Forum lingo

[KumaBozu]

Is there a source for all of the lingo and jargon used on the forums? I just joined the other day and I'm probably missing a lot of information because I'm not getting it.

For starters, what does gish mean?

[Hamste]

Here is a link to a thread from 2008 (most of it still applies though this was before 4e apparently).

Common Acronyms Abbreviations and Terms (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?18512-Common-Acronyms-Abbreviations-and-Terms)

[Ninja_Prawn]

2008

Usage does change though. For example, there's been a lot of talk about gishes lately in 5e (largely thanks to the Warlock UA), and it seems that the term no longer implies a multiclass build. More often, people are interested in single-classed gishes nowadays.

[Capt Spanner]

Usage does change though. For example, there's been a lot of talk about gishes lately in 5e (largely thanks to the Warlock UA), and it seems that the term no longer implies a multiclass build. More often, people are interested in single-classed gishes nowadays.

I also see that it has "ninja'd" there. These days ninjas seem to have been entirely supplanted by swordsages on these fora.

[Rawhide]

I also see that it has "ninja'd" there. These days ninjas seem to have been entirely supplanted by swordsages on these fora.

Blake'd, if you're in a RWBY thread.

[Rockphed]

I also see that it has "ninja'd" there. These days ninjas seem to have been entirely supplanted by swordsages on these fora.

In my experience, "ninjaed" still shows up from time to time. I cannot think the last time somebody said "swordsaged" in a thread I was reading.

[DataNinja]

In my experience, "ninjaed" still shows up from time to time. I cannot think the last time somebody said "swordsaged" in a thread I was reading.

It really depends on the subforum/context you're in. Generally it'll just be whatever stealthy reference is relevant to the current thread.

[137beth]

It really depends on the subforum/context you're in. Generally it'll just be whatever stealthy reference is relevant to the current thread.

Pretty much. In the 3.5 forum, swordsaged is more common, because it's a stealth-friendly 3.5 class. In another forum, something else will be more common.

[Ninja_Prawn]

Pretty much. In the 3.5 forum, swordsaged is more common, because it's a stealth-friendly 3.5 class. In another forum, something else will be more common.

In 5e it's usually just ninja'd, but shadowmonk'd comes up occasionally. It's basically Ninja: the Monastic Tradition.

[137beth]

In 5e it's usually just ninja'd, but shadowmonk'd comes up occasionally. It's basically Ninja: the Monastic Tradition.

Well, you're clearly biased, given that you have "Ninja" in your name:smalltongue:

[Rockphed]

For starters, what does gish mean?

I'm not sure that "Board Site Issues" is actually the appropriate forum for asking all questions you have about things. It might be more appropriate to just ask in threads that use the lingo or to start threads in places you want to ask about the lingo. It is, after all, against the rules to mock people just for being new and not knowing the local customs.

That said, we never answered this question: A gish is an RPG character that has both magic and physical means of fighting. E.g. a fighter who can shoot off fireballs.

[SaintRidley]

I'm not sure that "Board Site Issues" is actually the appropriate forum for asking all questions you have about things. It might be more appropriate to just ask in threads that use the lingo or to start threads in places you want to ask about the lingo. It is, after all, against the rules to mock people just for being new and not knowing the local customs.

That said, we never answered this question: A gish is an RPG character that has both magic and physical means of fighting. E.g. a fighter who can shoot off fireballs.

Addendum - A gish is named such because in the fiction of D&D that's what Githyanki call their warrior-mages in their language.

[Roland St. Jude]

Sheriff: I'd recommend checking the list linked above, asking in the thread where it comes up, or using the search engine of your choice. I'm going to close this now so it doesn't become the new "what's this mean?" thread.