Memetic Mutation/Tabletop Games: Difference between revisions
Rescuing 1 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.8.6
m (removed Category:Tabletop Games; added Category:Tabletop Game Tropes using HotCat) |
(Rescuing 1 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.8.6) |
||
(33 intermediate revisions by 6 users not shown) | |||
Line 1:
{{Memes}}{{trope}}
[[File:Singapore botanic gardens gazebo.jpg|thumb|350px|You have angered the gazebo.|link=Eric and the Dread Gazebo]]
Tabletop role-playing gamers are also fond of [[Memetic Mutation|creating their own memes]], because that's [[Incredibly Lame Pun|just how they roll]].
Line 6:
''Please add entries in the following format:''
* Meme name: description of meme and how it's used.
** Source of meme and usage in the form of a reference.
----
== [[
* [[Author Appeal|"magical realm"]] <ref>Personal fetish based world-building. Comes from [http://gunshowcomic.com/471 a page] of ''[[Gunshow]]'' that illustrated the problem. The 3rd panel is the most common reaction image for this.</ref>
* Murder Hobos, a.k.a. Captain Teflon Psychos <ref>Many players, veteran and new, will often make their characters have minimal backstory or goals, either through laziness or fear that the GM will go out of their way to screw the player over. The result is a homeless person with no family or friends who only kills and goes through dungeons for the sake of it, being at best sociopathic.</ref>
** White Wolf has an official term for these guys: "Lone Wolves".
* The famed Lesbian Stripper Ninja. Often, "elf|dark elf|catgirl lesbian stripper ninja". An obvious combination of the previous two: fetish theme and half-assed character. Usually a result of a player acting puerile (not even [[The Loonie]]), thus happens too often. [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/RPG_Lexica:JKL#L (description)] [https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/65579291/#65615526 (description)].
** People even made comedy games around this concept, including [https://rpggeek.com/rpg/4404/lesbianstripperninja one plainly named so].
* Thin! Your! PAINTS! <ref>The common response when someone asks for painting tips. [http://1d4chan.org/wiki/THIN_YOUR_PAINTS So much can go wrong if you forego this piece of advice].</ref>
** Most common in wargames and specifically ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'', but the issue is widespread, so the theme is among the classics. As ''[[What's New with Phil and Dixie]]'' put it — "[https://web.archive.org/web/20150428205709/http://www.airshipentertainment.com/growfcomic.php?date=20071230 It started out as a halfling...]"
* "It [always] [[Saw It in a Movie Once|works in the movies]]." ([[Famous Last Words]])
* All of which is also [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/RPG_Lexica:ABC#B badwrongfun].
* Fluff <ref>The background story for items and characters in a game.</ref>
* Crunch <ref>The stats for items and characters in a game.</ref>
* "What We Started / What the GM Wanted / What We Actually Did" (for games), or "What the GM Thought I Was Making / What I Thought I Was Making / What I Ended Up Making" (for characters). <ref>[[Side-by-Side Demonstration]], RPG variation of "What I Watched / What I Expected / What I Got" and "What I Played / What I Expected / What I Got" — with pictures, of course</ref>
** For example: ''[[Pathfinder (tabletop game)|Pathfinder]]'' / ''[[Silmarillion]]'' / ''[[Kerbal Space Program]]''
== [[Warhammer 40,000]] ==
* In the [[Darker and Edgier|grimdark]] future of the grimdark grimdark, there is only grimdark.<ref>A parody of the [[Up to Eleven|overly dark and over the top nature]]</ref> of the ''Warhammer 40000'' setting, a variation on the most common [[Tagline]] of "In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war."
