How it Feels Learning the Lingo in Dungeons and Dragons

It has been confirmed: Every version of Duke in the OSQverse is named "Duke" Also, Jakin said he didn't have "a Musical from AD-Barian" on his 2023 bingo card, but here we are!

"Sometimes the urge to buy dice can't be stopped." "...So it IS a disease." Duke and Duke go silent at the realization 😂

"We're playing on a train?" DM writes furiously: "You are now."

This man walked into the house of a dude he never met and sent him a text. If I was the dm I'd be wondering how he got my number

New player, voice cracking: "My apartment doesn't have AC" I relate to this too much 😭

Ngl, before I had actually played, I learned most of the lingo from watching your sketches 😂

As a dice goblin, LET ME HAVE MY SHINY MATH ROCKS 😭 Also, good to know there is actually an introductory site for newbies, now. I'm quite happy to be in an era where D&D has gained so much popularity for social gatherings🥰 (...because I can't interact with people like a normal person, unfortunately😓)

Tank = Means you can take a lot of hits. Squishy = You're playing a Wizard.

Looks like ad-barian took a level in bard. Nice!

"That was my favorite pair of dice" the pain in his voice 😂

It occurred to me that growing up with video games helped me immensely when starting DnD; lingo like "HP" and "RNG" are so common to gamers that the extra ones like "BBEG" just fit right in

Duke: "Sometimes the urge to buying dice can't be stopped" Me: Also me:

The bowler hat on top of the Viking helmet was the icing on the cake. 👌

For the longest time I thought BBEG stood for Big Bad End Game because I understood it as the big bad you fought at the end of the game.

The most important lingo for DND is DBP. It's very important for everyone to know. What's DBP you ask? Well Dragonborn Puberty of course! Did you know-

It can be even harder to learn D&D lingo after a decade of playing a totally different system. Also learning the lingo of a new system after playing D&D for many years. I have a friend trying to do the former, while I and a different group are doing the latter. 😹

Adbarian is a even better singer then music teachers! That’s saying a lot.

D&D lingo isn't half as bad as forgetting that most people don't know a lot of medieval terms. I can't count how many times I have had to explain what a Fletcher does or what a Flail is.

The stars have perfectly aligned for Duke and Ryan George (who both make videos about talking to themselves) to collab on a video about the new DND movie. Please make it happen!

On top of that, imho there's a plethora of "homebrew-lingo" for each table, referring to insider gags or a certain players personality, especially in groups who know each other very well. At my (German speaking) table, we're working exclusively with the English core books, all modules I run are in English, so there's tons of opportunities to lose yourself in translation. One of my favourites is our habit of calling a "Dexterity Saving Throw", in short "Dex Save", a "S*x Dave" - and I think, it's beautiful. Totally adolescent? Sure. Cringy af? Hell yes. But: It never gets old.