*, smells like limburger in here." (or something really close along those lines)
Are you SURE that they weren't referring to Scotty's itself? There WAS a bit of a funk by our table this year...
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Pathfinder battles prepainted plastic miniatures: A disconnected base at which you throw money
powergamer: someone who you can't live with, and can't live without, minus the live without.
Out-of-game-caltrops: D4
Blood of the elements: a book for samurai.
falcata: the best weapon in the game
pathfinders: ITS PATHFINDER GODDAMNIT! PATHFINDER, NOT PATHFINDERS!
die: the singular noun of dice. also what I want to do when you misuse the singular noun of dice
TPK: something you brought upon yourself
00% roll twice and combine: the best random encounter.
ultimate campaign: housebuilding.exe
Cornflakes: something that is perpetually on one of your players shirts.
Speed run: a late night, after-the-official-game session that takes place at a 24hr diner and involves an hour long run through of an Evergreen scenario.ALTERNATIVELY: A PbP that resolves in hours or days rather than weeks or months.
Alternatively, a Speed Run is what you do (often several times) after the E. coli and/or Salmonella in the diner food takes effect . . . .
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Cornflakes: something that is perpetually on one of your players shirts.
I thought they usually had pizza or hot pockets on them, and they are likely to be partially asymptomatic carriers of the Enterobacteriaceae mentioned above . . . .
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"Flank & Shank" - the default tactics of a team of rogues, generally enemies.
"Scry & Die" - the rarely (in PFS) utilized strategy of spying on an enemy via e.g. crystal ball, then teleporting in to quickly obliterate him.
"Cleric on a stick" - a wand of CLW.
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Knock: 1. A sorcerer/wizard spell that opens doors, and has no material component. 2. A rogue spell that opens doors, and uses masterwork lock picks as the material component. 3. A barbarian spell that opens doors, and uses an adamantine earthbreaker as the material component.
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We Be <Blank>: Phrase used to describe scenarios where you play a particular archetype of character. Stems from the "We Be Goblins" series. Examples: "We Be Aspis," "We Be Aspis 2," "We Be Kobolds," and "We Be Elementals."
No apologies necessary. That's what we call them around the office until we come up with official titles, too. :)
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