** In the Space Marine future of the Space marine, there is only Space Marine.<ref>A variation of the above after considering the fact that, in the 5th edition, almost half of the playable "factions" are Space Marines.</ref>
* '''''"[[Burn the Witch|HERESY!]]"''''' ''[[The Political Officer|*BLAM*]]'' <ref>A response used to note extreme dislike or possible [[Canon Defilement]], or at least disagreeing with somebody, best used with a picture of a [[The Political Officer|Commissar]] for full effect.</ref>
* '''"DRIVE ME CLOSER! I WANT TO HIT THEM WITH MY SWORD!"''' <ref>Named for [https://web.archive.org/web/20140420125824/http://www.gobiel.com/sonsofruss/motiv/images/drive-sword-demotivational-poster.jpg a picture] of a sword-wielding commissar riding a Leman Russ battle tank. Used either mockingly or affectionately. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrrCY7dgaqs Oh, and it's] [[Ascended Meme|official]]!</ref>
* The [[Redshirt Army|Imperial Guard]]: fighting alien monsters equipped with "[[Frickin' Laser Beams|flashlight]] and [[Bulletproof Vest|t-shirt]]".<ref>Lasguns and Flak Armour are by far the weakest weapons and armour in the setting (which still makes them horrible powerful though), the joke being that Imperial Guard equipment is no better than a t-shirt or a flashlight. Can be used as a [[Badass Army|positive]] or a [[Redshirt Army|negative]] thing.</ref>
** The third item being "standard issue adamantium balls", or "a wheelbarrow for their pair of [[Brass Balls|giant steel balls]]".<ref>Being the [[Badass Normal]]s of the setting, along with a t-shirt and flashlight every member of the Imperial Guard is issued with a pair of these. Even the women. ''Especially'' the women.</ref>
* [[Xanatos Roulette|Just]] [[Shout-Out|as]] [[Death Note|planned]]! <ref>The fan-created [[Catch Phrase]] of both Tzeentch and Eldrad Ultran, the biggest [[The Chessmaster|chessmasters]] in the entire galaxy, with possible exception of [[Magnificent Bastard|Alpharius]].</ref>
* [http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Eldrad Eldrad is a dick].<ref>Created on [[Image Boards|/tg/]], this references the belief that Eldrad's master plans are only for his own self improvement, such as getting himself a [[Commissar Cap]].</ref>
* [[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure|WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!]] <ref>What fans believe the [[Axe Crazy|Eversor Assassin]] says before some slaughter.</ref>
** [[Time Stands Still|Za Warudo!]] <ref>Whenever anyone uses Warptime.</ref>
* "I DO COCAAAAAIIINEE!" <ref>The fan-created [[Catch Phrase]] of Doomrider, a daemon prince of Slaanesh. May be combined with ''[[Metalocalypse]]''.</ref>
** "DOOMRIDER! NA! NA! NA!"
* [[Law of Chromatic Superiority|DA RED WUNS GO FASTA!]] <ref>
** "Purple is da sneekyest!" <ref>
** WAAAAAAAGGGGHHHH! <ref>
*** 'ERE WE GO, 'ERE WE GO, 'ERE WE GO! <ref>
** [[More Dakka]] <ref>
* [[Fan Nickname|Failbaddon]] the Despoiler is an [[General Failure|incompetent fuckwit]].
** Abaddon has no arms.
*** Or ''[[Living Crashpad|stomped]]'' off by [https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Emprahsque The Emperasque].
* ''[[Dawn of War]]'':
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO3MttgvHUY METAHL BAWKSES!] <ref>
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJMLfACod48 "SPESS MEHREENS, TODEH THE ENEMEH IS AT OUR DOAR! WE KNOW OUR DUTEH AND WE WILL DO EET!"] <ref>
*** SPESS MEHREENS WE HEEV FEHLED THE EMPRAH
** [[Memetic Badass|Vance Motherfucking Stubbs]], who lost 100 Baneblades and still won the Kaurava campaign.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIUEVdF9gFM SINDRIII!!!] <ref>
** WE CAPTURED IT FOR KAY-OSS! <ref>
** [[Skyward Scream|BLOODY MAGPIES!]] <ref>
* [[Troll Fic|Squad Broken]]! <ref>
* Lucius the Eternal will [[Memetic Molester|penetrate the rear armour of anything]] with his <s>Rod</s> Lash of Torment. OH YEAH!!
* [http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Kharn Kharn is a hell of a guy].
** IT'S MY DAY OFF <ref>
** I'M THE NEW COMMISSAR NOW <ref>
** I WAS TRYING TO DRAW A DUCK <ref>
** KHARNE LOEV KITTEN <ref>
*** KITTEN LOEV KHARNE
* [[Precision F-Strike|Fuck]] Erebus.<ref>Said character is widely and deservedly disliked, in- and out- of Universe. He's that guy who started the entire mess, by corrupting Lorgar and Horus, and remains conceited as self-proclaimed "Hand of Destiny". They both eventually have exiled him, and Abaddon doesn't like him either. The novel revealed Erebus is also responsible for [[Ax Crazy|current mental condition]] of the "swell guy" above: he had Kharn's pal killed when foresaw him being an obstacle to the destiny of the future champion of Khorne. Which sort of worked, but then Erebus found himself the first and foremost target of Khârn's newfound bloodthirst, and provided the first blood on Khârn's iconic chain-axe as a result.</ref>
* Macha, the ever-virgin <ref>Once again from [[Image Boards|/tg/]], this one references the Farseer from the original ''[[Dawn of War]]'', Macha, and how she will never, ever, lose her virginity.</ref>
** Fanon is divided as to whether:
: A. She has [[Tsundere]]-crush on Gabriel Angelos (Chapter Master of the Blood Ravens from the same game) — this version [https://www.reddit.com/r/Grimdank/comments/hzb5gb/having_spent_faaar_to_much_time_on_this_dumb_joke/ became more popular] after Yvraine/Guilliman, or
: B. It was foretold that only Emperor of Mankind can break her "curse" (in which case it's until he will get his behind off the Golden Throne somehow, and that's not going to happen in foreseeable future).
