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    d20 Invective Index: A Museum for Edition War Memorabilia

    This thread is intended as a catalogue of the creative names invented by edition warriors to make fun of other editions and their proponents. I'm only familiar with a few, so I'm explicitly asking for community help in enumerating these hopefully entertaining names.

    This thread is a museum for edition war memorabilia. This thread is not intended as a venue for edition wars.

    I think this thread doesn't violate the forum rules, and I hope it is both informative and entertaining.

    Without further ado, here are the invectives that I've seen.






    oD&D
    - ???


    AD&D 1e
    - ???


    AD&D 2e
    - 2mor (2 + "tumor")


    D&D 3e
    - 3e-tard or 3tard (3 + "retard")


    D&D 4e
    - 4on (4 + "moron")
    - 4rry ("furry" except 4)


    Pathfinder
    - Pathfundie
    - Pathloser
    - Mathfinder


    D&D 5e
    - ???


    "Previous Edition" in general
    - Grognard
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    I've seen Grognard tossed about for any player who grumbles about a new edition or rule change, or generally prefers older editions. From the French for an old soldier (literally, grumbler).
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    Default Re: Invective Index: A Museum for Edition War Memorabilia

    Quote Originally Posted by Benthesquid View Post
    I've seen Grognard tossed about for any player who grumbles about a new edition or rule change, or generally prefers older editions. From the French for an old soldier (literally, grumbler).
    Good call, I'd forgotten about that one since it's not edition-specific.

    Added, thanks!

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    I have a friend who calls pathfinder "mathfinder" intending it to be derogatory toward the system
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    Quote Originally Posted by braveheart View Post
    I have a friend who calls pathfinder "mathfinder" intending it to be derogatory toward the system
    Added, thanks.

    I guess it's a complaint against complexity?

    Math itself seems like a good thing to me.

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