I was once involved in a business enterprise with a man who wasn't a native speaker
I had talked to a child about buying some of our stuff, and he was psyched about it and went off to fetch a parent to complete the transaction
I was talking with my colleague about it in the interim, and said of the kid "he was sold" as a way of summarizing his receptiveness to my pitch about our products
My colleague became very alarmed. What do you mean, sold? Who bought him? What do you mean?
It took a while to explain.
"well the kid is sold, now I just gotta sell the parents too"
"Roll acrobatics, I guess."
"Natural 20!"
"Ok... You contort your body in ways that no humanoid creature should be able to, and successfully fit inside the jar.
"Can I get everyone else to make a Wisdom saving throw, please?
"Uh huh. Uh huh. Uh huh.
"Ok, everybody else now thinks you're a djinni."
Later the rogue was eaten by a gazebo. :)
For those unaware, since this is quite old: https://dungeonsdragons.fandom.com/wiki/Eric_and_the_Gazebo
Thank you, I tried to search “gazebo problem” and didn’t come up with anything
The gazebo is in the right, the rogue shot first
I thought it was Eric the Paladin. I remember because I have a ttrpg friend named Eric who we mocked in a friendly way about that story.
And then they find atire
I climb into the tire
Ah, but you did not know if it was open or not.
just tabaxi things
that's just me playing Zork
Hilarious that I was listening to https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ69ny57pR0 when this post popped on my tiny display thing
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This can happen with new players who are native English speakers too, as D&D has a fair deal of vocabulary not everyone knows. Words like charisma and melee really got popularized by D&D.
Deep cut here: When I was a kid (ages past) and first heard friends talk about D&D, I thought there was a lens to keep you on the border. And without it, you might go straight Into The Unknown.
More like Bill Hicks on acid playing dnd…
Im pretty sure I saw this as a visual gag in a Muppet Babies comic book in the 80s! I think it was issue #13… I might still have it packed away somewhere
"Your party is walking along when you come upon a wizard in a jar. Do you let him out?" (h/t to Adam Savidan.)