* [http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Angry_Marines ANGRY MARINES!!!] ALWAYS ANGRY! ALL THE TIME! <ref>A [[Space Marine]] chapter created by [[Image Boards|/tg/]]. In their own words, they are angry for the Emperor.</ref>
* ALL HAIL '''[[Ciaphas Cain]], [[Fake Ultimate Hero|HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!!!]]''' <ref>The highly misleading tagline of the ''[[Ciaphas Cain]]'' series, it is used by fans both ironically, as intended, and as acknowledgement that despite his claims, Cain ''earned'' his reputation as a [[Badass Normal]].</ref>
* X FOR THE X GOD!! Y FOR THE Y THRONE!! <ref>A snowclone based on the [[Catch Phrase]] of [[Ax Crazy|Khornate warriors]], "BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!". Oh Exploitable.</ref>
** [[Ciaphas Cain|Harriers for the cup!]]
** [[The Internet Is for Porn|PORN FOR THE PORN GOD! SMUT FOR THE SMUT THRONE!]]
* [[Horde of Alien Locusts|OMNOMNOMNOM!!!]] <ref>
* [[Candle Jack|Squats should be brought ba...]] <ref>
** E.g. on moddb their images are named "[http://www.moddb.com/groups/warhammer-40k-fans-group/images/squa5#imagebox squa]<nowiki>[number]</nowiki>"
** ''[[Turn Signals on a Land Raider]]'' used it [https://web.archive.org/web/20170923112503/http://tsoalr.com/?p=771 here] and "[[Suspiciously Specific Denial|clarifies]]" the issue [https://web.archive.org/web/20170923112453/http://tsoalr.com/?p=772 here].
** Also, eventually became a [[Trolling Creator]] staple, from both GW and licensed developers (FFG dropping "[[Dark Heresy|Lathesmasters]]" and "[[Black Crusade|Svartlings]]" with recognizably dwarf-like traits).
* "I move and shoot." <ref>Mocking the "tactics" of the Necrons.</ref>
** '''''OH COME ON.'''''
* So there I was, editing [[TV Tropes]] articles, when I hear this weird noise, like a distant rumbling sound. Glancing around the room, I deduced it was coming from behind my monitor. I stood up, walked around my desk to get a better view, when suddenly a frakking Baneblade roars out from behind the monitor, crushed my chair, and gunned down my entire Tau army on a nearby shelf. How the hell can a 300 ton tank sneak into my room? Must have taken some kind of tactical geni- ''[[Skyward Scream|CREEEEEEEEEEEEEEED]]''! <ref>
** The Tyranid Swarmlord is able to outmaneuver none other than Marneus Calgar of the Ultramarines, with an instinctive cunning that borders on tactical gen-''SCREEEEEEEEED!'' <ref>
** So, these Tzeentch cultists were about to perform the ritual sacrifice that would allow a demon prince to enter the world and plunge this planet screaming into the void. But then, a Baneblade emerged from the shadow cast by the main altar and began blowing holes in the walls, while Space Marines began emerging from behind the ornamental candelabra. And when the high priest tried to complete the sacrifice before the Space Marines could stop him, he discovered that a 100 foot tall battle cathedral had been hidden behind him without him realizing. How is this possi- CREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!!!
* TANKRED ENDURES.<ref>
* SPESS WOLVES, WE MAKE PLANETFALL IN OUR WOLFPODS AND OUR WOLFSHIPS IN THE NAME OF THE GREAT WOLF AND OUR WOLF LORDS WHAT WIELD WOLF CLAWS. FOR THE WOLFTIME! <ref>
** [[Pimp My Ride|Yo dawg]], [http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/Chengar/Wolf.png I heard you like Wolves, so I put a Wolf on your Wolf so you wolf while you wolf.]
** "The best way to defeat a Space Wolf is to wolf his wolf. However, if he wolfs your wolf first, then your wolf is wolfed."
** WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF
** Leman Russ is often depicted as a female kitsune. More precisely, as [[Spice and Wolf|Holo]]. The explanation for this is that ten thousand years in the Eye of Terror has caused some interesting transformations.
