We should make a Dictionary of Den-speak

Lago PARANOIA · Post by **Lago PARANOIA** » Thu May 31, 2012 7:04 pm

Mike Mearls almost certainly deserves his own Mearlsian definition. But I haven't seen anyone specifically attach his name to the concept of 'hyping buzzworded vaporware projects to an ignorant gaming community and subsequently ducking accountability by censorship, denialism, fandom bootlicking, and (especially) hyping brand new buzzworded vaporware projects while quietly abandoning the previous set'. But when/if we get a few posters doing that, it should totally go on the list. Next playtest release for sure.

John Magnum · Post by **John Magnum** » Thu May 31, 2012 7:05 pm

Wait, how does Popeye's spinach not qualify as phlebotinum?

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Thu May 31, 2012 7:09 pm

I supposed I should have defined my suggestion.

Winds of Fate: A resource management system where each round, you randomly generate what abilities you have available.

Lago PARANOIA · Post by **Lago PARANOIA** » Thu May 31, 2012 7:16 pm

John Magnum wrote:Wait, how does Popeye's spinach not qualify as phlebotinum?

Popeye doesn't need to each spinach to do many of his impossible feats; it just turbocharges what he can already do. Popeye did not need spinach to roast a Giant Roc in a volcano to create a giant turkey dinner bigger than a house (which he then mocked Sinbad the Sailor with) or to convert his pipe into a blowtorch to cut through a foot of rock (Ali Baba and the 40 thieves episode).

John Magnum · Post by **John Magnum** » Thu May 31, 2012 7:23 pm

Ah, okay. Thanks.

Sashi · Post by **Sashi** » Thu May 31, 2012 7:36 pm

Popeye is a Charles Atlas Superhero and "The Spinach" is a representation of his clean living/good eating rather than some storehouse of magic pixie dust spinach that gives him superpowers.

Sometimes this gets mixed up and "The Spinach" turns into a magic elixer, these are the times when Wimpy eats a can and lifts a car, or somesuch. But those are rare deviations.

name_here · Post by **name_here** » Thu May 31, 2012 8:25 pm

Padded Sumo: Any system in which the ratio between hit points and damage is such that it takes an extremely high number of hits to win.

Red_Rob · Post by **Red_Rob** » Thu May 31, 2012 9:00 pm

Could I suggest that if this is intended as an actually useful reference for people that all definitions are updated in the original post?

5 Moves of doom / 5MOD / Scripting: A system where there is an optimum sequence to use your limited use powers, causing every fight to play out using the same pattern of attacks.

Defaulting: Using a safe, well known general purpose attack rather than looking through your ability list for a more applicable attack each round. Generally associated with overlong ability lists (See D&D casters)

RNG: Random Number Generator. The total of all the random results that could be generated in whatever system you are using. For example, in a D20 system the RNG range is 1-20.

Chamomile · Post by **Chamomile** » Thu May 31, 2012 9:38 pm

Also note that Voltron can be used as a verb to describe the process of forming Voltron (i.e. "Voltron together").

Sashi · Post by **Sashi** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 8:48 pm

Pretty sure I've seen this brought up before, if not directly I'm pretty sure it's what Lago is ranting about when he says high level fighters trying to be "Greatest Swordsman in The World" just doesn't work when there's also Wizard/Cleric/Druid being "Master of the Mystic Art"/"Supreme Channeler of Godly Power"/"Avatar of Primal Nature".

Angel Summoner & BMX Bandit: From The sketch of the same name from That Mitchel & Webb Look. Describes a situation where one character is clearly gimped relative to others because his shtick is severely limiting in a way other's arent.

Libertad · Post by **Libertad** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 8:54 pm

Red_Rob wrote: RNG: Random Number Generator. The total of all the random results that could be generated in whatever system you are using. For example, in a D20 system the RNG range is 1-20.

I don't think that the RNG originated on the Gaming Den, or is unique to this site. Source?

BTW, it would be great if people could find the origin/source of terms for things like this in the future.

John Magnum · Post by **John Magnum** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:29 pm

There's a lot of stuff that's been added to the glossary that isn't Den-specific or Den-originated. RNG is just one of the most obvious.

Chamomile · Post by **Chamomile** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:41 pm

The idea here is to catch up newcomers on terminology they may be unfamiliar with, not have a giant repository of stuff that we totally came up with and no one else can take credit for.

Dogbert · Post by **Dogbert** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 12:43 pm

Mister_Sinister wrote:Paizil: A fan of Paizo's work, who typically exhibits a lack of analytical proof for their preferences, instead citing Paizo marketing or putting forward stupid arguments that don't come from evidence.

While not Denspeak, personally I like the alternate term I came up with: Paizombie.