RPG Lexica:GHI

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G

get medieval
to be exceptionally violent toward something or someone. See "I'm going to get medieval on his ass"
GURPS
Acronym for Generic Universal RolePlaying System, an RPG which allows players to play characters in any gameworld, from any genre or setting, at any level. (Supposedly.) Published by Steve Jackson Games, its fourth edition was recently released.

H

Hero
A RPG which was originally geared toward playing four-color supers (from comic books), then expanded to accommodate a variety of settings and character types. Currently in its Fifth Revised edition, it is published by Hero Games.
Horse Bombing
Abusing a magical or supernatural ability that creates objects, and is not intended to be used as an attack, by exploiting the offensive value of generally being able to create objects from thin air. Examples include using a spell intended to provide food and water for allies, to create water or food inside an enemy's brain case; or the example that defines the term: using a spell that summons a horse for the caster to ride by casting it several hundred feet above a stationary or unaware enemy so that the horse falls on them at high velocity.

I

"I'm going to get medieval on his ass"
A quote from Pulp Fiction that basically means the PCs are about to do something very violent, probably fatal, and definitely painful to whoever is referenced by 'his'. Often followed by another Pulp Fiction line: "Zed's dead, baby."


Intelligence problem
The difficulty encountered in enabling Intelligence stats to work correctly, in those games which have them. The problem arises from the fact that Intelligence will affect the character's ability to choose what to do next. Since making these choices for their characters is the key means by which players are involved in the RPG, these choices must be left to the player; but if they are left to the player, the choice will be made based on the player's level of intelligence, not the character's.


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