** "[[No Indoor Voice|IF YOU FUCKERS WAKE ME AGAIN, IT BETTER BE TO KILL SOMETHING OR ASK ABOUT ACTUAL HEROES, NOT BITCH-STEALING ASSHOLES]]".<ref>[[Alternate Character Interpretation]] of Bjorn the Fell-Handed potrays him as rightfully bored out of his mind due to people awakening him every century or so just to tell stories. Most of the comedy comes from the fact that he's been hardwired into an Imperial Dreadnought, and thus you've got the illusion a thousand year old giant robot bellowing out insults such as the above.</ref>
*** Along with TANKRED (above) and [[No Indoor Voice]] feature, this contributed to "every Dreadnought is some sort of a Cranky Grandpa" notion in [[Fanon#Tabletop_Games|Fanon]]. ''[https://www.deviantart.com/lutherniel/art/Granpa-Dread-bedtime-story-673442565 Granpa Dread bedtime story]'' time!
** Blood Angels spawned a similar snowclone meme thanks to their codex using the word blood as much as Space Wolves codex uses wolf.
* [[So Unfunny It's Funny|Once upon a time there was a Black And White Space Marine On A Black And White Bike]]...
* It was then that Hive Fleet Kraken recognized that its true spiritual liege was not the almighty [[Hive Mind]], nor the Hive Tyrants that lorded over them, but Roboute Guilleman, Primarch of the Ultramarines.<ref>The 5th Edition Space Marine Codex states that most, if not all Space Marines [[Creator's Pet|consider the Primach of the Ultramarines to be their spiritual liege]]. The joke extends Guilleman's influence to even enemies of the Imperium.</ref>
* Everyone is Alpharius.<ref>A reference to the Primarch of the Alpha Legion, a [[Magnificent Bastard]] and a master of disguise.</ref>
** [[I Am Spartacus|I'M ALPHARIUS!]] <ref>A reference to the fact that all members of the Alpha Legion refer to themselves as Alpharius to protect their primarch. It helps that they all look the same.</ref>
** No such Legion exists.<ref>Because Games Workshop releases such little information on the Alpha Legion, such as the fate of their Primarch, their current command structure, their reasons for defecting to Horus, or if they even really betrayed the Imperium, fans respond that the Alpha Legion is simply a myth.</ref>
* "FOR THE GREATER [insert]!" <ref>An exploitable version of the [[Wide-Eyed Idealist|Tau's]] [[Catch Phrase]], "For the Greater Good!".</ref>
** [[Badass Boast|"Yeah, we suck at close combat. It's a shame you'll never get there."]] <ref>A reference to the Tau's combat strategy, staying out of melee range and pounding the enemy with superior firepower.</ref>
* [[The Ahnold|GIT TO THE CHOPPA!]] <ref>Standard phrase used in reference to the Catachans, a division of the Imperial Guard that is effectively a [[Planet of Hats]] - where the hat is being ''[[Rambo]]'' or ''[[Predator]]'' style almost superhumanly tough survivors.</ref>
* CRASSUS ARMOURED ASSAULT TRANSPORT <ref>Reached memetic status on [http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/forums/list.page DakkaDakka], originating in [http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/369671.page this thread] where the poster seemed to have just copy-pasted the model's title from Forge World's website. Thanks to the rest of the posters in the thread also typing its name in [[ALLCAPS]], the tank rapidly became a [[Memetic Badass]].</ref>
* [http://wasted-knights.blogspot.com/2010_06_01_archive.html Fucking Autarchs.]
* [[Shoulders of Doom|Pauldrons.]] <ref>
* [http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Cultist-chan Cultist-chan.] <ref>
** Hwee ceptured eet for kay-oss! (see above)
** [http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Lolicron Lolicron.] <ref>A kinky (in "Necrons don't have great sense of touch, it's 40k, and she can reanimate" way) Necron girl. Similar to Cultist-chan above if not as popular.</ref>
* [[Creator's Pet|Ultra Smurfs.]] <ref>Used by Ultramarines haters throughout the fandom due to the utter [[Mary Sue|sueishness]] of the Ultramarines as of the most recent codex and because their colour pattern is blue and white, while the higher ups often incorporate red.</ref>
* Chaos Champions have one of two outcomes in life. They may either ascend as a Daemon Prince, to rule unholy armies and worlds for eternity, or to become a Chaos Spawn, a mutated beast that...no, wait, I GHRHADIOSJNSLKDMAPKF! <ref>Used whenever someone mentions a Chaos Spawn, one of the most useless units among Chaos Space Marine armies, causes a person to devolve into a Chaos Spawn.</ref>
* The PDF tried to respond but were killed to a man.<ref>A meme lampooning the incompetence of the Planetary Defence Force in most of 40k fiction. How badly they are screwed? If the Imperial Guard is the [[Redshirt Army]], PDF gets to be a Redshirt Army ''for'' Redshirt Army.</ref>
