Shadow Hawk Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games Conan the B once lead a army with the battle cry "Hell or Plunder!". We used it as our unit name in Battletech. Sic Semper Tyrannus! - This always to tyrants! Used by Brutus when murdering Ceasar, by John Wilkes Booth when assassinating Lincoln, and the state motto of Virginia. Semper Paratus - Always Ready, the motto of the Coast Guard. In God We Trust. All Others We Detect, Track, and Report. - motto of radar operators. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games "Victory or Death!" I used that motto for one of my AD&D characters, but I'm sure other people have used it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmask Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games I always loved Conan's answer to what is good in life. I love using the one that we had when I was in the USAF, "First There." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbywolfe Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games I always loved Conan's answer to what is good in life. Which was? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmask Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games Which was? Combat Controllers AFSC 1C2X1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrix3 Posted June 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games Combat Controllers AFSC 1C2X1 That's a strange saying for Conan... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmask Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games That's a strange saying for Conan... oh that... Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women. or there other Conan (O'Brien) motto... Vroom! Vroom! Party Starter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Hawk Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games oh that... Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women. or there other Conan (O'Brien) motto... Vroom! Vroom! Party Starter! The quote predates Conan by a few hundred years. It's a ancient Mongol saying made popular by Timajen (Ghengis Khan). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmask Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games The quote predates Conan by a few hundred years. It's a ancient Mongol saying made popular by Timajen (Ghengis Khan). Thank you, I stand corrected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_ShadowHawk Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games The quote predates Conan by a few hundred years. It's a ancient Mongol saying made popular by Timajen (Ghengis Khan). Actually, "from a certain point of view" (thank you Obi-wan) Conan predates Ghengis Khan by a few thousand years given the novels' timeline. P.S. Just how many SH's *are* there on this board? ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incrdbil Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games Here are a few mottos/slogans from military units, hope they are useful to you. It Shall be Done Deeds Not Words No Mission too Difficult, No Sacrifice too great,Duty First Semper Paratus {Always Prepared) Truth and Courage Omnia Paratus {Ready for Anything} Nec Aspera Terrent (They don't fear hardship) Toujours En Avant {Always Forward} Honor Et Fidelitas {Honor and Fidelity} Faugh a Ballaugh! {Irish Gaelic for "Clear the Way!" "Gentle when Stroked, Fierce when Provoked" {Motto} -"Quod Facio, Valde Facio"(What I Do, I Do Well) Avitos Juvamus Honores {We Uphold Our Ancient Honors} Ne Desit Virtus (Let Valor Not Fail) -"Nulli Cede" {Surrender to None} Toujours Prêt (Always Ready) "Currahee" (Cherokee for "Stand Alone"); Tous Pour Un, Un Pour Tous {All for one, One for all} Our Strength is in Loyalty Primus aut Nullus {First or Not at all} Vincere Est Vivere {To Conquer is to Live Duty Determines Destiny Non Sebi, Sed Omnibus {Not for self, but for all} Navy SEALs: The only easy day was yesterday. Construction Battalions Seabee: Can Do!, Construimus et Batuimus ("We Have Built [Them] Up and We Have Beaten/Knocked [Them] Down"); (Unofficial Motto) Construimus, Batuimus, Bibimus! ("We build [Them] up, We beat [Them] down, [Then] We drink Make Peace or Die YAT YAS (You Ain't Trax, You Ain't S***) "Fortuna Favet Fortibus" — "Fortune Favors the Brave" Fiat Justitia (Let justice be done) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Hawk Posted June 14, 2009 Report Share Posted June 14, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games Actually, "from a certain point of view" (thank you Obi-wan) Conan predates Ghengis Khan by a few thousand years given the novels' timeline. P.S. Just how many SH's *are* there on this board? ;-) At least two. Excuse me, three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSgeekHero Posted June 14, 2009 Report Share Posted June 14, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games I ran a short-lived Rebel Special Forces campaign in grad school. One of the soldiers' date=' considering a fight with several times their number of stormtroopers, quipped, "We're not outnumbered; we're in a target rich environment."