RPG Lexica:YZ9

Y

Yoink!

Short for "I like that idea so much I'm stealing it (for my game)". Origin: from the supposed sound of something being snatched away. Think back to saturday morning cartoons and you will know the sound.

"You all meet in a tavern..."

The "classic" (read: cliched) way to bring a party together in a fantasy game; often extended to other games as well. Very nearly as cliche as the literary equivalent, "It was a dark and stormy night..."

"You notice a ceiling fan."

When a character fails an observation or perception roll it is often that they notice the most unimportant thing in the room. Ex: "GM: Ok, there's a small firearm near the badguy, roll to see if you notice it." "PC: Oh, I failed the roll and got a 1." "GM: You notice a ceiling fan."

Z

Z

The 26th and last letter of the Roman alphabet, derived from the Greek letter Zeta. Pronounced either "zed" (Commonwealth English) or "zee" (American English). Very seldom used as the first letter of gaming terminology.

Zerg

As a verb, to defeat an enemy by using large numbers of weak units to swarm that enemy. Taken from the name of the Zerg alien race in StarCraft who typically employ this strategy.

In a similar vein, Zerg Rush: To overwhelm an enemy with a mass of relatively weak attackers.

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