* Tomb Kings [[In Space|IN SPESS!]] <ref>Highlights some similarities between the Necrons and [[Warhammer Fantasy|Tomb Kings]] factions (both are Egypt-inspired skeletons that can go back up when killed). This meme predates the 5th Edition Necron codex, but got a new youth from it as more similarities were added. For the spelling, see SPESS MEHREENS above.</ref>
* Kroot Konga Line. <ref>One [[Munchkin]] had a "strategy" of keeping his whole army in reserve, which lets him see where the opponent put ''all'' his units and leaves long-range firepower idle on the first turn. Then on the next turn he deploys everything in spearheads going for the throat (and objectives). So the other guy countered this by clogging ''the entire long side of the table'' with cheap scouts, so there's no place left where rules would allow those reserves to deploy on turn 2. Having optimized too hard (as the [[Munchkin]] usually do), the player with everything in reserve didn't have any units that could deep strike to the middle of the table and kick fragile defenceless scouts out of the deployment area. The Tau/Kroot player takes the objectives, the other guy has no units on the table, game over. [https://funnyjunk.com/channel/warhammer40k/Eat+bitch/raRyLen/ see photo]</ref>
* Plasma jokes. A widespread one is [https://1d4chan.org/wiki/File:Warhammer_Plasma.jpg a picture of Space Marine miniature] with plasma gun in one hand, shielding his face with the other hand. <ref>Plasma weapons have "Gets Hot" rule. 8th Edition changed it so that in Supercharge mode they backfire on a 1 and this always kills the wielder. In earlier editions, always backfire on a 1 and "merely" hit the wielder, which often kills anyway. Back in 2nd, they had 2 modes, but "Gets Hot" was more random and restricted to Chaos Space Marines, while Imperial version had a cooldown between shots instead.</ref>
** "[[Full Metal Jacket|This is my rifle, this is my gun]]... [[Reliably Unreliable Guns|This is my plasma]]. I rolled a 1." (illustrated by an [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|appropriate]] picture, such as a skeleton).
* [[Crack Pairing|Skitarii x Moth girls]] (preferably red-headed). <ref>Started [https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/67620309/#67631728 when anon posted photo of a moth on skitarii mini], someone else immediately noted «two of /tg/'s favourite things at once. All you need is someone to draw something lewd about it and the trifecta is complete». This did [https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/74328531/#74328780 stick], probably because 40k has everything cranked [[Up To Eleven]], and a fluffy moth getting cuddly with a heavy combat cyborg is "[[Opposites Attract]]" Up To Eleven.</ref>
* Adeptus Mechanicus — those toaster fetishists.<ref>Origin is unknown, but they are obsessed with Standard Template Construct blueprints in particular, and [[Lost Technology|archeotech]] in general, which is what various colonies mass-produced — for most part obviously not gunships and suchlike. A toaster is possible oddball "archeotech" of very low utility widespread enough that they'd find some.</ref>
* Felinid Auxilia! <ref>In the canon lore, Felinids were mentioned among the other abhumans — ''once'', and without any description of them or their world. But the fans pounced on this — abhuman auxilia does exist, and cat-people aren't as restricted as plant-people, so… let's roll. First, of course, [[Cat Girl]]s. Second, the more cat-like they are, especially mentally, the more hilarious the concept becomes, cat attitudes being very un-Imperial (except the "Armour of Contempt" part). This may make them good at least as light infantry, but also a [https://www.deviantart.com/a20t43c/art/Felinid-colonel-852013437 madhouse], especially for the [https://www.deviantart.com/a20t43c/art/Felinid-auxilia-763680610 poor] [https://www.deviantart.com/a20t43c/art/Felinid-auxilia-2-830068603 bastards] whose job description becomes suspiciously similar to "cat herder". Then there are cat archetypes up to ''[[Puss in Boots (fairy tale)|]]'' himself. Then there are [https://www.deviantart.com/mr-culexus/art/Nyaat-in-the-mewd-770892852 cat jokes]…</ref>
== [[Warhammer Fantasy Battle|Warhammer Fantasy]] ==
* Remove X, replace with Skinks.
** Remove Skinks, replace with Skinks
* DOOMWHEELS! <ref>
* Malekith: ageless, undisputed witch-king of Naggaroth. Supreme commander over the Dark Elven hordes. [[Fridge Logic|Still lives with his mom.]]
== [[Dungeons
* [[Critical Hit|Rolling Twenties]] <ref>
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-leYc4oC83E I'm attacking the darkness!] <ref>
** If there are any GIRLS there I wanna DO them!!!
** WHERE'RE THE CHEETOS?
* IT'S A GAZEBO! <ref>Reference to ''[[Eric and the Dread Gazebo]]''</ref>
{{quote|Is it friendly?
