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| CorellonsDevout |
Posted - 14 Jan 2016 : 17:43:37
This thread is just for fun
I was stuck in traffic behind a semi truck for Les Schwab Tire Centers, on on the back it listed their services: tires, alignment, brakes, parts, etc. I started trying to figure out how to turn those services into stats for a deity or an NPC. Alignment was easy. I thought maybe tires or brakes could be like power level or healing ability or something. Keep in mind, I was stuck in traffic and bored, but when I realized I was doing it, I was like "oookay, I'm officially a nerd".
So, you know you're in FR nerd when... |
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| AlastorTheGrim |
Posted - 11 May 2016 : 06:57:24
When you frantically scribble notes during a lecture and back in the dorm room your buddy who missed class asks to borrow your notebook, but hands it back almost immediately with a confused expression, after seeing that instead of writing down information regarding the class you spent an hour-and-a-half madly constructing a scenario for the Zhentarim to defeat and subjugate the remaining Moonsea cities and form a massive theocratic/magocratic empire. |
| Thrasymachus |
Posted - 04 May 2016 : 19:44:33
When you contribute to a forum page titled "You know you're an FR nerd when...", and then remember to refer to the page as a scroll. |
| Brimstone |
Posted - 04 May 2016 : 04:25:32
quote:
Originally posted by sfdragon
or Tyr's Toenail
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| sfdragon |
Posted - 04 May 2016 : 04:00:05
or Tyr's Toenail |
| Brimstone |
Posted - 04 May 2016 : 02:54:08
quote:
Originally posted by sfdragon
when you start swearing By Banes Black bloody balls...
Or "By the Dark Sun"...
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| sfdragon |
Posted - 04 May 2016 : 02:40:50
when you start swearing By Banes Black bloody balls... |
| Barastir |
Posted - 03 May 2016 : 13:05:40
Well,I didn't mean to imply that my collection is complete. I mean all the digital books I have. And the material I created, of course. |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 02 May 2016 : 18:02:20
quote:
Originally posted by ElfBane
When you dream up things like this:
DnD Explained Using Tomatos,
Strength is being able to crush a tomato.
Dexterity is being able to dodge a tomato.
Constitution is being able to eat a bad tomato.
Intelligence is knowing a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is knowing not to put a tomato in a fruit salad.
Charisma is being able to sell a tomato based fruit salad.
I saw that in a screencap on Facebook... Someone posted that explanation somewhere, and the first response was "actually, a tomato-based fruit salad would be salsa." The response to that was "Guys, I found the bard!" |
| ElfBane |
Posted - 02 May 2016 : 15:45:00
When you dream up things like this:
DnD Explained Using Tomatos,
Strength is being able to crush a tomato.
Dexterity is being able to dodge a tomato.
Constitution is being able to eat a bad tomato.
Intelligence is knowing a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is knowing not to put a tomato in a fruit salad.
Charisma is being able to sell a tomato based fruit salad.
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| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 02 May 2016 : 15:40:28
I've not gone digital on the entire collection... I have all the stuff that was once free to download, and other stuff that was of particular interest to me, enough to justify paying for the download.
...And a bunch of other stuff. Files I've created, pdfs from other companies, etc. Not including the copies of Dragon from the old Archive CD-ROM, I've got close to 20 GBs in my "Gamage" folder. |
| Barastir |
Posted - 02 May 2016 : 11:47:56
quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
-- including a thumb drive I bought specifically to leave connected to one of my work computers, with FR maps and material on it.
Well, I have two flashdrives with my entire FR and D&D collection at home, for safekeeping, and one that I bring to work with the stuff I'm currently working on - which I do between my work tasks or in lunch time. Besides, sometimes I spend some time navigating after images to present to my players - I've collected many Giga in photos and pictures, and I end up showing only a little bit of them to my players!  |
| Adhriva |
Posted - 30 Apr 2016 : 03:42:51
quote:
Originally posted by Brimstone
When meeting some one new and you greet them with: "Well met"...
Oh so very guilty |
| Brimstone |
Posted - 30 Apr 2016 : 00:29:32
When meeting some one new and you greet them with: "Well met"... |
| CorellonsDevout |
Posted - 29 Apr 2016 : 23:56:17
I've done that! Or "what in the nine hells?" lol |
| Bravesteel |
Posted - 29 Apr 2016 : 23:40:34
When you say, "By the nine hells!" legitimately. |
| CorellonsDevout |
Posted - 26 Apr 2016 : 19:36:22
quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
quote:
Originally posted by sleyvas
When you tell someone at work "Stlarn it, why don't you just go tluin yourself, you hrasting pinwit"
I say "Gods curse it!" on occasion, or even the "ye dancing gods" that I think I got from someone here... But the Realms profanity just doesn't work for me. It doesn't flow like those four letter words do in American English...
Actually, I invoke "Bob" a lot -- I got that from the otherwise forgettable Mostly Harmless, from when Arthur Dent was the Revered Sandwich Maker for a tribe of Bob-fearing natives. I had a religious co-worker who took offense at certain common uses of God, so I settled on invoking Bob as an amusing, geeky, and inoffensive alternative.
As for being an FR nerd... In addition to building my collection twice, I've got a map of Waterdeep on the wall of my computer room, I check this site multiple times a day, and I've got digital copies of a lot of FR material in a lot of places -- including a thumb drive I bought specifically to leave connected to one of my work computers, with FR maps and material on it.
I'll say "by the gods!" sometimes. |
| Gary Dallison |
Posted - 26 Apr 2016 : 19:26:31
I nearly got fired from my last job for having a usb stick with my entire FR catalogue on it connected to my work computer.
