showard@udenva.UUCP (Mr. Blore) (02/11/86)
Here's a new, light-hearted topic for this group. Most D&D/AD&D/other gaming group come up with colloquialisms for unpronouncable or inadequately named monsters. Some examples from various AD&D games: Sahuagin (sp?) ==> sea orcs Asmodeus ==> Odious, Amadeus Caryatid Column==> Katydid column Bullywugs ==> frogmen Otyugh ==> garbage monster Enveloper ==> Pillsbury Dough Boy or Stay-puf Marshmallow Man Adherer ==> Glue Mummy and so forth. So how many of these does your group have? Maybe we can rewrite the entire Monster Manual. He's hot, he's hip, and he's back from the grave . . . -- Mr. Blore, the DJ who would not die {hplabs, seismo}!hao!udenva!showard or {boulder, cires, ucbvax!nbires, cisden}!udenva!showard
bmg@mck-csc.UUCP (Bernard M. Gunther) (02/17/86)
> Here's a new, light-hearted topic for this group. Most D&D/AD&D/other > gaming group come up with colloquialisms for unpronouncable or inadequately > named monsters. Some examples from various AD&D games: > Mr. Blore, the DJ who would not die Ogre Magi -> Omy (pronounced "Oh My") It derives from "Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My." (orignal Wizard of Oz.) Bernie Gunther
lori@hp-pcd.UUCP (lori) (02/21/86)
Well, I don't know about any others, but in my game people refer to Owlbears (TM) as "Hoot-Gurrs". Makes sense I guess. From the World of Vindarten Mark F. Cook
slb@drutx.UUCP (Sue Brezden) (02/24/86)
Well, these aren't enemies, usually, but we always pronounce "gnomes" like it's spelled: guh-no'-mies. -- Sue Brezden ihnp4!drutx!slb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nirvana? That's a place where the powers that be and their friends hang out. --Zonker Harris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~