It's not friendly, Eric. It's a GAZEBO!}}
* Rogues [[Back Stab|do it from behind!]]
** And paladins do it on horseback!
** Samurai do it for their family's honor!
* [[Your Mind Makes It Real|I Roll to Disbelieve!]] <ref>If the target of an illusion spell has a reason to think that the spell's effects are illusory and can pass a saving throw against the illusion the effect is negated. If it wasn't, you just waived a saving throw. In sufficiently dire straits many adventurers would try really, really hard not to believe in the dragon that was currently ripping him apart, just on the off chance that it wasn't real.</ref>
* ''[[Eberron]]'': Loli-pope! <ref>
* Bear Lore! Roll a Nature check: <ref>D&D 4e had tables which listed [http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Bear_Lore stultifyingly obvious information] for passing fairly difficult checks. Those first two lines are not even made up, they are condensations of the actual bear lore entries.</ref>
** DC15: [[Captain Obvious|Cave bears live in caves]]
** DC20: [[Captain Obvious|Dire bears like to attack with their natural weapons]]
** DC25: Bears shit in the woods
** DC30: [[Everything's Worse with Bears]]
** Alternatively, roll a Religion Lore:
*** DC15: Bears do not attend any continuous services of worship. They are ready to kill at all hours of the week.
*** DC20: They mysteriously vanish every winter, perhaps to give reverence to their perverse fertility goddess while gorging on the souls of men lost to famine.
*** DC25: Bear society has no visibly ordained clerics.
*** DC35: SHIT NEVERMIND THEY HAVE THEM RUN.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100124161216/http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=31914 MY HAT OF D02 KNOW NO LIMIT!]
* [[Jack Chick|Jack Chick was right!]] <ref>
** "Blackleaf! NO!!!" <ref>
** "I don't want to be Elfstar any more! I want to be Debbie!" <ref>
* From a famous ''[[Dungeons
* Tordek is in it for all the bitches.
* [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/1709686/ You see, the thing about an immovable rod i-CLANG] <ref>
** WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT? <ref>
* Lightning Warrior was a class someone created on the WoTC fourms as a joke. It has a wizard's spells and a warriors fighting ability and asked if it was underpowered because it didn't have a familiar (an ability that is actually considered a disadvantage to use, as if the weak pathetic animal that grants you meaningless bonuses dies, you lose a giant chunk of XP) and is unable to specialize (a more legitimate weakness, but generalist Wizards are still [[Game Breaker]] class). The class is now a running gag when recommending a class, with notes that it "sacrifices power for flavor".
* "[[Katanas Are Just Better|Katanas]] [http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Katanas_are_Underpowered_in_d20 are underpowered in D20]" <ref>
{{quote|[[Absurdly Sharp Blade|Katanas are thrice as sharp as European swords and thrice as hard for that matter too. Anything a longsword can cut through, a katana can cut through better.]] I'm pretty sure [[Diagonal Cut|a katana could easily bisect a knight wearing full plate with a simple vertical slash.]] [[You Fail Geography Forever|Ever wonder why medieval Europe never bothered conquering Japan?]] [[Katanas Are Just Better|That's right, they were too scared to fight the disciplined Samurai and their katanas of destruction.]] [[Did Not Do the Research|Even in World War II, American soldiers targeted the men with the katanas first because their killing power was feared and respected.]]}}
* I'm a monster! RAWR! <ref>
* [http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb17/antar000/ACTIONPOINTS.jpg?t=1299110940 ACTION POINTS!] <ref>
* WEEABOO [[Supernatural Martial Arts|FIGHTAN MAGIC]]!<ref>
** [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/1027569/ IRON HEART SUUUURGE!] <ref>
* Durr *CLANG* <ref>
* I AM THE MOON. (he is the moon...) <ref>
* Cats vs. Commoners.
* Oh no! It's CoDZilla.
* Railroad a paladin to fall.<ref>Reputed to be very common among the jerkass DMs.</ref>
** [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/10111656/#10111704 Force-paladin-to-fall button]. Please don't push.
== [[Exalted]] ==
* [[Memetic Badass|WHATCHA GONNA DO WHEN DEMETHEMANIA RUNS WILD OVER YOU!?!?!?!]] <ref>
* Is the Exaltation of the Dragons, or from the Dragons? <ref>
** '''WRONG!!!!'''
* Chejop Kejak looks a bit like Sean Connery.
* 2E MASK OF WINTERS IS ILLITERATE LOLOLOL <ref>There's an error in the 2e corebook stats for the Mask; he doesn't have a Lore score, which denotes total illiteracy. Naturally, being one of the setting's great [[Chessmaster
* The Gods are ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' addicts.