Of course it might also have been because I spent almost my entire working day writing and reading FR stuff. |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 26 Apr 2016 : 19:22:44
quote:
Originally posted by sleyvas
When you tell someone at work "Stlarn it, why don't you just go tluin yourself, you hrasting pinwit"
I say "Gods curse it!" on occasion, or even the "ye dancing gods" that I think I got from someone here... But the Realms profanity just doesn't work for me. It doesn't flow like those four letter words do in American English...
Actually, I invoke "Bob" a lot -- I got that from the otherwise forgettable Mostly Harmless, from when Arthur Dent was the Revered Sandwich Maker for a tribe of Bob-fearing natives. I had a religious co-worker who took offense at certain common uses of God, so I settled on invoking Bob as an amusing, geeky, and inoffensive alternative.
As for being an FR nerd... In addition to building my collection twice, I've got a map of Waterdeep on the wall of my computer room, I check this site multiple times a day, and I've got digital copies of a lot of FR material in a lot of places -- including a thumb drive I bought specifically to leave connected to one of my work computers, with FR maps and material on it. |
| CorellonsDevout |
Posted - 26 Apr 2016 : 19:16:18
Perhaps he wanted the spelling to be at least somewhat unique, but have the pronunciation be some variation of the name Gwenevere? |
| sno4wy |
Posted - 26 Apr 2016 : 19:09:45
quote:
Originally posted by Irennan
I'm surely not an expert (or even knowledgeable), but I remember reading on Wikipedia that the Welsh ''Gwenhwyfar'' was the original name, and it has been altered various times by successive authors/scholars (so there are many versions of her name). I guess that RAS liked Gwenhwyfar, so he slightly altered the name and used it in his books.
Interesting! I wonder why RAS went with a u instead of the first w? o: |
| Irennan |
Posted - 26 Apr 2016 : 19:02:11
quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
The name Jennifer also comes from Guinevere.
Lots of weird and interesting things in etymology. 
My language (Italian) doesn't have any word for Jennifer, but we use Ginevra (a very rare name) for Guinevere (although I guess that this would make Ginevra the Italian for Jennifer as well). |
| CorellonsDevout |
Posted - 26 Apr 2016 : 18:59:42
Huh, interesting! I did not know that |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 26 Apr 2016 : 18:53:00
The name Jennifer also comes from Guinevere.
Lots of weird and interesting things in etymology. |
| Irennan |
Posted - 26 Apr 2016 : 18:35:07
I'm surely not an expert (or even knowledgeable), but I remember reading on Wikipedia that the Welsh ''Gwenhwyfar'' was the original name, and it has been altered various times by successive authors/scholars (so there are many versions of her name). I guess that RAS liked Gwenhwyfar, so he slightly altered the name and used it in his books. |
| sno4wy |
Posted - 26 Apr 2016 : 18:17:41
quote:
Originally posted by Irennan
quote:
Originally posted by Artemas Entreri
...when you name your cat Guenhwyvar. (Disclamer: I do not own any cats)
Guenhwyvar is also King Arthur's consort, though.
I thought that's what it was initially, and that Bob's choice for the panther's name was odd. However, King Arthur's consort is actually Gwenevere (also written "Guenevere" or "Guinevere"). I don't know what the official pronunciation of the cat's name is supposed to sound like, but in the collected short stories audiobook the third syllable is pronounced in a distinctly different way from how I've heard "Gwenevere" pronounced (var vs vere).
Not sure if it's supposed to be an allusion or not, however. |
| CorellonsDevout |
Posted - 26 Apr 2016 : 15:47:18
Lol well I have never liked spiders, and if there is a chance that one of them *might* be a servant of Lolth, well, I better take it down :P
I think I will use that line,too, Sleyvas. That's awesome |
| Irennan |
Posted - 26 Apr 2016 : 13:41:44
quote:
Originally posted by CorellonsDevout
When you kill a spider and think or say "die, minion of Lolth!" Lol
Spiders aren't that bad. And just because Lolth claims that she rules them, it doesn't mean that they are all her servants :P |
| Irennan |
Posted - 26 Apr 2016 : 13:40:23
quote:
Originally posted by sleyvas
When you tell someone at work "Stlarn it, why don't you just go tluin yourself, you hrasting pinwit"
Lol, I think I'll do that for real... |
| sleyvas |
Posted - 26 Apr 2016 : 13:18:50
When you tell someone at work "Stlarn it, why don't you just go tluin yourself, you hrasting pinwit" |
| Barastir |
Posted - 26 Apr 2016 : 12:26:13
When you spend years writing articles about the places and cultures where your PCs were born and raised - and trying to give only the information the characters would have. When you write articles about magic, moonblades, combat strategy, chivalric codes, and other relevant legends and lore for your players.
When you slowly develop detailed adventures you know your PCs will play only in a few - and maybe not so few - years. When you create NPCs and magic items in advance for these adventures (including PlaneScape/Krynnish characters and Spelljammer/Kara-Tur, with a complete Oriental revision for 2e - including Skills & Powers psionics, revised martial arts, and more).
When you spend time revising AD&D classes and places, fixing bugs and trying to make them more alive (elven archers, bladesingers, skinwalkers, lance and bow specialization, monsters, NPCs, etc.). Sometimes lowering their power level to equate with a less magic-powered campaign.
When you go to a sculptor and asks for a panther figurine based on your favorite depiction of Guen's statuette made of onyx (still haven't found one to make it, though).
When you know that only you, two friends and a brother will see and know this work more fully, and the four or five PCs will see it partially, 'cause they will see it through their PCs' eyes.
EDIT: additional stuff |
