The Dictionary

Discovered and Created During Adventuring with the Heroes of Mystara

Aramil (Ah-ruh-mill) n. To die in some (typically horrible) fashion – specifically by your own fault and confusion. eg. Krog surely pulled an aramil last session didn’t he?

Drakath (Drah-cath) v.   To fall victim to a cruel design of the Dungeon Master and luck still failing horribly to be with you.  The paladin drakathed when he failed his fortitude save against that werewolf’s bite. also.   To aid the designs of the Dungeon Master by critically failing a save he needed someone to fail.

Edge (If you really need these phonetics you’re an idiot [id-jut]) Edge-d adj. To have so many natural defenses as to be absolutely impregnable; but likewise having so little offensive capabilities one has to resort to balls out insanity to win.  eg. He’s a really edged character. v. To pull off a balls-out, absolutely insane, would-kill-anyone move – and survive victorious.  eg. Osurius edged last night.

Eyelasers n. A useful magic item that would ordinarily attract no special notice except for being placed in some weird body slot just for effect.

Ginzu (ghin-zu) v.   It slices… it dices… it cuts fodder down like a Russian with a machine gun…  eg.  Aramil went ginzu on those robbers.

Jesnia (Jes-knee-ah) v.   To be exclusively used as a tool for the benefit of others.  eg. She was jesniad down at the dungeon .  (Yes, the before sentence has more than one definition).  adj.   the quality of being useful only for the benefit of others.  eg. Bards are jesnias.

Kerrick (Khe-ric) v.   The act of dying without even having the time to whimper.  eg. Lux kerricked in the positive energy plane.

Kiera (Key-eh-rah) v.   To, literally, flirt with danger.  eg. Jesnia kierad the Praetor in Thyatis.

Malhavocsism (Mahl-have-oksis-sm) n. A title or epithet assigned to oneself by oneself out of pure bravado and bravura. eg. The noble’s epithets were clearly overblown Malhavocsisms.

Wonderdwarfing (w-uhn-der-duahr-phin-g) v. The act of assigning abilities properly in one edition of a game, only to be completely screwed over after the conversion to the latest edition of the game.   eg.  All archmages wonderdwarfed after 3.5 came out .

More will come… oh, yes, more will come…