* The city of Gem [[The World Is Always Doomed|is always doomed]]. ALWAYS.
* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|There is no such thing as the White Veil Society. It does not exist. It not an absolutely awesome club, with the most facinating of members, and unlimited sources of the most sweet, delicious, euphoric tea and ice cream that they use to control the Scarlet Empire. Because that would be incredibly stupid. Nope.]]
* MAGICAL. FUCKING. MOONPUPPIES.
* It's a [[BFS|daiklave]] MADE OF CATS!!!! <ref>
* [[Foe Yay|Lyta X Peleps Deled, OTP.]] <ref>
* [[In Soviet Russia, Trope Mocks You|In Soviet Autochthonia, Exalted serve you!!]] <ref>
* Magma Kraken. It's the answer to ''everything''.
* ''[[Keychain of Creation]]'': "Dodge Charms. '''[[
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131024025751/http://forums.white-wolf.com/cs/forums/p/18359/373694.aspx#373694 Heroin-pissing dinosaurs.] <ref>The Beasts of Resplendent Liquids are somewhat notorious among the fanbase for being exactly that.</ref>
* What the Christ are you talking about?! <ref>
* [[Super Dickery|The Lunar ate 54 cakes. She ate 54 cakes. That's as many as six nines.]] [[And That's Terrible]].
* Chicanery-No.
== [[Magic: The Gathering]] ==
* Needs more Goyf.
** Really, almost every Standard environment has a card like this. When Tarmogoyf rotated out, it became Needs more Blossom.
** On a similar topic, "Tarmogoyf is the best Blue creature in the history of Magic." <ref>
* "Ach! Hans, run!" <ref>[http://magiccards.info/8e/en/259.html Lhurgoyf]'s flavor text, one of the most famous in the game.</ref>
* "Protection from [X]" and/or "Circle of Protection: [X]" (as in, "[[Protection From Editors]]" or "Circle of Protection: Tropers").
* "Pithy fire related quotation!" -- [[Deadpan Snarker|Jaya Ballard]], [[Incendiary Exponent|Task Mage]] <ref>The flavor text on [http://magiccards.info/query?q=ft%3Aballard&s=cname&v=card&p=1 a number of cards] is Jaya Ballard quipping memorably.</ref>
* Uncle Istvan, anyone? Whenever someone talks about bringing back old creature types, Uncle Istvans will inevitably come up. Sometimes still after the Grand Creature Type Update errata'd him out of having his own type.
** Brushwagg has achieved similar popularity, with the extra benefit of actually retaining its ridiculous creature type.
* ...But how's it play against ''faeries?'' <ref>Faeries was a dominant deck during the Standard [[Metagame
* It dies to removal! <ref>Used sarcastically to downplay powerful creatures, even though a jank common creature would be killed just as dead as an expensive bomb and would have much less utility in the meantime. Originally applied to [http://magiccards.info/m11/en/7.html Baneslayer Angel] which spent some time costing upwards of fifty dollars and died to a ten-cent Doom Blade, but has since branched out to other expensive, game-winning creatures.</ref>
* "Harrow." "Harrow, to you to." <ref>[http://magiccards.info/pvc/en/57.html Harrow] meets [[Engrish]].</ref>
Line 174 ⟶ 202:
*** "SO WHY DID YOU MANA WEAVE?" <ref>"Mana weaving" is distributing your lands evenly throughout your deck before playing, which negates the possibility of mana screw. Doing it is either uselessly time-consuming or an unfair advantage depending on the thoroughness of the ensuing shuffling. A comic was made to this effect.</ref>
* [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Storm%20Crow Storm Crow], a rather average card, and [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=45985 Chimney Imp], a ridiculously underpowered one for its cost, are memetically popular on Gatherer as two of the [[Sarcasm Mode|best cards ever.]]
* After Nicol Bolas turned out to be the villain in two consecutive sets, there are a number of players who assume everything is his fault now. This has even been referenced on [https://web.archive.org/web/20130706101649/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg
** In the third, it's a minor variation: The Phyrexians do control Mirrodin, but they don't have a planeswalker.
** Also stated as "BOLAS ALWAYS WINS!"
* I know a great combo: Humility and Opalescence.
* [[Nineteen Eighty-Four|We've always been at war with]] ''[[Pokémon (game)|Pokémon]]'', I mean ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh Card Game]]''.
== Others ==
* ''[[Call of Cthulhu (tabletop game)]]'':
** SAN check.
** [[Brown Note|All the dice.]]
*** No, not all ''your'' dice. '''All'' the dice.
Line 188 ⟶ 216:
*** Get some Cubans
* ''[[Rifts]]'': Giga-Damage - set everything right.
