G: Ah, Dr. Johnson! Damn cold day!
 
J: Indeed it is, sir -- but a very fine one, for I celebrated last night the
   encyclopaedic implementation of my pre-meditated orchestration of demotic
   Anglo-Saxon.
 
G: (nods, grinning, then speaks) Nope -- didn't catch any of that.
 
J:  Well, I simply observed, sir, that I'm felicitous, since, during the
    course of the penultimate solar sojourn, I terminated my uninterrupted
    categorisation of the vocabulary of our post-Norman tongue.
 
G: Well, I don't know what you're talking about, but it sounds damn saucy,
   you lucky thing! I know some fairly liberal-minded girls, but I've
   never penultimated any of them in a solar sojourn, or, for that matter,
   been given any Norman tongue!
 
E: I believe, sir, that the Doctor is trying to tell you that he is happy
   because he has finished his book. It has, apparently, taken him ten years.
 
G: Yes, well, I'm a slow reader myself...

Quote from: VengerSatanis;709020There's a big difference between constant, unnecessary purple prose and its occasional, judicious use for heightened effect.  "I hit the orc." has a place, too.  Every gamer has his own preferred style, but that doesn't mean one shouldn't experiment once in awhile.

VS

Oh absolutely, agreed.

I do tend to go a bit Lovecraftian when describing ancient temples and deep dungeons and such myself.

Quote from: RPGPundit;709348G: Ah, Dr. Johnson! Damn cold day!
 
J: Indeed it is, sir -- but a very fine one, for I celebrated last night the
   encyclopaedic implementation of my pre-meditated orchestration of demotic
   Anglo-Saxon.
 
G: (nods, grinning, then speaks) Nope -- didn't catch any of that.
 
J:  Well, I simply observed, sir, that I'm felicitous, since, during the
    course of the penultimate solar sojourn, I terminated my uninterrupted
    categorisation of the vocabulary of our post-Norman tongue.
 
G: Well, I don't know what you're talking about, but it sounds damn saucy,
   you lucky thing! I know some fairly liberal-minded girls, but I've
   never penultimated any of them in a solar sojourn, or, for that matter,
   been given any Norman tongue!
 
E: I believe, sir, that the Doctor is trying to tell you that he is happy
   because he has finished his book. It has, apparently, taken him ten years.
 
G: Yes, well, I'm a slow reader myself...

By "implementation", I knew you were quoting that one Black Adder episode.  Nice.  It's been years since I've watched those.

VS

Quote from: rpgpundit;709348g: Ah, dr. Johnson! Damn cold day!
 
J: Indeed it is, sir -- but a very fine one, for i celebrated last night the
   encyclopaedic implementation of my pre-meditated orchestration of demotic
   anglo-saxon.
 
G: (nods, grinning, then speaks) nope -- didn't catch any of that.
 
J:  Well, i simply observed, sir, that i'm felicitous, since, during the
    course of the penultimate solar sojourn, i terminated my uninterrupted
    categorisation of the vocabulary of our post-norman tongue.
 
G: Well, i don't know what you're talking about, but it sounds damn saucy,
   you lucky thing! I know some fairly liberal-minded girls, but i've
   never penultimated any of them in a solar sojourn, or, for that matter,
   been given any norman tongue!
 
E: I believe, sir, that the doctor is trying to tell you that he is happy
   because he has finished his book. It has, apparently, taken him ten years.
 
G: Yes, well, i'm a slow reader myself...

sausage!!!!

Quote from: VengerSatanis;705775If you'd like to argue the roleplaying / storytelling point, then go ahead.  I've never played an RPG that didn't have some kind of story, but maybe you have.  If so, I'd be interested in reading your experiences.  I've roleplayed without dice, sheets, magic, weapons, and violence, but never without at least a hint of story - setting, characters, conflict, etc.

"Multitudinous" doesn't really evoke much of anything, in my opinion.  It's just kind of unnecessarily archaic.  

Similarly, I wasn't going for purple prose.  Instead, my goal was to list words and phrases that helped everyone at the table imagine the scene.  Not all those listed are worthy of being up there.  Feel free to pick out ones you feel are "too much" or whatever.  This is supposed to be an interactive exercise for readers of my old school gaming blog... and you guys.  

VS

Venger, it's a point of religion in these parts that the elfgames folks do around here has nothing to do with the "swine" who were behind the 2nd most successful RPG of all time. I'd advise doing some off site research in regards to sandbox vs narrative RPGs, the Forge, the OSR, Pundit's blog and other venues of Nerd Holy War. Of course, 'storytelling' gets confused with 'storygaming' here often due to it's purple prosaic use in early White Wolf products.

I love purple prose myself. The man EGG did, and that made him even more awesome!