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Post by Cereal Hunter on Feb 3, 2003 15:57:47 GMT -5
I never understood this. Dungeons are supposed to be basements where prinsoners were kept in medivel times. But most "dungeons" in RPGs don't have prisoners in them, and not that many of them are underground. Bosses are supposed to be people with authority over other people. However, most (or many) "bosses" in RPG games are just monsters that live in dungeons and have no authority over any other monsters or anything. Does anyone have an explanation for this?
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Post by Gimdin7 on Feb 3, 2003 16:31:02 GMT -5
I beleive it stems from the early table top rpgs like D and D first edition. The name includeds 'dungeons' in the literal sense, but probably took on a different meaning as fanbase expanded. As best I could figure why, I think their just colloquial terms that early RPers used to describe the places. Kinda like language, the terms may have changed over time as well to form current usage.
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Post by Matkau on Feb 3, 2003 21:29:40 GMT -5
Maybe BOSS is an acronym for Bigger Or Super monSters...but probably not
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Post by XxHANZO on Feb 5, 2003 18:05:02 GMT -5
well by the law of power the strongest monster in the dungeon (or cave or such) is the Boss of that area (call it Alpha monster, overlord whatever) and many d&D games do feature prison breaks and fighting the Boss of whatever. its just the RP slang
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Post by TheNeanderthal on Feb 6, 2003 0:45:45 GMT -5
In my first RPG years, I called them masters instead of bosses.
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Post by The~Inquisitor on Feb 8, 2003 3:25:39 GMT -5
Same thing, Danel. Person with Authority over others.  |
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Post by TheNeanderthal on Feb 8, 2003 5:42:30 GMT -5
So what do you want me to call them? "Ok.. it's a very-strong-monster battle!" or "It's a very-big-monster battle!""
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Post by The~Inquisitor on Feb 8, 2003 5:51:06 GMT -5
"Tougher battle"
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Post by TheNeanderthal on Feb 8, 2003 10:40:37 GMT -5
When people write walkthroughs, you want them to write:
Items: Potion, Antidote
Monsters: Gollum, Titan
Thougher Battles: Spirit Master
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Post by The~Inquisitor on Feb 8, 2003 12:18:51 GMT -5
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