[/quote'] This has become one of my new favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted June 14, 2009 Report Share Posted June 14, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games This has become one of my new favorites. "We're not outnumbered; we're in a target rich environment." I'm pretty sure the quote predates Living Steel, but for that RPG there were tons of buttons, mostly based off of one example chars quotes. One being: "Remember, once you pull his pin, Mr. Hand Grenade is no longer your friend." I have some of them tucked away somewhere, I'll have to see if I can find them Or I can find a website: http://www.geocities.com/totalsystemtechnologies/livsteel.htm Circular Link to Hero Games Archives Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Hawk Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games I'm pretty sure the quote predates Living Steel, but for that RPG there were tons of buttons, mostly based off of one example chars quotes. One being: "Remember, once you pull his pin, Mr. Hand Grenade is no longer your friend." I have some of them tucked away somewhere, I'll have to see if I can find them Or I can find a website: http://www.geocities.com/totalsystemtechnologies/livsteel.htm Circular Link to Hero Games Archives Lem, that sounds like "Murphy's Laws of Combat Operations", which included that comment on grenades, and other useful gems as... "In case you forget, the claymore is pointed at you." and "The easy way is mined." and "Don't forget to let the enemy know that you've secured the area." and "Don't draw fire, it antagonizes your squadmates." http://pages.swcp.com/~russo/laws-o-combat.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games Very true. I'm sure there's cross pollination since Living Steel was out in the 80s, but some of the terms predated the RPG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Hawk Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games Very true. I'm sure there's cross pollination since Living Steel was out in the 80s' date=' but some of the terms predated the RPG.[/quote'] Does that have anything to do with the "Dragonstar Rising" board game? One side's powered armored troops were call "Living Steel Regiments". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games Does that have anything to do with the "Dragonstar Rising" board game? One side's powered armored troops were call "Living Steel Regiments". Same universe. In fact, I seem to recall something about them being compatible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Hawk Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games OK, from the game 'Dragonstar Rising', another 'motto': "When the Dragonstar Rises, worlds hold thier breath." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games The Bacandforthtrian adds "O! Land's DNA? Lo!" and asks the palindromedary if he's seen a good a good palindrama lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psylint Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games Civil War motto "Be Prepared" meaning be prepared to die, seems we nasty, sneaky insurrections slipped that into the Boy Scouts without you needling carpet baggers even noticing. "Follow me" Army Rangers, as I recall. "We provide the enemy with the utmost opportunity to die for his country." "Don't tread on me" former state motto of Virginia I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorpCommander Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games "Follow me" Army Rangers, as I recall. Actually it is "Rangers Lead the Way" which comes from the command given at D-Day: "Rangers, lead the way off this beach!" on the assault of Point du Hoc. "Follow Me" is a sort of standard order given by an NCO to lead men into battle. It is also the name of the first war game rules I ever played. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games "Don't tread on me" former state motto of Virginia I think. I've no idea about Virginia - but the phrase comes from the Navy during the Revolutionary War when Sout Carolina Colonel Gadsden commissioned a yellow flag with a coiled rattlesnake and the words Don't Tread On Me under it. The Gadsden Flag is the earliest known use of that phrase in the US I'm aware of. The only places I've really seen in it modern times is South Carolina and the occasional Boy Scout Troop (I never asked...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dronf Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games The character's called Broom ("He doesn't use a Street Sweeper, he is one!") Broom: I'm gonna pound ya flat, fold ya up, stick a stamp on ya, and mail ya ta jail! GM: Don't bother rollin' dice, your PRE Attack worked. You can tell by the smell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games The character's called Broom ("He doesn't use a Street Sweeper' date=' he [u']is[/u] one!") Broom: I'm gonna pound ya flat, fold ya up, stick a stamp on ya, and mail ya ta jail! GM: Don't bother rollin' dice, your PRE Attack worked. You can tell by the smell. I think this belongs in "Quote of the Week" not in mottoes. Lucius Alexander In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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