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Dec. 13th, 2006 10:49 pmAs happens when two or three gamers get together, last Thursday's game had a terribly geeky discussion when Neil asked what Power Word I'd most like to have. "Power Word XXX" is a staple of DnD - a holy word that causes some kind of intense effect to occur. The canonical examples are "Blind", "Kill" and "Stun" which, while succinct and to the point are hardly blindingly creative.
Neil's own choice was, predictably, "Power Word: Poop", on the grounds that he's never going to get his hands on an actual bowel disruptor.
My own choice at the time was the ever-so-witty "Power Word: Shut-the-fuck-up" - which would cause the target to stop spouting whatever vile nonsense they were in the middle of. I then proceeded to use it repeatedly throughout the evening, despite Meredith's assertion that Shut-the-fuck-up wasn't strictly a word, being more of a phrase. Of course, STFU _is_ a word (as is "Silence", but that would just be dull), which led me onto the idea of "Power Word: IMHO", which would cause the subject to instantly realise that they weren't actually pronouncing God's Own Truth and were, in fact, just giving their opinion.
Later on I came up with "Power Word : Khaaaaaaaaan!!!!!" which would allow you to gain the upper hand over your worst enemy, at the cost of your recently-discovered son (hey - sometimes you need to make sacrifices to get what you want).
Coming up with an effect for "Power Word: Kanedaaaa!" and "Power Word: Tetsuooooo!" is left as an exercise for the reader.
Which leads me neatly onto the poll:
[Poll #888241]
Neil's own choice was, predictably, "Power Word: Poop", on the grounds that he's never going to get his hands on an actual bowel disruptor.
My own choice at the time was the ever-so-witty "Power Word: Shut-the-fuck-up" - which would cause the target to stop spouting whatever vile nonsense they were in the middle of. I then proceeded to use it repeatedly throughout the evening, despite Meredith's assertion that Shut-the-fuck-up wasn't strictly a word, being more of a phrase. Of course, STFU _is_ a word (as is "Silence", but that would just be dull), which led me onto the idea of "Power Word: IMHO", which would cause the subject to instantly realise that they weren't actually pronouncing God's Own Truth and were, in fact, just giving their opinion.
Later on I came up with "Power Word : Khaaaaaaaaan!!!!!" which would allow you to gain the upper hand over your worst enemy, at the cost of your recently-discovered son (hey - sometimes you need to make sacrifices to get what you want).
Coming up with an effect for "Power Word: Kanedaaaa!" and "Power Word: Tetsuooooo!" is left as an exercise for the reader.
Which leads me neatly onto the poll:
[Poll #888241]