* [[Things Mr. Welch Is No Longer Allowed to Do In An RPG]] (various references)
* [[Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies|Rocks fall, everyone dies.]] <ref>From [https://web.archive.org/web/20131018031908/http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp05032002.shtml this] ''[[Something
* ''[[Dogs in the Vineyard]]'': "Go go Power Rangers, you [[Mighty Morphing Power Rangers|Mighty Mormon Power Rangeeeeers]]!"
* ''[[Paranoia (game)|Paranoia]]''
** Trust The Computer. [[The Computer Is Your Friend]].
** Questioning the Computer is treason. Treason is punishable by death.
Line 200 ⟶ 228:
* Busen Memo. On BoardGameGeek, anyway.
* The standard response to meeting anybody or anything in an RPG? Kill them and take their stuff!
** Conversely, [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/File:MPost12205-48f4d944c0_o.jpg if it's killed], ''someone''
* ''[[FATAL]]''
** Roll for Anal Circumference.
** REALISTIC! <ref>
*** BELL CURVE!! <ref>
** It's Cloaca Time! <ref>Spawned on the TV Tropes liveblog of the ''FATAL'' corebook; if an orifice is penetrated by an item too large for its circumference, there's a risk of it tearing open, and if it's the vagina or anus...</ref>
** RANDY GAY OGRES! <ref>
** The most historically accurate game ever! <ref>A claim by Byron Hall concerning his game.</ref>
** "Experience an accumulation of gas in their rectum."
** [[Good Bad Bugs|Negative anal circumference]].
* [[Badass Longcoat|Trenchcoat]] and [[Katanas Are Just Better|katana]].<ref>The stereotypical old World of Darkness character was an angsty badass who dual-wielded katanas and wore a trenchcoat to conceal them with. This was encouraged by the game mechanics, as [[Katanas Are Just Better|katanas were just better]] and could only be concealed by a trenchcoat.</ref>
** Standard ''[[Old World of Darkness]]'' player: a gamer equivalent of a [[
* RPG.net brings us [[Evil Twin|Snake Gandhi]] and [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Killfuck Soulshitter]].
* The most common [[Famous Last Words]] of an RPG are [[Total Party Kill|"We're]] [[Curiosity Killed the Cast|going in there."]]
Line 224 ⟶ 248:
** I actually played in a [[Maid RPG]] game set in the 40k universe at a convention. For bonus points, the PCs were based on the [[Sailor Moon|Sailor Senshi]].
* [[Chandler's Law|Screw it, ninjas attack!]]
* [[media:problem capellan 8721.jpg|Problem,]] [[BattleTech|Capellan?]] <ref>Image macro derived from [http://gunjackvalentine.deviantart.com/art/I-m-Thinking-Arby-s-131668806 a piece of fanart] well-known in the [[BattleTech]] fandom, depicting [[Magnificent Bastard|Crown Prince Hanse Davion]] choking [[Royally Screwed-Up|Chancellor Maximilian Liao]] with a shit-eating grin.</ref>
** [http://i642.photobucket.com/albums/uu144/Amarus20/Battletech/lyranrecon.jpg Lyran scouting party] <ref>While exaggerated for the sake of humor, the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces do seem to have an inordinate fondness for deploying many, many assault 'Mechs - the so-called "Lyran Wall of Steel". Also extends to some fans jokingly referring to lower-end assault 'Mechs such as the Zeus as "ultralight" designs.</ref>
** [http://archivethumb3.foolz.us/board/tg/img/0181/62/1330667533814.jpg TRUCK]{{Dead link}} [http://archivethumb2.foolz.us/board/tg/img/0181/93/1330943033071.jpg STRONG!]{{Dead link}} <ref>Originates from /tg/. Someone proposed using an army of machinegun-equipped trucks, and while it was quickly pointed out that a lance of Firestarters would eat such a force alive, the idea of some petty Periphery warlord or the like trying to loot and plunder with a swarm of guntrucks amused the thread participants enough to spawn a minor meme.</ref>
* [[Aberrant]]: Divis Mal has '''arms?!''' <ref>In the official forum, someone posted a post, expressing horror, along the lines of Divis Mal is '''gay?!''' This was particularly hilarious because the game's [[Have You Tried Not Being a Monster?]] symbolism between Divis Mal's sexuality and his superpowered aberrant nature had always been a massive part of his character, right from the moment he was introduced. Someone else created a thread making fun of this, expressing shock and horror that Divis Mal had arms, supported by some of the art that didn't show them. Since then, treating the fact that Divis Mal has arms as a huge, controversial thing has been a running gag among the fanbase.</ref>
{{reflist}}
[[Category:
[[Category:
[[Category:Memes]]
|