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What is "UNC"? I'm old enough to remember Eye of Beholder or Lands of Lore computer games where I was forced to draw maps manually. It wasn't fun even then.
(From a fellow unc) Asking what Unc means was such an unc move.
It means “uncle”,
In DND, an uncle is some one that enjoys the classic rules, and makes you actually play the game. Like mapping it as you go.
(Though I use terrain tiles that are progressively revealed. Once you’re out of the dungeon, though, it’s on you to remember what was in there.)
Ignore the other guy, people have always used words like “uncle” or “ mom” sarcastically for people who behave in a certain way. It’s not causing the fall of civilization or anything.
And it has transcended to "old guy" in video games.
One time I made a naïve ranger cartographer (basically a boy scout) and drew maps every session to keep my ADHD in check
The DM handwaved all travel and navigation rules making my character completely useless lol
The DM may have handwaved all travel and navigation rules specifically because the party contained an overgrown boy scout
Like yeah, this is normally a problem that needs to be worked around, but you guys straight up don't have to worry about it because Eratosthenes over here always knows where you are and where to hunt food
You may not have had to roll dice to feel useful but you were still useful in that you removed a food clock from the game by virtue of existing. It's a lot harder to credibly make travel and food an issue when the party brings a ranger, that's kind of the ranger's whole class identity.
For the record, I usually name my rangers Legolassie. and yes, the himbo tagging along is non-optional and totally useless.
Theoretically yes, but this DM just didn't bother with that stuff ever, even when I played different characters. There's a difference between specifically saying something like "the ranger leads the party safely through the forest", which would have at least felt helpful; and just not saying anything at all by fast-traveling to the destination
That should be a question for the character. Do you want to constantly roll the day to day stuff that your character does with advantage or just assume that they’re as capable as you designed them to be? Assuming it’s not a survival struggle campaign.
Eye of the Beholder (and sequels) were so good and so hard.
Unc is older than a zoomer, but younger than a boomer.
Mentally, nothing to do with physical age. Just how you present yourself mentally
You can absolutely be a zoomer and still get called unc lol. It's anyone older than like, 22
As stated, it's about how you act mentally.
Zoomer is internet slang for someone acting young
Nhaa man, Zoomer is slang for Gen Z. Not just someone acting young.
Zoomer isn't really interchangeable like boomer imo
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Didn't Lands of Lore have an auto map? In my (bad) memory it did.
Maybe. That was 30 years ago, I might be wrong: there were many similar games.
the fall of the west is now being documented through the new use of linguistic features.
Unc is short for uncle, and in the east, uncle is a common shorthand to refer to an elder who is about your father's age, but not a member of your family. It can be used to refer to strangers "I gave the food to that uncle over there" or, as a nonspecific respect marker "Uncle John went to the market".
Here "unc-mechanic" refers to a mechanic an older person might enjoy.
EDIT: One might be familiar with Ojisan from ~~hentai~~ anime
https://japanphraseadventure.com/ojisan-or-obasan-be-careful-how-to-call-middle-aged-people-in-japan-without-offending-them/