DnD with non-native English speakers
DnD with non-native English speakers
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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.
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"well the kid is sold, now I just gotta sell the parents too"
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"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."
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Later the rogue was eaten by a gazebo. :)
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For those unaware, since this is quite old: https://dungeonsdragons.fandom.com/wiki/Eric_and_the_Gazebo
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Thank you, I tried to search “gazebo problem” and didn’t come up with anything
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The gazebo is in the right, the rogue shot first
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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.
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And then they find atire
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I climb into the tire
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Ah, but you did not know if it was open or not.
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just tabaxi things
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that's just me playing Zork
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The door is slightly ajar.
Okay... but like... how much ajar?
Umm... a little bit.
So which little bit is ajar?
Huh?
The top, the bottom, the middle, the inside, the outside or the handles?
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Ah yes, the Gazebo problem.
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"I attack the gazebo."
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Teenage me pronouncing "braziers" as "brassieres" and my players wondering what the fuck I was talking about.
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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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Jazz Emu is a perfect human being
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Thanks for sharing this, just subscribed!
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No problems, Jazz Emu is a very underrated artist and deserves more attention.
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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.
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More like Bill Hicks on acid playing dnd…
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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
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"Your party is walking along when you come upon a wizard in a jar. Do you let him out?" (h/t to Adam Savidan.)
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